Avoid db hit and executor job for impossible history queries (#104724)

homeassistant/components/history/__init__.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import homeassistant.util.dt as dt_util
 
 from . import websocket_api
 from .const import DOMAIN
-from .helpers import entities_may_have_state_changes_after
+from .helpers import entities_may_have_state_changes_after, has_recorder_run_after
 
 CONF_ORDER = "use_include_order"
 
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ class HistoryPeriodView(HomeAssistantView):
         no_attributes = "no_attributes" in request.query
 
         if (
-            not include_start_time_state
+            (end_time and not has_recorder_run_after(hass, end_time))
+            or not include_start_time_state
             and entity_ids
             and not entities_may_have_state_changes_after(
                 hass, entity_ids, start_time, no_attributes

homeassistant/components/history/helpers.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from datetime import datetime as dt
 
+from homeassistant.components.recorder import get_instance
+from homeassistant.components.recorder.models import process_timestamp
 from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
 
 
@@ -21,3 +23,10 @@ def entities_may_have_state_changes_after(
             return True
 
     return False
+
+
+def has_recorder_run_after(hass: HomeAssistant, run_time: dt) -> bool:
+    """Check if the recorder has any runs after a specific time."""
+    return run_time >= process_timestamp(
+        get_instance(hass).recorder_runs_manager.first.start
+    )

homeassistant/components/history/websocket_api.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from homeassistant.helpers.typing import EventType
 import homeassistant.util.dt as dt_util
 
 from .const import EVENT_COALESCE_TIME, MAX_PENDING_HISTORY_STATES
-from .helpers import entities_may_have_state_changes_after
+from .helpers import entities_may_have_state_changes_after, has_recorder_run_after
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ async def ws_get_history_during_period(
     no_attributes = msg["no_attributes"]
 
     if (
-        not include_start_time_state
+        (end_time and not has_recorder_run_after(hass, end_time))
+        or not include_start_time_state
         and entity_ids
         and not entities_may_have_state_changes_after(
             hass, entity_ids, start_time, no_attributes