diff --git a/src/plugins/condition/ConditionManager.js b/src/plugins/condition/ConditionManager.js
index f6a6386fa0..6f28c2ca23 100644
--- a/src/plugins/condition/ConditionManager.js
+++ b/src/plugins/condition/ConditionManager.js
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ export default class ConditionManager extends EventEmitter {
         this.composition = this.openmct.composition.get(conditionSetDomainObject);
         this.composition.on('add', this.subscribeToTelemetry, this);
         this.composition.on('remove', this.unsubscribeFromTelemetry, this);
+
+        this.shouldEvaluateNewTelemetry = this.shouldEvaluateNewTelemetry.bind(this);
+
         this.compositionLoad = this.composition.load();
         this.subscriptions = {};
         this.telemetryObjects = {};
@@ -337,6 +340,10 @@ export default class ConditionManager extends EventEmitter {
         return false;
     }
 
+    shouldEvaluateNewTelemetry(currentTimestamp) {
+        return this.openmct.time.bounds().end >= currentTimestamp;
+    }
+
     telemetryReceived(endpoint, datum) {
         if (!this.isTelemetryUsed(endpoint)) {
             return;
@@ -345,10 +352,12 @@ export default class ConditionManager extends EventEmitter {
         const normalizedDatum = this.createNormalizedDatum(datum, endpoint);
         const timeSystemKey = this.openmct.time.timeSystem().key;
         let timestamp = {};
-        timestamp[timeSystemKey] = normalizedDatum[timeSystemKey];
-
-        this.updateConditionResults(normalizedDatum);
-        this.updateCurrentCondition(timestamp);
+        const currentTimestamp = normalizedDatum[timeSystemKey];
+        timestamp[timeSystemKey] = currentTimestamp;
+        if (this.shouldEvaluateNewTelemetry(currentTimestamp)) {
+            this.updateConditionResults(normalizedDatum);
+            this.updateCurrentCondition(timestamp);
+        }
     }
 
     updateConditionResults(normalizedDatum) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/condition/pluginSpec.js b/src/plugins/condition/pluginSpec.js
index 6c143a93c3..d3cc6f776a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/condition/pluginSpec.js
+++ b/src/plugins/condition/pluginSpec.js
@@ -543,7 +543,6 @@ describe('the plugin', function () {
         });
 
         it('should evaluate as stale when telemetry is not received in the allotted time', (done) => {
-
             let conditionMgr = new ConditionManager(conditionSetDomainObject, openmct);
             conditionMgr.on('conditionSetResultUpdated', mockListener);
             conditionMgr.telemetryObjects = {
@@ -565,7 +564,7 @@ describe('the plugin', function () {
         });
 
         it('should not evaluate as stale when telemetry is received in the allotted time', (done) => {
-            const date = Date.now();
+            const date = 1;
             conditionSetDomainObject.configuration.conditionCollection[0].configuration.criteria[0].input = ["0.4"];
             let conditionMgr = new ConditionManager(conditionSetDomainObject, openmct);
             conditionMgr.on('conditionSetResultUpdated', mockListener);