A record may leave its lists some time after reaching a state: leaves_after

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@@ -116,6 +116,22 @@ the same transition path, fires the same mail, and lands on
 The unit is days and the sweep is hourly. This is a deadline, not a
 job queue.

+### leaves_after
+
+```yaml
+      taken_down:
+        event: taken_down
+        leaves_after: { minutes: 10 }
+```
+
+How long a record stays in its bucket's lists once it has entered the
+state, when that is not for ever. A card taken off the front page
+leaves the desk's list ten minutes later instead of standing there
+greyed out, and the ten minutes are the time to see what was just
+done. Days, hours and minutes add up, and a sweep takes records out
+once a minute. Nothing is decided and no mail goes. The record leaves
+the lists, and the event log keeps it.
+
 ## attended_by

 ```yaml