Use only single execution date in ExternalTaskSensor
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Description
**Description**
In general we encourage operators to be designed to perform an atomic action. However, `ExternalTaskSensor` seems to be not alway atomic. Users are able to pass `execution_date_fn` which can return multiple dates. If that happens the operator will check state not of single DAG/task but of multiple instances. Even if that happens users will get 1/0 response - task/dag failed or not.
In my opinion the proper way to handle the multiple dates case would be to have multiple instances of the sensor, each checking for a task/dag for a given date.
**Use case / motivation**
Improve atomicity of `ExternalTaskSensor`.
**Related Issues**
_Originally posted by @turbaszek in https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/12574#discussion_r528967901_
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