Conduit does not hurt hostile mobs

Were they in water or under rain?

Unable to reproduce. Were the mobs in contact with water or rain? Hostile mobs must be in water or exposed to rain to take damage from the conduit and must be within 8 blocks of the active conduit.

I tried in water and in rain .the mobs were also in range

Were they within 8 blocks of the conduit itself (not the structure around the conduit)?

The conduit must also have a complete structure before it can damage hostile mobs.

Note that wording at Conduit page sounds like the conduit attacks every hostile mob within the range of conduit power:

Citing:

When activated, conduits give the "Conduit Power" effect to all players in contact with rain‌^[Java and Legacy Console editions only]^ or water, within a spherical range of 32-96 blocks. This effect stops the breath meter from decreasing, gives underwater night vision and increases underwater mining speed. Conduit power also kills any hostile mobs within range like drowned and guardians.

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