diff --git a/frigate/config/camera/profile.py b/frigate/config/camera/profile.py
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+"""Camera profile configuration for named config overrides."""
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+from ..base import FrigateBaseModel
+from .audio import AudioConfig
+from .birdseye import BirdseyeCameraConfig
+from .detect import DetectConfig
+from .live import CameraLiveConfig
+from .motion import MotionConfig
+from .notification import NotificationConfig
+from .objects import ObjectConfig
+from .record import RecordConfig
+from .review import ReviewConfig
+from .snapshots import SnapshotsConfig
+
+__all__ = ["CameraProfileConfig"]
+
+
+class CameraProfileConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
+    """A named profile containing partial camera config overrides.
+
+    Sections set to None inherit from the camera's base config.
+    Sections that are defined get Pydantic-validated, then only
+    explicitly-set fields are used as overrides via exclude_unset.
+    """
+
+    audio: Optional[AudioConfig] = None
+    birdseye: Optional[BirdseyeCameraConfig] = None
+    detect: Optional[DetectConfig] = None
+    live: Optional[CameraLiveConfig] = None
+    motion: Optional[MotionConfig] = None
+    notifications: Optional[NotificationConfig] = None
+    objects: Optional[ObjectConfig] = None
+    record: Optional[RecordConfig] = None
+    review: Optional[ReviewConfig] = None
+    snapshots: Optional[SnapshotsConfig] = None