From 0de804892ba44499a0fdfe455e631b692b6f336e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:33:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] end any in-progress audio events when audio detection is
 disabled

we already end in-progress audio events when we disable a camera, but this mirrors that logic for specifically disabling audio detection
---
 frigate/events/audio.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frigate/events/audio.py b/frigate/events/audio.py
index f6c41fa30..6a22b2251 100644
--- a/frigate/events/audio.py
+++ b/frigate/events/audio.py
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ class AudioEventMaintainer(threading.Thread):
             self.transcription_thread.start()
 
         self.was_enabled = camera.enabled
+        self.was_audio_enabled = camera.audio.enabled
 
     def detect_audio(self, audio: np.ndarray) -> None:
         if not self.camera_config.audio.enabled or self.stop_event.is_set():
@@ -363,6 +364,17 @@ class AudioEventMaintainer(threading.Thread):
                 time.sleep(0.1)
                 continue
 
+            audio_enabled = self.camera_config.audio.enabled
+            if audio_enabled != self.was_audio_enabled:
+                if not audio_enabled:
+                    self.logger.debug(
+                        f"Disabling audio detections for {self.camera_config.name}, ending events"
+                    )
+                    self.requestor.send_data(
+                        EXPIRE_AUDIO_ACTIVITY, self.camera_config.name
+                    )
+                self.was_audio_enabled = audio_enabled
+
             self.read_audio()
 
         if self.audio_listener: