From 0f9f9bc44389107750293d4a16f5959924d90aba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:10:04 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix crash when dynamically adding cameras

depending on where we are in the update loop, camera configs might not be updated yet and we are receiving detections already
---
 frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py | 2 +-
 frigate/output/output.py         | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
index c74bc2310..1a0950cbb 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ class EmbeddingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
 
         camera, frame_name, _, _, motion_boxes, _ = data
 
-        if not camera or len(motion_boxes) == 0:
+        if not camera or len(motion_boxes) == 0 or camera not in self.config.cameras:
             return
 
         camera_config = self.config.cameras[camera]
diff --git a/frigate/output/output.py b/frigate/output/output.py
index 674c02b78..a44415000 100644
--- a/frigate/output/output.py
+++ b/frigate/output/output.py
@@ -139,9 +139,11 @@ class OutputProcess(FrigateProcess):
             if CameraConfigUpdateEnum.add in updates:
                 for camera in updates["add"]:
                     jsmpeg_cameras[camera] = JsmpegCamera(
-                        cam_config, self.stop_event, websocket_server
+                        self.config.cameras[camera], self.stop_event, websocket_server
+                    )
+                    preview_recorders[camera] = PreviewRecorder(
+                        self.config.cameras[camera]
                     )
-                    preview_recorders[camera] = PreviewRecorder(cam_config)
                     preview_write_times[camera] = 0
 
                     if (