From 1a708a374826dc6f64a2fb156bd5cee42d159faf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 08:16:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] make sub label query for events API endpoints case
 insensitive

---
 frigate/api/chat.py  |  2 +-
 frigate/api/event.py | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frigate/api/chat.py b/frigate/api/chat.py
index 3e10714ca..978fa6334 100644
--- a/frigate/api/chat.py
+++ b/frigate/api/chat.py
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ async def _execute_search_objects(
     query_params = EventsQueryParams(
         cameras=arguments.get("camera", "all"),
         labels=arguments.get("label", "all"),
-        sub_labels=arguments.get("sub_label", "all").lower(),
+        sub_labels=arguments.get("sub_label", "all"),  # case-insensitive on the backend
         zones=zones,
         zone=zones,
         after=after,
diff --git a/frigate/api/event.py b/frigate/api/event.py
index 001b34025..a7d1cffc8 100644
--- a/frigate/api/event.py
+++ b/frigate/api/event.py
@@ -199,13 +199,18 @@ def events(
             sub_label_clauses.append((Event.sub_label.is_null()))
 
         for label in filtered_sub_labels:
+            lowered = label.lower()
             sub_label_clauses.append(
-                (Event.sub_label.cast("text") == label)
-            )  # include exact matches
+                (fn.LOWER(Event.sub_label.cast("text")) == lowered)
+            )  # include exact matches (case-insensitive)
 
-            # include this label when part of a list
-            sub_label_clauses.append((Event.sub_label.cast("text") % f"*{label},*"))
-            sub_label_clauses.append((Event.sub_label.cast("text") % f"*, {label}*"))
+            # include this label when part of a list (LIKE is case-insensitive in sqlite for ASCII)
+            sub_label_clauses.append(
+                (fn.LOWER(Event.sub_label.cast("text")) % f"*{lowered},*")
+            )
+            sub_label_clauses.append(
+                (fn.LOWER(Event.sub_label.cast("text")) % f"*, {lowered}*")
+            )
 
         sub_label_clause = reduce(operator.or_, sub_label_clauses)
         clauses.append((sub_label_clause))
@@ -609,13 +614,18 @@ def events_search(
             sub_label_clauses.append((Event.sub_label.is_null()))
 
         for label in filtered_sub_labels:
+            lowered = label.lower()
             sub_label_clauses.append(
-                (Event.sub_label.cast("text") == label)
-            )  # include exact matches
+                (fn.LOWER(Event.sub_label.cast("text")) == lowered)
+            )  # include exact matches (case-insensitive)
 
-            # include this label when part of a list
-            sub_label_clauses.append((Event.sub_label.cast("text") % f"*{label},*"))
-            sub_label_clauses.append((Event.sub_label.cast("text") % f"*, {label}*"))
+            # include this label when part of a list (LIKE is case-insensitive in sqlite for ASCII)
+            sub_label_clauses.append(
+                (fn.LOWER(Event.sub_label.cast("text")) % f"*{lowered},*")
+            )
+            sub_label_clauses.append(
+                (fn.LOWER(Event.sub_label.cast("text")) % f"*, {lowered}*")
+            )
 
         event_filters.append((reduce(operator.or_, sub_label_clauses)))