From 269ea86271a063965d5d3a9c11141a8c9e905342 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 17:14:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ensure empty lists are returned when lpr recognition model
 fails

---
 frigate/data_processing/common/license_plate/mixin.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frigate/data_processing/common/license_plate/mixin.py b/frigate/data_processing/common/license_plate/mixin.py
index d0888bd74..55cd002a2 100644
--- a/frigate/data_processing/common/license_plate/mixin.py
+++ b/frigate/data_processing/common/license_plate/mixin.py
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ class LicensePlateProcessingMixin:
             outputs = self.model_runner.recognition_model(norm_images)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.warning(f"Error running LPR recognition model: {e}")
+            return [], []
+
         return self.ctc_decoder(outputs)
 
     def _process_license_plate(