From 3c3e11ecaf6d67c502c49f4ba3666ea0164d9772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:24:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Change camera_activity effect to run only when config updates
 (#20468)

---
 web/src/api/ws.tsx | 14 ++------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/src/api/ws.tsx b/web/src/api/ws.tsx
index 8ebc01727..302f3f263 100644
--- a/web/src/api/ws.tsx
+++ b/web/src/api/ws.tsx
@@ -33,14 +33,9 @@ function useValue(): useValueReturn {
 
   // main state
 
-  const [hasCameraState, setHasCameraState] = useState(false);
   const [wsState, setWsState] = useState<WsState>({});
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (hasCameraState) {
-      return;
-    }
-
     const activityValue: string = wsState["camera_activity"] as string;
 
     if (!activityValue) {
@@ -105,12 +100,9 @@ function useValue(): useValueReturn {
       ...cameraStates,
     }));
 
-    if (Object.keys(cameraStates).length > 0) {
-      setHasCameraState(true);
-    }
     // we only want this to run initially when the config is loaded
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [wsState]);
+  }, [wsState["camera_activity"]]);
 
   // ws handler
   const { sendJsonMessage, readyState } = useWebSocket(wsUrl, {
@@ -131,9 +123,7 @@ function useValue(): useValueReturn {
         retain: false,
       });
     },
-    onClose: () => {
-      setHasCameraState(false);
-    },
+    onClose: () => {},
     shouldReconnect: () => true,
     retryOnError: true,
   });