From 43c7193a3ab3decef8f8697dcde93675484fd213 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:03:31 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] tweaks

---
 frigate/config/classification.py              |  6 ++--
 .../config-form/sections/BaseSection.tsx      |  6 ++++
 web/src/views/settings/GlobalConfigView.tsx   | 30 +++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frigate/config/classification.py b/frigate/config/classification.py
index c13d8e394..e5ea9240a 100644
--- a/frigate/config/classification.py
+++ b/frigate/config/classification.py
@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ class AudioTranscriptionConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
     language: str = Field(
         default="en",
         title="Transcription language",
-        description="Language code used for transcription/translation (for example 'en' for English).",
+        description="Language code used for transcription/translation (for example 'en' for English). See https://whisper-api.com/docs/languages/ for supported language codes.",
     )
     device: Optional[EnrichmentsDeviceEnum] = Field(
         default=EnrichmentsDeviceEnum.CPU,
         title="Transcription device",
-        description="Device key (CPU/GPU) to run the transcription model on.",
+        description="Device key (CPU/GPU) to run the transcription model on. Only NVIDIA CUDA GPUs are currently supported for transcription.",
     )
     model_size: str = Field(
         default="small",
         title="Model size",
-        description="Model size to use for transcription; the small model runs on CPU, large model requires a GPU.",
+        description="Model size to use for offline audio event transcription.",
     )
     live_enabled: Optional[bool] = Field(
         default=False,
diff --git a/web/src/components/config-form/sections/BaseSection.tsx b/web/src/components/config-form/sections/BaseSection.tsx
index e9972a24e..116731d43 100644
--- a/web/src/components/config-form/sections/BaseSection.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/config-form/sections/BaseSection.tsx
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ export function createConfigSection({
       }
     }, [formKey]);
 
+    // Build a minimal overrides payload by comparing `current` against `base`
+    // (existing config) and `defaults` (schema defaults).
+    // - Returns `undefined` for null/empty values or when `current` equals `base`
+    //   (or equals `defaults` when `base` is undefined).
+    // - For objects, recurses and returns an object containing only keys that
+    //   are overridden; returns `undefined` if no keys are overridden.
     const buildOverrides = useCallback(
       (
         current: unknown,
diff --git a/web/src/views/settings/GlobalConfigView.tsx b/web/src/views/settings/GlobalConfigView.tsx
index 4d4b7f59d..f6deed86e 100644
--- a/web/src/views/settings/GlobalConfigView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/settings/GlobalConfigView.tsx
@@ -353,17 +353,17 @@ const systemSections = [
   "ffmpeg",
   "detectors",
   "model",
-  "classification",
 ];
 
 // Integration sections (global only)
 const integrationSections = [
   "mqtt",
-  "audio_transcription",
-  "genai",
   "semantic_search",
+  "genai",
   "face_recognition",
   "lpr",
+  "classification",
+  "audio_transcription",
 ];
 
 interface GlobalConfigSectionProps {
@@ -382,7 +382,11 @@ function GlobalConfigSection({
   title,
 }: GlobalConfigSectionProps) {
   const sectionConfig = globalSectionConfigs[sectionKey];
-  const { t } = useTranslation(["config/global", "views/settings", "common"]);
+  const { t, i18n } = useTranslation([
+    "config/global",
+    "views/settings",
+    "common",
+  ]);
   const [pendingData, setPendingData] = useState<unknown | null>(null);
   const [isSaving, setIsSaving] = useState(false);
   const [formKey, setFormKey] = useState(0);
@@ -538,7 +542,11 @@ function GlobalConfigSection({
 }
 
 export default function GlobalConfigView() {
-  const { t } = useTranslation(["views/settings", "config/global", "common"]);
+  const { t, i18n } = useTranslation([
+    "views/settings",
+    "config/global",
+    "common",
+  ]);
   const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useState("shared");
   const [activeSection, setActiveSection] = useState("detect");
 
@@ -669,7 +677,7 @@ export default function GlobalConfigView() {
                         activeSection === section.key ? "block" : "hidden",
                       )}
                     >
-                      <Heading as="h4" className="mb-4">
+                      <Heading as="h4" className="mb-1">
                         {t(`${section.key}.label`, {
                           ns: "config/global",
                           defaultValue:
@@ -677,6 +685,16 @@ export default function GlobalConfigView() {
                             section.key.slice(1).replace(/_/g, " "),
                         })}
                       </Heading>
+                      {i18n.exists(`${section.key}.description`, {
+                        ns: "config/global",
+                      }) && (
+                        <p className="mb-4 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                          {t(`${section.key}.description`, {
+                            ns: "config/global",
+                          })}
+                        </p>
+                      )}
+
                       <SectionComponent
                         level="global"
                         onSave={handleSave}