diff --git a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/audio.ts b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/audio.ts
index 81ddb9b0a..09fe4e974 100644
--- a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/audio.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/audio.ts
@@ -25,14 +25,7 @@ const audio: SectionConfigOverrides = {
     },
   },
   global: {
-    restartRequired: [
-      "enabled",
-      "listen",
-      "filters",
-      "min_volume",
-      "max_not_heard",
-      "num_threads",
-    ],
+    restartRequired: ["num_threads"],
   },
   camera: {
     restartRequired: ["num_threads"],
diff --git a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/detect.ts b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/detect.ts
index 2c3da7b06..b0073d1d3 100644
--- a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/detect.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/detect.ts
@@ -30,16 +30,7 @@ const detect: SectionConfigOverrides = {
     ],
   },
   global: {
-    restartRequired: [
-      "enabled",
-      "width",
-      "height",
-      "fps",
-      "min_initialized",
-      "max_disappeared",
-      "annotation_offset",
-      "stationary",
-    ],
+    restartRequired: ["width", "height", "min_initialized", "max_disappeared"],
   },
   camera: {
     restartRequired: ["width", "height", "min_initialized", "max_disappeared"],
diff --git a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/motion.ts b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/motion.ts
index 41b5738d3..2cab58117 100644
--- a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/motion.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/motion.ts
@@ -29,17 +29,7 @@ const motion: SectionConfigOverrides = {
     ],
   },
   global: {
-    restartRequired: [
-      "enabled",
-      "threshold",
-      "lightning_threshold",
-      "improve_contrast",
-      "contour_area",
-      "delta_alpha",
-      "frame_alpha",
-      "frame_height",
-      "mqtt_off_delay",
-    ],
+    restartRequired: ["frame_height"],
   },
   camera: {
     restartRequired: ["frame_height"],
diff --git a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/objects.ts b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/objects.ts
index a70746c49..bf5f6c350 100644
--- a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/objects.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/objects.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const objects: SectionConfigOverrides = {
     },
   },
   global: {
-    restartRequired: ["track", "alert", "detect", "filters", "genai"],
+    restartRequired: [],
     hiddenFields: [
       "enabled_in_config",
       "mask",
diff --git a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/record.ts b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/record.ts
index c47d67ad0..53803eed9 100644
--- a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/record.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/record.ts
@@ -29,16 +29,7 @@ const record: SectionConfigOverrides = {
     },
   },
   global: {
-    restartRequired: [
-      "enabled",
-      "expire_interval",
-      "continuous",
-      "motion",
-      "alerts",
-      "detections",
-      "preview",
-      "export",
-    ],
+    restartRequired: [],
   },
   camera: {
     restartRequired: [],
diff --git a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/review.ts b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/review.ts
index bb3ec4ca4..7d7a84756 100644
--- a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/review.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/review.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const review: SectionConfigOverrides = {
     },
   },
   global: {
-    restartRequired: ["alerts", "detections", "genai"],
+    restartRequired: [],
   },
   camera: {
     restartRequired: [],
diff --git a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/snapshots.ts b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/snapshots.ts
index b098d84a5..8f08fa843 100644
--- a/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/snapshots.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/config-form/section-configs/snapshots.ts
@@ -27,14 +27,7 @@ const snapshots: SectionConfigOverrides = {
     },
   },
   global: {
-    restartRequired: [
-      "enabled",
-      "bounding_box",
-      "crop",
-      "quality",
-      "timestamp",
-      "retain",
-    ],
+    restartRequired: [],
     hiddenFields: ["enabled_in_config", "required_zones"],
   },
   camera: {
diff --git a/web/src/components/config-form/sections/BaseSection.tsx b/web/src/components/config-form/sections/BaseSection.tsx
index 821857ae6..6340691ce 100644
--- a/web/src/components/config-form/sections/BaseSection.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/config-form/sections/BaseSection.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import ActivityIndicator from "@/components/indicators/activity-indicator";
 import { StatusBarMessagesContext } from "@/context/statusbar-provider";
 import {
   cameraUpdateTopicMap,
+  globalCameraDefaultSections,
   buildOverrides,
   buildConfigDataForPath,
   sanitizeSectionData as sharedSanitizeSectionData,
@@ -234,7 +235,10 @@ export function ConfigSection({
       ? cameraUpdateTopicMap[sectionPath]
         ? `config/cameras/${cameraName}/${cameraUpdateTopicMap[sectionPath]}`
         : undefined
-      : `config/${sectionPath}`;
+      : globalCameraDefaultSections.has(sectionPath) &&
+          cameraUpdateTopicMap[sectionPath]
+        ? `config/cameras/*/${cameraUpdateTopicMap[sectionPath]}`
+        : `config/${sectionPath}`;
   // Default: show title for camera level (since it might be collapsible), hide for global
   const shouldShowTitle = showTitle ?? effectiveLevel === "camera";
 
diff --git a/web/src/utils/configUtil.ts b/web/src/utils/configUtil.ts
index 9d2327cb3..77258d64a 100644
--- a/web/src/utils/configUtil.ts
+++ b/web/src/utils/configUtil.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ export const cameraUpdateTopicMap: Record<string, string> = {
   ui: "ui",
 };
 
+// Sections where global config serves as the default for per-camera config.
+// Global updates to these sections are fanned out to all cameras via wildcard.
+export const globalCameraDefaultSections = new Set([
+  "detect",
+  "objects",
+  "motion",
+  "record",
+  "snapshots",
+  "review",
+  "audio",
+  "notifications",
+]);
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // buildOverrides — pure recursive diff of current vs stored config & defaults
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -476,6 +489,9 @@ export function prepareSectionSavePayload(opts: {
   if (level === "camera" && cameraName) {
     const topic = cameraUpdateTopicMap[sectionPath];
     updateTopic = topic ? `config/cameras/${cameraName}/${topic}` : undefined;
+  } else if (globalCameraDefaultSections.has(sectionPath)) {
+    const topic = cameraUpdateTopicMap[sectionPath];
+    updateTopic = topic ? `config/cameras/*/${topic}` : `config/${sectionPath}`;
   } else {
     updateTopic = `config/${sectionPath}`;
   }