From 47630151f8be3e8acd466f1c0e562e618c6f72df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:39:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add log when probing detect stream on startup

when users don't explicitly set detect.width and detect.height, we probe for them. sometimes the probe hangs (camera doesn't support UDP, like some Reolinks), so this log message will make that clearer
---
 frigate/config/config.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frigate/config/config.py b/frigate/config/config.py
index 1d09016f6..de3438cd0 100644
--- a/frigate/config/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config/config.py
@@ -730,6 +730,9 @@ class FrigateConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
                 )
 
                 if need_detect_dimensions:
+                    logger.info(
+                        f"detect.width and detect.height not set for {camera_config.name}, probing detect stream to determine resolution."
+                    )
                     stream_info = {"width": 0, "height": 0, "fourcc": None}
                     try:
                         stream_info = stream_info_retriever.get_stream_info(