From 4ba33184a3c100a9287aef5dedcbada5bea05f42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:29:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add wildcard support for camera config updates in config_set

---
 frigate/api/app.py | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frigate/api/app.py b/frigate/api/app.py
index bb2abba1b..45038584e 100644
--- a/frigate/api/app.py
+++ b/frigate/api/app.py
@@ -596,23 +596,33 @@ def config_set(request: Request, body: AppConfigSetBody):
                     if body.update_topic.startswith("config/cameras/"):
                         _, _, camera, field = body.update_topic.split("/")
 
-                        if field == "add":
-                            settings = config.cameras[camera]
-                        elif field == "remove":
-                            settings = old_config.cameras[camera]
-                        else:
-                            settings = config.get_nested_object(body.update_topic)
-
+                if camera == "*":
+                    # Wildcard: fan out update to all cameras
+                    enum_value = CameraConfigUpdateEnum[field]
+                    for camera_name in config.cameras:
+                        settings = config.get_nested_object(
+                            f"config/cameras/{camera_name}/{field}"
+                        )
                         request.app.config_publisher.publish_update(
-                            CameraConfigUpdateTopic(
-                                CameraConfigUpdateEnum[field], camera
-                            ),
+                            CameraConfigUpdateTopic(enum_value, camera_name),
                             settings,
                         )
+                else:
+                    if field == "add":
+                        settings = config.cameras[camera]
+                    elif field == "remove":
+                        settings = old_config.cameras[camera]
                     else:
-                        # Generic handling for global config updates
                         settings = config.get_nested_object(body.update_topic)
 
+                    request.app.config_publisher.publish_update(
+                        CameraConfigUpdateTopic(CameraConfigUpdateEnum[field], camera),
+                        settings,
+                    )
+            else:
+                # Generic handling for global config updates
+                settings = config.get_nested_object(body.update_topic)
+
                         # Publish None for removal, actual config for add/update
                         request.app.config_publisher.publisher.publish(
                             body.update_topic, settings