From 4bc5f4f159df9c92c77f1851aac20ef1cd7bcee3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 21:25:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] use subquery for timeline lookup to avoid SQLite variable
 limit

---
 frigate/util/object.py | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frigate/util/object.py b/frigate/util/object.py
index 7f38438f43..7c7edc10c5 100644
--- a/frigate/util/object.py
+++ b/frigate/util/object.py
@@ -62,11 +62,12 @@ def get_camera_regions_grid(
         .where((Event.false_positive == None) | (Event.false_positive == False))
         .where(Event.start_time > last_update)
     )
-    valid_event_ids = [e["id"] for e in events.dicts()]
-    logger.debug(f"Found {len(valid_event_ids)} new events for {name}")
+
+    event_count = events.count()
+    logger.debug(f"Found {event_count} new events for {name}")
 
     # no new events, return as is
-    if not valid_event_ids:
+    if event_count == 0:
         return grid
 
     new_update = datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ def get_camera_regions_grid(
                 Timeline.data,
             ]
         )
-        .where(Timeline.source_id << valid_event_ids)
+        .where(Timeline.source_id << events)
         .limit(10000)
         .dicts()
     )