Fix recordings storage roots to ignore pseudo stat paths

frigate/api/record.py

@@ -37,8 +37,40 @@ router = APIRouter(tags=[Tags.recordings])
 def get_recordings_storage_usage(request: Request):
     storage_stats = request.app.stats_emitter.get_latest_stats()["service"]["storage"]
 
-    configured_recording_paths = request.app.frigate_config.get_recordings_paths()
-    recording_stats = [storage_stats.get(path, {}) for path in configured_recording_paths]
+    def normalize_storage_path(path: str) -> str:
+        return str(Path(path)).rstrip("/") or "/"
+
+    def resolve_root_storage_stats(root_path: str) -> dict:
+        normalized_root = normalize_storage_path(root_path)
+
+        direct_stats = storage_stats.get(normalized_root, {})
+        if direct_stats:
+            return direct_stats
+
+        # Some stats payloads include date/hour pseudo-paths under a configured
+        # recordings root. In that case, use a descendant stat for the owning root
+        # without exposing the pseudo-path as a separate root entry.
+        descendant_candidates = [
+            (normalize_storage_path(path), stats)
+            for path, stats in storage_stats.items()
+            if normalize_storage_path(path).startswith(f"{normalized_root}/") and stats
+        ]
+
+        if not descendant_candidates:
+            return {}
+
+        descendant_candidates.sort(key=lambda item: len(item[0]))
+        return descendant_candidates[0][1]
+
+    configured_recording_paths = sorted(
+        {
+            normalize_storage_path(path)
+            for path in request.app.frigate_config.get_recordings_paths()
+        }
+    )
+    recording_stats = [
+        resolve_root_storage_stats(path) for path in configured_recording_paths
+    ]
     total_mb = sum(stat.get("total", 0) for stat in recording_stats)
 
     if total_mb == 0:
@@ -57,11 +89,13 @@ def get_recordings_storage_usage(request: Request):
 
     recording_roots = []
     all_recording_roots = sorted(
-        set(configured_recording_paths).union(root_camera_usages.keys())
+        set(configured_recording_paths).union(
+            normalize_storage_path(path) for path in root_camera_usages.keys()
+        )
     )
 
     for root_path in all_recording_roots:
-        root_stats = storage_stats.get(root_path, {})
+        root_stats = resolve_root_storage_stats(root_path)
         total = root_stats.get("total", 0)
         used = root_stats.get("used", 0)
         free = root_stats.get("free", 0)

frigate/test/http_api/test_http_recordings_storage.py

@@ -307,3 +307,39 @@ class TestHttpRecordingsStorage(BaseTestHttp):
         assert "/video1/2026-03-07/08" not in roots
         assert "/video1/2026-03-07/09" not in roots
 
+    def test_recordings_storage_ignores_pseudo_root_storage_stat_entries(self):
+        self.minimal_config["cameras"]["back_yard"] = {
+            "ffmpeg": {
+                "inputs": [{"path": "rtsp://10.0.0.2:554/video", "roles": ["detect"]}]
+            },
+            "detect": {"height": 1080, "width": 1920, "fps": 5},
+            "path": "/video1",
+        }
+
+        self.test_stats["service"]["storage"]["/video1"] = {
+            "free": 600,
+            "mount_type": "ext4",
+            "total": 1000,
+            "used": 400,
+        }
+        self.test_stats["service"]["storage"]["/media/frigate/recordings/2026-03-07/10"] = {
+            "free": 700,
+            "mount_type": "ext4",
+            "total": 1000,
+            "used": 300,
+        }
+        self.test_stats["service"]["storage"]["/video1/2026-03-07/10"] = {
+            "free": 500,
+            "mount_type": "ext4",
+            "total": 1000,
+            "used": 500,
+        }
+
+        app = self._build_app()
+
+        with AuthTestClient(app) as client:
+            payload = client.get("/recordings/storage").json()
+
+        root_paths = {root["path"] for root in payload["recording_roots"]}
+
+        assert root_paths == {"/media/frigate/recordings", "/video1"}