Add on-demand Frigate+ API key validation (#24918)

* Add on-demand Frigate+ API key validation

The Frigate+ settings page reported the API key as validated whenever it
matched the expected format, without ever checking it with the server.

- Clarify the status text to say the key matches the expected format
- Add PlusApi.validate_key(), which requests a token from Frigate+ and
  reports the key as valid, invalid, unreachable, or not set; server
  errors and timeouts are not reported as an invalid key
- Add an admin-only POST /plus/validate endpoint and regenerate the API spec
- Add a "Validate with Frigate+" button that shows the result inline

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01E4iDiZE2b3tVFVYyZrfZde

* Validate Frigate+ key asynchronously and keep cached token on bad replies

- Use aiohttp for the validation request so the endpoint awaits it
  instead of blocking a worker thread
- Only replace the cached token when the reply has a string accessToken
  and numeric expires; otherwise report unreachable so an unexpected
  response can't break later Frigate+ requests
- Test against a local aiohttp server, covering timeouts, connection
  failures, non-JSON replies and unusable token shapes

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01E4iDiZE2b3tVFVYyZrfZde

* Honor proxy settings when validating the Frigate+ key

aiohttp ignores HTTP(S)_PROXY unless trust_env is set, so validation
reported Frigate+ as unreachable on installs that need a proxy while
other Frigate+ requests still worked.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01E4iDiZE2b3tVFVYyZrfZde

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/static/frigate-api.yaml

@@ -3148,6 +3148,25 @@ paths:
         - frigateUserAuth: []
       x-required-role: any
       description: '**Access:** Any authenticated user.'
+  /plus/validate:
+    post:
+      tags:
+        - App
+      summary: Validate Plus Key
+      description: |-
+        **Access:** Admin role required.
+
+        Validate the configured Frigate+ API key with the Frigate+ server.
+      operationId: validate_plus_key_plus_validate_post
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Successful Response
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema: {}
+      security:
+        - frigateAdminAuth: []
+      x-required-role: admin
   /recognized_license_plates:
     get:
       tags:

frigate/api/app.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ from frigate.jobs.media_sync import (
     start_media_sync_job,
 )
 from frigate.models import Event, Timeline
-from frigate.plus import load_plus_model_info
+from frigate.plus import PlusKeyStatus, load_plus_model_info
 from frigate.stats.prometheus import get_metrics, update_metrics
 from frigate.types import JobStatusTypesEnum
 from frigate.util.builtin import (
@@ -1675,6 +1675,16 @@ def plusModels(request: Request, filterByCurrentModelDetector: bool = False):
     return JSONResponse(content=validModels)
 
 
+@router.post("/plus/validate", dependencies=[Depends(require_role(["admin"]))])
+async def validate_plus_key(request: Request):
+    """Validate the configured Frigate+ API key with the Frigate+ server."""
+    status = await request.app.frigate_config.plus_api.validate_key()
+
+    return JSONResponse(
+        content={"success": status == PlusKeyStatus.valid, "status": status.value}
+    )
+
+
 @router.get(
     "/recognized_license_plates", dependencies=[Depends(allow_any_authenticated())]
 )

frigate/plus.py

@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, TypeGuard
 
+import aiohttp
 import cv2
 import requests
 from numpy import ndarray
@@ -17,6 +19,17 @@ from frigate.const import MODEL_CACHE_DIR, PLUS_API_HOST, PLUS_ENV_VAR
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+PLUS_VALIDATE_TIMEOUT = 10
+
+
+class PlusKeyStatus(str, Enum):
+    """Result of validating a Frigate+ API key with the server."""
+
+    valid = "valid"
+    invalid = "invalid"
+    unreachable = "unreachable"
+    not_set = "not_set"
+
 
 def add_hailo_alias(model_info: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """Name the hailo detector by its current key as well as its old one.
@@ -72,6 +85,19 @@ def get_jpg_bytes(image: ndarray, max_dim: int, quality: int) -> bytes:
     return jpg_bytes if isinstance(jpg_bytes, bytes) else b""
 
 
+def _is_usable_token(token_data: Any) -> TypeGuard[dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Whether a Frigate+ token response has a usable token and expiry."""
+    if not isinstance(token_data, dict):
+        return False
+
+    expires = token_data.get("expires")
+    return (
+        isinstance(token_data.get("accessToken"), str)
+        and isinstance(expires, (int, float))
+        and not isinstance(expires, bool)
+    )
+
+
 class PlusApi:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.host = PLUS_API_HOST
@@ -153,6 +179,60 @@ class PlusApi:
     def is_active(self) -> bool:
         return self._is_active
 
+    async def validate_key(self) -> PlusKeyStatus:
+        """Check the configured API key against the Frigate+ server.
+
+        The key format is checked at startup, but only the server can tell
+        whether the key is actually valid. This requests a fresh token so the
+        result reflects the key's current state rather than a cached token.
+
+        Returns:
+            The key's status as reported by the Frigate+ server
+        """
+        if self.key is None:
+            return PlusKeyStatus.not_set
+
+        key_id, _, secret = self.key.partition(":")
+
+        # Use a single request with a timeout instead of the retrying session,
+        # since this is user initiated and should fail fast when unreachable.
+        # trust_env honors proxy settings, matching the other Frigate+ requests.
+        try:
+            async with aiohttp.ClientSession(
+                timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=PLUS_VALIDATE_TIMEOUT),
+                trust_env=True,
+            ) as session:
+                async with session.get(
+                    f"{self.host}/v1/auth/token",
+                    auth=aiohttp.BasicAuth(key_id, secret),
+                ) as r:
+                    status = r.status
+                    token_data = await r.json(content_type=None) if r.ok else None
+        except (aiohttp.ClientError, TimeoutError) as err:
+            logger.warning("Unable to reach Frigate+ to validate API key: %s", err)
+            return PlusKeyStatus.unreachable
+        except ValueError:
+            logger.warning("Invalid response validating Frigate+ API key")
+            return PlusKeyStatus.unreachable
+
+        if status in (401, 403):
+            return PlusKeyStatus.invalid
+
+        if status >= 400:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Unexpected response validating Frigate+ API key: %s", status
+            )
+            return PlusKeyStatus.unreachable
+
+        # Keep the cached token unless the reply is a usable one, so an
+        # unexpected response can't break later Frigate+ requests
+        if not _is_usable_token(token_data):
+            logger.warning("Invalid response validating Frigate+ API key")
+            return PlusKeyStatus.unreachable
+
+        self._token_data = token_data
+        return PlusKeyStatus.valid
+
     def upload_image(self, image: ndarray, camera: str) -> str:
         r = self._get("image/signed_urls")
         if not r.ok:

frigate/test/http_api/test_http_plus.py

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"""Tests for the Frigate+ API endpoints."""
+
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from frigate.models import Event
+from frigate.plus import PlusKeyStatus
+from frigate.test.http_api.base_http_test import AuthTestClient, BaseTestHttp
+
+
+class TestHttpPlusValidate(BaseTestHttp):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp([Event])
+
+    def _validate(self, status: PlusKeyStatus) -> dict:
+        app = self.create_app()
+
+        with patch.object(
+            app.frigate_config.plus_api, "validate_key", return_value=status
+        ):
+            with AuthTestClient(app) as client:
+                response = client.post("/plus/validate")
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        return response.json()
+
+    def test_a_valid_key(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self._validate(PlusKeyStatus.valid), {"success": True, "status": "valid"}
+        )
+
+    def test_an_invalid_key(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self._validate(PlusKeyStatus.invalid),
+            {"success": False, "status": "invalid"},
+        )
+
+    def test_viewers_cannot_validate(self):
+        app = self.create_app()
+
+        with AuthTestClient(app) as client:
+            response = client.post(
+                "/plus/validate",
+                headers={"remote-user": "viewer", "remote-role": "viewer"},
+            )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main(verbosity=2)

frigate/test/test_plus.py

@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 """Tests for Frigate+ model metadata."""
 
+import asyncio
 import json
 import os
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
-from frigate.plus import PlusApi, load_plus_model_info
+import aiohttp
+from aiohttp import web
+from aiohttp.test_utils import TestServer
+
+from frigate.plus import PlusApi, PlusKeyStatus, load_plus_model_info
 
 
 class TestHailoAlias(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -75,5 +80,137 @@ class TestLoadPlusModelInfo(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIsNone(load_plus_model_info("bad"))
 
 
+class TestValidateKey(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    """The key format is checked locally, but only the server knows if it is valid."""
+
+    CACHED_TOKEN = {"accessToken": "cached", "expires": 2000000000}
+
+    async def _serve(self, handler) -> str:
+        """Serve the token endpoint locally and return its base url."""
+        app = web.Application()
+        app.router.add_get("/v1/auth/token", handler)
+        server = TestServer(app)
+        await server.start_server()
+        self.addAsyncCleanup(server.close)
+        return str(server.make_url("")).rstrip("/")
+
+    def _api(self, host: str, key: str | None = "id:secret") -> PlusApi:
+        api = PlusApi.__new__(PlusApi)
+        api.host = host
+        api.key = key
+        api._token_data = dict(self.CACHED_TOKEN)
+        return api
+
+    async def _validate(self, handler) -> tuple[PlusKeyStatus, PlusApi]:
+        api = self._api(await self._serve(handler))
+        return await api.validate_key(), api
+
+    def _replies(self, status: int = 200, body: object = None, text: str | None = None):
+        async def handler(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+            self.auth = request.headers.get("Authorization")
+            if text is not None:
+                return web.Response(status=status, text=text)
+            return web.json_response(body, status=status)
+
+        return handler
+
+    async def test_an_accepted_key_is_valid(self):
+        token = {"accessToken": "fresh", "expires": 2000000500.5}
+        status, api = await self._validate(self._replies(body=token))
+
+        self.assertEqual(status, PlusKeyStatus.valid)
+        self.assertEqual(api._token_data, token)
+        self.assertEqual(self.auth, aiohttp.BasicAuth("id", "secret").encode())
+
+    async def test_a_rejected_key_is_invalid(self):
+        for code in (401, 403):
+            status, api = await self._validate(self._replies(code, {"error": "no"}))
+
+            self.assertEqual(status, PlusKeyStatus.invalid)
+            self.assertEqual(api._token_data, self.CACHED_TOKEN)
+
+    async def test_a_server_error_is_not_reported_as_invalid(self):
+        status, _ = await self._validate(self._replies(500, {"error": "down"}))
+
+        self.assertEqual(status, PlusKeyStatus.unreachable)
+
+    async def test_unusable_replies_keep_the_cached_token(self):
+        # a successful reply without a usable token must not replace one that
+        # later Frigate+ requests depend on
+        for body in (
+            None,
+            [],
+            {},
+            {"accessToken": "t"},
+            {"expires": 2000000000},
+            {"accessToken": 1, "expires": 2000000000},
+            {"accessToken": "t", "expires": "soon"},
+            {"accessToken": "t", "expires": True},
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(body=body):
+                status, api = await self._validate(self._replies(body=body))
+
+                self.assertEqual(status, PlusKeyStatus.unreachable)
+                self.assertEqual(api._token_data, self.CACHED_TOKEN)
+
+    async def test_a_non_json_reply_keeps_the_cached_token(self):
+        status, api = await self._validate(self._replies(text="<html>"))
+
+        self.assertEqual(status, PlusKeyStatus.unreachable)
+        self.assertEqual(api._token_data, self.CACHED_TOKEN)
+
+    async def test_a_connection_failure_is_unreachable(self):
+        # serve and stop, so the port refuses connections
+        server = TestServer(web.Application())
+        await server.start_server()
+        host = str(server.make_url("")).rstrip("/")
+        await server.close()
+        api = self._api(host)
+
+        self.assertEqual(await api.validate_key(), PlusKeyStatus.unreachable)
+
+    async def test_a_slow_server_times_out_as_unreachable(self):
+        async def slow(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+            await asyncio.sleep(5)
+            return web.json_response(self.CACHED_TOKEN)
+
+        with patch("frigate.plus.PLUS_VALIDATE_TIMEOUT", 0.1):
+            status, _ = await self._validate(slow)
+
+        self.assertEqual(status, PlusKeyStatus.unreachable)
+
+    async def test_the_request_goes_through_a_configured_proxy(self):
+        # installs that reach Frigate+ through a proxy must validate the same way
+        token = {"accessToken": "proxied", "expires": 2000000000}
+        proxied = []
+
+        async def proxy(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+            proxied.append(str(request.url))
+            return web.json_response(token)
+
+        proxy_url = await self._serve(proxy)
+        api = self._api("http://plus.invalid")
+
+        with patch.dict(
+            os.environ, {"HTTP_PROXY": proxy_url, "NO_PROXY": ""}, clear=False
+        ):
+            status = await api.validate_key()
+
+        self.assertEqual(status, PlusKeyStatus.valid)
+        self.assertEqual(proxied, ["http://plus.invalid/v1/auth/token"])
+
+    async def test_no_key_is_not_sent_to_the_server(self):
+        requests_seen = []
+
+        async def handler(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+            requests_seen.append(request)
+            return web.json_response(self.CACHED_TOKEN)
+
+        api = self._api(await self._serve(handler), key=None)
+
+        self.assertEqual(await api.validate_key(), PlusKeyStatus.not_set)
+        self.assertEqual(requests_seen, [])
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main(verbosity=2)

web/public/locales/en/views/settings.json

@@ -1285,8 +1285,13 @@
     },
     "apiKey": {
       "title": "Frigate+ API Key",
-      "validated": "Frigate+ API key is detected and validated",
+      "formatValid": "Frigate+ API key is detected and matches the expected format",
-      "notValidated": "Frigate+ API key is not detected or not validated",
+      "formatInvalid": "Frigate+ API key is not detected or does not match the expected format",
+      "validate": "Validate with Frigate+",
+      "validating": "Validating…",
+      "serverValid": "Frigate+ accepted this API key",
+      "serverInvalid": "Frigate+ rejected this API key",
+      "serverUnreachable": "Unable to reach Frigate+ to validate this API key",
       "desc": "The Frigate+ API key enables integration with the Frigate+ service.",
       "plusLink": "Read more about Frigate+"
     },

web/src/views/settings/FrigatePlusSettingsView.tsx

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Link, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import useSWR from "swr";
-import { CheckCircle2, XCircle } from "lucide-react";
+import axios from "axios";
+import { AlertTriangle, CheckCircle2, XCircle } from "lucide-react";
 import { LuExternalLink } from "react-icons/lu";
 import ActivityIndicator from "@/components/indicators/activity-indicator";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
@@ -18,12 +19,34 @@ import { FrigateConfig } from "@/types/frigateConfig";
 import { isReplayCamera } from "@/utils/cameraUtil";
 import type { SettingsPageProps } from "@/views/settings/SingleSectionPage";
 import { getPrimaryModel } from "@/utils/modelUtil";
+import { useIsAdmin } from "@/hooks/use-is-admin";
+
+type PlusKeyStatus = "valid" | "invalid" | "unreachable" | "not_set";
+
+type PlusValidateResponse = { success: boolean; status: PlusKeyStatus };
 
 export default function FrigatePlusSettingsView(_props: SettingsPageProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation("views/settings");
   const { getLocaleDocUrl } = useDocDomain();
   const { data: config } = useSWR<FrigateConfig>("config");
   const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const isAdmin = useIsAdmin();
+
+  const [isValidating, setIsValidating] = useState(false);
+  const [keyStatus, setKeyStatus] = useState<PlusKeyStatus>();
+
+  const validateKey = useCallback(async () => {
+    setIsValidating(true);
+
+    try {
+      const response = await axios.post<PlusValidateResponse>("plus/validate");
+      setKeyStatus(response.data.status);
+    } catch {
+      setKeyStatus("unreachable");
+    } finally {
+      setIsValidating(false);
+    }
+  }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     document.title = t("documentTitle.frigatePlus");
@@ -68,17 +91,55 @@ export default function FrigatePlusSettingsView(_props: SettingsPageProps) {
                 </>
               }
               content={
-                <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
-                  {config?.plus?.enabled ? (
+                  <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-                    <CheckCircle2 className="h-5 w-5 text-green-500" />
+                    {config?.plus?.enabled ? (
-                  ) : (
+                      <CheckCircle2 className="size-5 shrink-0 text-green-500" />
-                    <XCircle className="h-5 w-5 text-red-500" />
+                    ) : (
+                      <XCircle className="size-5 shrink-0 text-red-500" />
+                    )}
+                    <span className="text-sm">
+                      {config?.plus?.enabled
+                        ? t("frigatePlus.apiKey.formatValid")
+                        : t("frigatePlus.apiKey.formatInvalid")}
+                    </span>
+                  </div>
+                  {config?.plus?.enabled && isAdmin && (
+                    <div className="flex flex-col items-start gap-2">
+                      <Button
+                        size="sm"
+                        variant="outline"
+                        disabled={isValidating}
+                        onClick={validateKey}
+                        aria-label={t("frigatePlus.apiKey.validate")}
+                      >
+                        {isValidating && (
+                          <ActivityIndicator className="mr-2" size={16} />
+                        )}
+                        {isValidating
+                          ? t("frigatePlus.apiKey.validating")
+                          : t("frigatePlus.apiKey.validate")}
+                      </Button>
+                      {keyStatus && !isValidating && (
+                        <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                          {keyStatus === "valid" ? (
+                            <CheckCircle2 className="size-5 shrink-0 text-green-500" />
+                          ) : keyStatus === "unreachable" ? (
+                            <AlertTriangle className="size-5 shrink-0 text-yellow-500" />
+                          ) : (
+                            <XCircle className="size-5 shrink-0 text-red-500" />
+                          )}
+                          <span className="text-sm">
+                            {keyStatus === "valid"
+                              ? t("frigatePlus.apiKey.serverValid")
+                              : keyStatus === "unreachable"
+                                ? t("frigatePlus.apiKey.serverUnreachable")
+                                : t("frigatePlus.apiKey.serverInvalid")}
+                          </span>
+                        </div>
+                      )}
+                    </div>
                   )}
-                  <span className="text-sm">
-                    {config?.plus?.enabled
-                      ? t("frigatePlus.apiKey.validated")
-                      : t("frigatePlus.apiKey.notValidated")}
-                  </span>
                 </div>
               }
             />