From 95e20d3fd5074685e16aee15cb7a58ca814444a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 08:32:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] use stable empty object reference for swr metadata default

---
 web/src/hooks/use-deferred-stream-metadata.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/web/src/hooks/use-deferred-stream-metadata.ts b/web/src/hooks/use-deferred-stream-metadata.ts
index 8e68b6a6a3..ac59256999 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/use-deferred-stream-metadata.ts
+++ b/web/src/hooks/use-deferred-stream-metadata.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { LiveStreamMetadata } from "@/types/live";
 
 const FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 10000;
 const DEFER_DELAY_MS = 2000;
+const emptyObject = Object.freeze({});
 
 /**
  * Hook that fetches go2rtc stream metadata with deferred loading.
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ export default function useDeferredStreamMetadata(streamNames: string[]) {
     return metadata;
   }, []);
 
-  const { data: metadata = {} } = useSWR<{
+  const { data: metadata = emptyObject } = useSWR<{
     [key: string]: LiveStreamMetadata;
   }>(swrKey, fetcher, {
     revalidateOnFocus: false,