From 96b9ff145e98365ddbe222b6c16f5cfc79f9dcf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:45:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] chown the database files after init

---
 frigate/app.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index b6d493162e..01440508b4 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -231,6 +231,18 @@ class FrigateApp:
 
         migrate_db.close()
 
+        # A root frigate service (FRIGATE_ROOT_SERVICES) creates these as
+        # root. The wal and shm journals can be recreated as root later in
+        # the run; the per-boot sweep of /config realigns those on restart.
+        for db_file in (
+            self.config.database.path,
+            f"{self.config.database.path}-wal",
+            f"{self.config.database.path}-shm",
+            self.config.database.path.replace("frigate.db", "backup.db"),
+        ):
+            if os.path.exists(db_file):
+                chown_to_runtime(db_file)
+
     def init_go2rtc(self) -> None:
         for proc in psutil.process_iter(["pid", "name"]):
             if proc.info["name"] == "go2rtc":