From 998dc7524da326d3110b08963c092fdfb4ee128c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 05:16:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add field_validator for users to handle single-string
 input

When a single user is passed via config/set query parameter, it arrives
as a plain string instead of a list, causing Pydantic validation to fail.
Add a validator matching the existing cameras pattern to wrap strings.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01PooiYnugPWqdCYDq4TU7ti
---
 frigate/config/camera_group.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frigate/config/camera_group.py b/frigate/config/camera_group.py
index b69182806..7b1dbb857 100644
--- a/frigate/config/camera_group.py
+++ b/frigate/config/camera_group.py
@@ -36,3 +36,11 @@ class CameraGroupConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
             return [v]
 
         return v
+
+    @field_validator("users", mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_users(cls, v):
+        if isinstance(v, str):
+            return [v]
+
+        return v