From a8aef91165387a55b70a02166d59fabbfca0a8b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Mowen <nickmowen213@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 08:46:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add more face debug logs

---
 frigate/data_processing/real_time/face.py | 6 +++++-
 frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py          | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frigate/data_processing/real_time/face.py b/frigate/data_processing/real_time/face.py
index 24d12c1ec..2c6b02103 100644
--- a/frigate/data_processing/real_time/face.py
+++ b/frigate/data_processing/real_time/face.py
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ class FaceRealTimeProcessor(RealTimeProcessorApi):
             person_box = obj_data.get("box")
 
             if not person_box:
+                logger.debug(f"No person box available for {id}")
                 return
 
             rgb = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_YUV2RGB_I420)
@@ -234,7 +235,8 @@ class FaceRealTimeProcessor(RealTimeProcessorApi):
 
             try:
                 face_frame = cv2.cvtColor(face_frame, cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
-            except Exception:
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.debug(f"Failed to convert face frame color for {id}: {e}")
                 return
         else:
             # don't run for object without attributes
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@ class FaceRealTimeProcessor(RealTimeProcessorApi):
 
             # no faces detected in this frame
             if not face:
+                logger.debug(f"No face attributes found for {id}")
                 return
 
             face_box = face.get("box")
@@ -275,6 +278,7 @@ class FaceRealTimeProcessor(RealTimeProcessorApi):
         res = self.recognizer.classify(face_frame)
 
         if not res:
+            logger.debug(f"Face recognizer returned no result for {id}")
             self.__update_metrics(datetime.datetime.now().timestamp() - start)
             return
 
diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
index 4ab8132c1..d169d2d88 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
@@ -158,11 +158,13 @@ class EmbeddingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         self.realtime_processors: list[RealTimeProcessorApi] = []
 
         if self.config.face_recognition.enabled:
+            logger.debug("Face recognition enabled, initializing FaceRealTimeProcessor")
             self.realtime_processors.append(
                 FaceRealTimeProcessor(
                     self.config, self.requestor, self.event_metadata_publisher, metrics
                 )
             )
+            logger.debug("FaceRealTimeProcessor initialized successfully")
 
         if self.config.classification.bird.enabled:
             self.realtime_processors.append(