diff --git a/frigate/test/test_hwaccel_recommendation.py b/frigate/test/test_hwaccel_recommendation.py
index 8cd9dae44d..e334296ad3 100644
--- a/frigate/test/test_hwaccel_recommendation.py
+++ b/frigate/test/test_hwaccel_recommendation.py
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ class TestIntelGeneration(HwaccelRecommendationTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.recommend(["openvino:GPU"], codecs={"h264"}), "intel-qsv")
 
     def test_gen13_prefers_qsv_for_mixed_codecs(self):
-        # every camera resolves the family to its own codec, so mixed streams
-        # are no longer a reason to drop to vaapi
+        # each camera resolves the family to its own codec
         self.write_cpuinfo("13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13500")
         self.assertEqual(
             self.recommend(["openvino:GPU"], codecs={"h264", "h265"}), "intel-qsv"
diff --git a/frigate/util/hwaccel.py b/frigate/util/hwaccel.py
index cdfbc8d08d..88ce16ce73 100644
--- a/frigate/util/hwaccel.py
+++ b/frigate/util/hwaccel.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # root the /proc reads use, so tests can point them at a fixture tree
 PROC_ROOT = "/proc"
 
-# stands in for the codec of a preset that decodes anything
 ANY_CODEC = "any"
 
 # a Raspberry Pi has no detection hardware of its own, so it gets a key here
@@ -35,11 +34,10 @@ RASPBERRY_PI = "raspberrypi"
 # ffprobe names h265 streams hevc
 CODEC_ALIASES = {"hevc": "h265"}
 
-# marketing name of a newer Intel CPU, e.g. "13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13500"
+# e.g. "13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13500"
 INTEL_GEN_PATTERN = re.compile(r"(\d+)th Gen")
-# Core Ultra dropped that prefix and is newer than every numbered generation
+# Core Ultra dropped the generation prefix and is newer than all of them
 INTEL_ULTRA_PATTERN = re.compile(r"Core\(TM\) Ultra")
-# stands in for a generation newer than any numbered one
 INTEL_GEN_LATEST = 99
 
 # per the hwaccel docs, gen13+ and Arc prefer qsv while older is safest on
@@ -47,8 +45,7 @@ INTEL_GEN_LATEST = 99
 INTEL_QSV_MIN_GEN = 13
 INTEL_QSV_SUPPORTED_GEN = 8
 
-# detection hardware whose GPU also decodes video, in recommendation priority
-# order
+# decode capable detection hardware, in recommendation priority order
 DECODE_HARDWARE = (
     "onnx:nvidia",
     "tensorrt",
@@ -150,7 +147,6 @@ def _intel_families(generation: int | None) -> list[HwaccelFamily]:
     if generation is not None and generation >= INTEL_QSV_MIN_GEN:
         return [FAMILY_QSV, FAMILY_VAAPI]
 
-    # gen8 to gen12 can do either, and the docs call vaapi the safer default
     return [FAMILY_VAAPI, FAMILY_QSV]
 
 
@@ -253,8 +249,8 @@ def hwaccel_options(
 def _recommend(families: list[HwaccelFamily], codecs_known: bool) -> str:
     """Pick the family to default to out of the ones this hardware can use."""
     if not codecs_known:
-        # nothing says which codec a camera will send, and a codec specific
-        # family would have to guess one, so anything that decodes them all wins
+        # a codec specific family would have to guess a codec for cameras
+        # that do not exist yet
         for family in families:
             if ANY_CODEC in family.presets:
                 return family.key
diff --git a/web/e2e/specs/setup/wizard-hardware.spec.ts b/web/e2e/specs/setup/wizard-hardware.spec.ts
index 4f1456ce8f..e64d4677ff 100644
--- a/web/e2e/specs/setup/wizard-hardware.spec.ts
+++ b/web/e2e/specs/setup/wizard-hardware.spec.ts
@@ -57,16 +57,12 @@ async function captureRestarts(page: Page): Promise<string[]> {
 }
 
 async function gotoDetectorStep(page: Page) {
-  // welcome -> camera -> detector
   await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Get Started" }).click();
   await expect(page.getByText("Add Your First Camera")).toBeVisible();
 
-  // The camera step's Next button only renders once addedCameras is
-  // non-empty, and that state is local to the step (it isn't seeded from
-  // the cameras already in config). Opening and cancelling the add-camera
-  // dialog is enough: its close handler force-refetches /api/config, which
-  // picks up the cameras already present in the mocked config and reveals
-  // Next -- see SetupCamera.tsx's handleClose.
+  // the camera step's Next only renders once its local addedCameras fills,
+  // which SetupCamera does by refetching config when the dialog closes, so
+  // opening and cancelling the dialog is what reveals Next
   await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Add Camera" }).click();
   await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel" }).click();
 
@@ -112,7 +108,6 @@ test.describe("setup wizard hardware @high @mobile", () => {
 
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Next" }).click();
 
-    // detector -> hwaccel
     await expect(page.getByText("Hardware Acceleration")).toBeVisible();
 
     const detectorSave = saves.find((save) => save.config_data?.models);
@@ -121,8 +116,7 @@ test.describe("setup wizard hardware @high @mobile", () => {
     ]);
     expect(detectorSave?.config_data?.detect).toEqual({ enabled: true });
 
-    // Auto names the family derived from the chosen hardware and writes its
-    // preset; VAAPI decodes any codec, so one global value covers every camera
+    // VAAPI decodes any codec, so one global value covers every camera
     await expect(page.getByText("Will use VAAPI (Intel/AMD)")).toBeVisible();
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Next" }).click();
 
@@ -131,8 +125,7 @@ test.describe("setup wizard hardware @high @mobile", () => {
       hwaccel_args: "preset-vaapi",
     });
 
-    // hwaccel -> recording (skipped) -> complete, where the saved steps only
-    // take effect after a restart and the primary action says so
+    // the saved steps only take effect after a restart
     const restarts = await captureRestarts(page);
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Skip" }).click();
     await expect(page.getByText("You're All Set!")).toBeVisible();
@@ -171,8 +164,7 @@ test.describe("setup wizard hardware @high @mobile", () => {
     await expect(page.getByText("Hardware Acceleration")).toBeVisible();
     expect(saves.filter((save) => save.config_data?.models)).toHaveLength(0);
 
-    // with nothing derived, Auto advances without writing; skipping recording
-    // leaves no pending saves, so finishing needs no restart
+    // nothing derived and nothing saved, so finishing needs no restart
     const restarts = await captureRestarts(page);
     await expect(page.getByText("No supported video card found")).toBeVisible();
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Next" }).click();
@@ -184,8 +176,8 @@ test.describe("setup wizard hardware @high @mobile", () => {
     ).toBeHidden();
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Go to Live View" }).click();
 
-    // hands off without restarting; the mocked config still reports
-    // onboarding incomplete, so the reload lands back on the wizard
+    // the mocked config still reports onboarding incomplete, so the reload
+    // lands back on the wizard
     await expect(page.getByText("Welcome to Frigate")).toBeVisible();
     expect(restarts).toHaveLength(0);
     const finishSave = saves.find((save) => save.config_data?.onboarding);
@@ -257,15 +249,12 @@ test.describe("setup wizard hardware @high @mobile", () => {
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Next" }).click();
     await expect(page.getByText("Hardware Acceleration")).toBeVisible();
 
-    // the family is named once, not split into codec variants the user would
-    // have to choose between
     await expect(
       page.getByRole("radio", { name: "NVIDIA Jetson" }),
     ).toBeVisible();
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Next" }).click();
 
-    // no camera was added through the wizard, so there is no codec to match
-    // and the family's first preset stands in
+    // no camera was added, so there is no codec to match
     const hwaccelSave = saves.find((save) => save.config_data?.ffmpeg);
     expect(hwaccelSave?.config_data?.ffmpeg).toEqual({
       hwaccel_args: "preset-jetson-h264",
diff --git a/web/src/components/settings/CameraWizardDialog.tsx b/web/src/components/settings/CameraWizardDialog.tsx
index caf02bcd03..f1cd4d8788 100644
--- a/web/src/components/settings/CameraWizardDialog.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/settings/CameraWizardDialog.tsx
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ const STEPS = [
 type CameraWizardDialogProps = {
   open: boolean;
   onClose: () => void;
-  // reports each camera the wizard saves, so callers can act on the streams
-  // that were probed without probing them again
+  // lets callers reuse what was probed here instead of probing again
   onCameraAdded?: (camera: { name: string; detectCodec?: string }) => void;
 };
 
diff --git a/web/src/components/setup/SetupCamera.tsx b/web/src/components/setup/SetupCamera.tsx
index ce740764ce..b87d989245 100644
--- a/web/src/components/setup/SetupCamera.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/setup/SetupCamera.tsx
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export default function SetupCamera({ onNext, onBack }: SetupCameraProps) {
 
   const handleClose = useCallback(() => {
     setShowWizard(false);
-    // Delay to let CameraWizardDialog's config save and go2rtc setup complete,
-    // then force a fresh fetch from the server (bypassing SWR cache)
+    // the dialog's config save and go2rtc setup need a moment to land, and
+    // the SWR cache would serve the pre-save config
     setTimeout(() => {
       fetch(`${window.baseUrl || ""}api/config`)
         .then((res) => res.json())
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ export default function SetupCamera({ onNext, onBack }: SetupCameraProps) {
             setAddedCameras(cameraNames);
           }
         })
-        .catch(() => {
-          // Fetch failed, stay on this step
-        });
+        .catch(() => {});
     }, 1000);
   }, [mutateConfig, addedCameras]);
 
diff --git a/web/src/components/setup/SetupComplete.tsx b/web/src/components/setup/SetupComplete.tsx
index 7616ac166e..4e6a89135f 100644
--- a/web/src/components/setup/SetupComplete.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/setup/SetupComplete.tsx
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ export default function SetupComplete({
   const handleFinish = useCallback(async () => {
     setFinishing(true);
     try {
-      // Mark setup as complete
       await axios.put("config/set", {
         config_data: {
           onboarding: { setup_complete: true },
@@ -95,8 +94,7 @@ export default function SetupComplete({
         requires_restart: 0,
       });
 
-      // camera adds were applied live, so with no pending requires_restart
-      // saves the wizard can hand off without restarting
+      // camera adds were applied live, so nothing is waiting on a restart
       if (!restartRequired) {
         window.location.href = window.baseUrl || "/";
         return;
@@ -104,10 +102,8 @@ export default function SetupComplete({
 
       setRestarting(true);
 
-      // Trigger restart
       await axios.post("restart");
 
-      // Poll for server availability with max retries
       let retries = 0;
       const maxRetries = 60; // 2 minutes max
       pollRef.current = setInterval(async () => {
@@ -116,7 +112,6 @@ export default function SetupComplete({
           if (pollRef.current) {
             clearInterval(pollRef.current);
           }
-          // Give up polling, redirect anyway
           window.location.href = window.baseUrl || "/";
           return;
         }
@@ -129,7 +124,7 @@ export default function SetupComplete({
             window.location.href = window.baseUrl || "/";
           }
         } catch {
-          // Server not ready yet
+          // not back yet
         }
       }, 2000);
     } catch {
diff --git a/web/src/components/setup/SetupDetector.tsx b/web/src/components/setup/SetupDetector.tsx
index 6dce2e0994..a3710baa91 100644
--- a/web/src/components/setup/SetupDetector.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/setup/SetupDetector.tsx
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import { LuExternalLink } from "react-icons/lu";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 import useSWR from "swr";
 
-// detectors that ship no default model; configuring them without one leaves
-// the detector unable to start
+// these ship no default model, so configuring one without a model leaves the
+// detector unable to start
 const MODEL_REQUIRED_DETECTORS = ["onnx", "tensorrt"];
 
 const CPU_FALLBACK: DetectionHardware[] = [
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export default function SetupDetector({
   });
   const plusEnabled = Boolean(config?.plus?.enabled);
 
-  // the cpu is always probed, so an empty or failed probe leaves a fallback
+  // the cpu is always probed, so an empty list means the probe failed
   const options = useMemo(
     () => (hardware && hardware.length > 0 ? hardware : CPU_FALLBACK),
     [hardware],
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ export default function SetupDetector({
 
   const handleSave = useCallback(async () => {
     if (needsModel && !plusModelId) {
-      // no model to run on this hardware yet, so leave the config untouched
       onSkip(selected.key);
       return;
     }
diff --git a/web/src/components/setup/SetupHwAccel.tsx b/web/src/components/setup/SetupHwAccel.tsx
index 38141f0f84..f0775292f4 100644
--- a/web/src/components/setup/SetupHwAccel.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/setup/SetupHwAccel.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import useSWR from "swr";
 const AUTO = "auto";
 const NONE = "none";
 
-// the codec key of a preset that decodes anything
 const ANY_CODEC = "any";
 
 // ffprobe names h265 streams hevc
@@ -24,11 +23,9 @@ function normalizeCodec(codec: string): string {
 
 type SetupHwAccelProps = {
   detectorHardwareKey?: string;
-  // detect stream codec of each camera added in the wizard, keyed by camera
-  // name. hwaccel only applies to the detect stream.
+  // camera name -> detect stream codec, the only stream hwaccel applies to
   detectCodecs: Record<string, string>;
-  // saved reports whether a config write happened, so the wizard knows
-  // whether finishing requires a restart
+  // saved tells the wizard whether finishing needs a restart
   onNext: (saved: boolean) => void;
   onBack: () => void;
   onSkip: () => void;
@@ -99,14 +96,11 @@ export default function SetupHwAccel({
         return { ffmpeg: { hwaccel_args: shared } };
       }
 
-      // this family decodes one codec per preset, so each camera needs the
-      // preset matching its own detect stream
       const perCamera = cameraCodecs
         .map((entry) => ({ ...entry, preset: family.presets[entry.codec] }))
         .filter((entry) => entry.preset);
 
       if (perCamera.length === 0) {
-        // no camera to match, so fall back to the family's first preset
         const fallback = Object.values(family.presets)[0];
         return fallback ? { ffmpeg: { hwaccel_args: fallback } } : null;
       }
@@ -114,12 +108,11 @@ export default function SetupHwAccel({
       const presets = new Set(perCamera.map((entry) => entry.preset));
 
       if (presets.size === 1 && perCamera.length === cameraCodecs.length) {
-        // every camera wants the same preset, so one global value says it
         return { ffmpeg: { hwaccel_args: [...presets][0] } };
       }
 
-      // the global stays on auto, so cameras added later still get resolved
-      // at startup rather than inheriting one camera's codec
+      // the global stays on auto so cameras added later resolve at startup
+      // instead of inheriting one camera's codec
       return {
         cameras: Object.fromEntries(
           perCamera.map((entry) => [
@@ -137,13 +130,12 @@ export default function SetupHwAccel({
 
     const configData =
       selected === NONE
-        ? // an empty string would make config/set delete the key (reviving the
-          // "auto" default), so an explicit no-hwaccel is an empty list
+        ? // an empty string would make config/set delete the key, reviving
+          // the "auto" default
           { ffmpeg: { hwaccel_args: [] } }
         : configFor(families.find((family) => family.key === key));
 
-    // Auto with nothing derived writes nothing: the config default of "auto"
-    // stays in place and the backend decides at startup
+    // nothing to write leaves the config default of "auto" in place
     if (!configData) {
       onNext(false);
       return;
diff --git a/web/src/components/setup/SetupRecording.tsx b/web/src/components/setup/SetupRecording.tsx
index b8cbe3c99f..dc234df5ca 100644
--- a/web/src/components/setup/SetupRecording.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/setup/SetupRecording.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ export default function SetupRecording({
 
   const { data: stats } = useSWR("stats", { revalidateOnFocus: false });
 
-  // Calculate storage estimate
   const storageInfo = stats?.service?.storage?.["/tmp/frigate/recordings"];
   const freeGb = storageInfo ? Math.round(storageInfo.free / 1024) : null;
   const cameraCount = cameraNames.length;
@@ -53,8 +52,7 @@ export default function SetupRecording({
       if (enabled) {
         record.alerts = { retain: { days: retentionDays } };
         record.detections = { retain: { days: retentionDays } };
-        // continuous keeps every segment, so it is the one that needs turning
-        // on. Its default of 0 already means "only what was detected".
+        // written even when off, so switching modes back turns it off again
         record.continuous = { days: mode === CONTINUOUS ? retentionDays : 0 };
       }
 
@@ -140,8 +138,7 @@ export default function SetupRecording({
               min={1}
               max={365}
               value={retentionDays}
-              // the spinner arrows are noise at this size, and the field is
-              // still typeable and arrow-key steppable without them
+              // drop the spinner arrows; typing and arrow keys still work
               className="[appearance:textfield] [&::-webkit-inner-spin-button]:appearance-none [&::-webkit-outer-spin-button]:appearance-none"
               onChange={(e) =>
                 setRetentionDays(Math.max(1, parseInt(e.target.value) || 1))
diff --git a/web/src/pages/SetupWizard.tsx b/web/src/pages/SetupWizard.tsx
index 0ace4d2e9f..f7db8255f9 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/SetupWizard.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/SetupWizard.tsx
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ type WizardState = {
   currentStep: number;
   cameraNames: string[];
   detectorHardwareKey?: string;
-  // detect stream codec of each added camera, keyed by camera name
+  // camera name -> detect stream codec
   detectCodecs: Record<string, string>;
-  // whether any step wrote config with requires_restart, which only takes
-  // effect after a restart (camera adds apply live and don't count)
+  // camera adds apply live, so they don't count toward needing a restart
   restartRequired: boolean;
   configuredSteps: {
     camera: boolean;
diff --git a/web/src/types/hardware.ts b/web/src/types/hardware.ts
index 8f31506a40..254e27ce6c 100644
--- a/web/src/types/hardware.ts
+++ b/web/src/types/hardware.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ export type DetectionHardware = {
 
 export type HwaccelFamily = {
   key: string;
-  // the preset for each codec this family decodes, or a single "any" preset
-  // when it decodes every codec
+  // keyed by codec, or a single "any" preset when it decodes every codec
   presets: Record<string, string>;
 };