From c0a30fe3a4356d18e891f34af9ae32fc0f866b42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 11:48:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] remove sync_recordings and add config migrator

---
 frigate/config/camera/record.py |  3 ---
 frigate/util/config.py          | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frigate/config/camera/record.py b/frigate/config/camera/record.py
index 90881f448..21816523a 100644
--- a/frigate/config/camera/record.py
+++ b/frigate/config/camera/record.py
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ class RecordExportConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
 
 class RecordConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
     enabled: bool = Field(default=False, title="Enable record on all cameras.")
-    sync_recordings: bool = Field(
-        default=False, title="Sync recordings with disk on startup and once a day."
-    )
     expire_interval: int = Field(
         default=60,
         title="Number of minutes to wait between cleanup runs.",
diff --git a/frigate/util/config.py b/frigate/util/config.py
index c3d796397..b9e3fccb8 100644
--- a/frigate/util/config.py
+++ b/frigate/util/config.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from frigate.util.services import get_video_properties
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-CURRENT_CONFIG_VERSION = "0.17-0"
+CURRENT_CONFIG_VERSION = "0.18-0"
 DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, "config.yml")
 
 
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ def migrate_frigate_config(config_file: str):
             yaml.dump(new_config, f)
         previous_version = "0.17-0"
 
+    if previous_version < "0.18-0":
+        logger.info(f"Migrating frigate config from {previous_version} to 0.18-0...")
+        new_config = migrate_018_0(config)
+        with open(config_file, "w") as f:
+            yaml.dump(new_config, f)
+        previous_version = "0.18-0"
+
     logger.info("Finished frigate config migration...")
 
 
@@ -427,6 +434,27 @@ def migrate_017_0(config: dict[str, dict[str, Any]]) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]
     return new_config
 
 
+def migrate_018_0(config: dict[str, dict[str, Any]]) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Handle migrating frigate config to 0.18-0"""
+    new_config = config.copy()
+
+    # Remove deprecated sync_recordings from global record config
+    if new_config.get("record", {}).get("sync_recordings") is not None:
+        del new_config["record"]["sync_recordings"]
+
+    # Remove deprecated sync_recordings from camera-specific record configs
+    for name, camera in config.get("cameras", {}).items():
+        camera_config: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = camera.copy()
+
+        if camera_config.get("record", {}).get("sync_recordings") is not None:
+            del camera_config["record"]["sync_recordings"]
+
+        new_config["cameras"][name] = camera_config
+
+    new_config["version"] = "0.18-0"
+    return new_config
+
+
 def get_relative_coordinates(
     mask: Optional[Union[str, list]], frame_shape: tuple[int, int]
 ) -> Union[str, list]: