diff --git a/frigate/api/app.py b/frigate/api/app.py
index 142d4ee0e4..0af3bc1aba 100644
--- a/frigate/api/app.py
+++ b/frigate/api/app.py
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ from frigate.api.auth import (
     get_allowed_cameras_for_filter,
     require_role,
 )
-from frigate.api.config_util import swap_runtime_config
+from frigate.api.config_util import (
+    publish_camera_section_updates,
+    swap_runtime_config,
+)
 from frigate.api.defs.query.app_query_parameters import AppTimelineHourlyQueryParameters
 from frigate.api.defs.request.app_body import (
     AppConfigSetBody,
@@ -963,6 +966,17 @@ def config_set(request: Request, body: AppConfigSetBody):
                             body.update_topic, settings
                         )
 
+                        # a config/cameras/* topic publishes camera copies, a
+                        # global topic the global object. FrigateConfig.parse
+                        # folds some global sections down into every camera,
+                        # and workers read both objects, so any such section
+                        # needs its camera copies sent alongside the global
+                        # publish above.
+                        if body.update_topic == "config/birdseye":
+                            publish_camera_section_updates(
+                                request.app, config, CameraConfigUpdateEnum.birdseye
+                            )
+
             return JSONResponse(
                 content=(
                     {
diff --git a/frigate/api/config_util.py b/frigate/api/config_util.py
index 7c27ab5d78..0cb954af10 100644
--- a/frigate/api/config_util.py
+++ b/frigate/api/config_util.py
@@ -3,6 +3,30 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
+from frigate.config.camera.updater import (
+    CameraConfigUpdateEnum,
+    CameraConfigUpdateTopic,
+)
+
+
+def publish_camera_section_updates(
+    app: FastAPI, config: FrigateConfig, update_type: CameraConfigUpdateEnum
+) -> None:
+    """Broadcast every camera's re-resolved value for a global section.
+
+    Global sections are folded into each camera at parse time and the camera
+    copies are what workers read, so send them rather than leave a worker to
+    guess which cameras were inheriting.
+    """
+    for camera_name, camera_config in config.cameras.items():
+        settings = getattr(camera_config, update_type.name, None)
+
+        if settings is None:
+            continue
+
+        app.config_publisher.publish_update(
+            CameraConfigUpdateTopic(update_type, camera_name), settings
+        )
 
 
 def swap_runtime_config(app: FastAPI, config: FrigateConfig) -> None:
diff --git a/frigate/output/output.py b/frigate/output/output.py
index 67dba5221f..0793c1cd15 100644
--- a/frigate/output/output.py
+++ b/frigate/output/output.py
@@ -178,13 +178,10 @@ class OutputProcess(FrigateProcess):
             )
 
             if update_topic is not None and birdseye_config is not None:
-                previous_global_mode = self.config.birdseye.mode
+                # only the global-only fields are applied here; the per-camera
+                # enabled and mode arrive on config/cameras/<name>/birdseye,
+                # already resolved against yaml by the config parse
                 self.config.birdseye = birdseye_config
-
-                for camera_config in self.config.cameras.values():
-                    if camera_config.birdseye.mode == previous_global_mode:
-                        camera_config.birdseye.mode = birdseye_config.mode
-
                 logger.debug("Applied dynamic birdseye config update")
 
             # check if there is an updated config
diff --git a/frigate/test/http_api/test_http_config_set.py b/frigate/test/http_api/test_http_config_set.py
index 68d4537165..4e2e851f48 100644
--- a/frigate/test/http_api/test_http_config_set.py
+++ b/frigate/test/http_api/test_http_config_set.py
@@ -374,6 +374,62 @@ class TestConfigSetWildcardPropagation(BaseTestHttp):
         finally:
             os.unlink(config_path)
 
+    @patch("frigate.api.app.find_config_file")
+    def test_global_birdseye_save_fans_out_resolved_camera_configs(
+        self, mock_find_config
+    ):
+        """A global birdseye save must also publish the per-camera values.
+
+        Global birdseye only seeds enabled and mode; the camera copies are what
+        the output process actually reads. Sending just the global object makes
+        a worker guess which cameras were inheriting, and the only available
+        guess (mode still equals the previous global) wrongly claims a camera
+        whose explicit yaml mode happens to match.
+        """
+        self.minimal_config["birdseye"] = {"enabled": True, "mode": "motion"}
+        # explicit override that matches the global value being replaced
+        self.minimal_config["cameras"]["front_door"]["birdseye"] = {"mode": "motion"}
+
+        config_path = self._write_config_file()
+        mock_find_config.return_value = config_path
+
+        try:
+            app, mock_publisher = self._create_app_with_publisher()
+            with AuthTestClient(app) as client:
+                resp = client.put(
+                    "/config/set",
+                    json={
+                        "config_data": {"birdseye": {"mode": "continuous"}},
+                        "update_topic": "config/birdseye",
+                        "requires_restart": 0,
+                    },
+                )
+
+                self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+
+                # the global object still goes out on its own topic
+                mock_publisher.publisher.publish.assert_called_once()
+                topic, settings = mock_publisher.publisher.publish.call_args[0]
+                self.assertEqual(topic, "config/birdseye")
+                self.assertEqual(settings.mode.value, "continuous")
+
+                published = {
+                    call[0][0].camera: call[0][1]
+                    for call in mock_publisher.publish_update.call_args_list
+                }
+                self.assertEqual(set(published), {"front_door", "back_yard"})
+
+                for call in mock_publisher.publish_update.call_args_list:
+                    self.assertEqual(
+                        call[0][0].update_type, CameraConfigUpdateEnum.birdseye
+                    )
+
+                # the override survives, the inheriting camera follows global
+                self.assertEqual(published["front_door"].mode.value, "motion")
+                self.assertEqual(published["back_yard"].mode.value, "continuous")
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(config_path)
+
     @patch("frigate.api.app.find_config_file")
     def test_save_updates_the_config_holder(self, mock_find_config):
         """A save must move the holder onto the freshly parsed config.