From ef5608a970e348f7f2d5fd59f1b026c86fe10587 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Mowen <nickmowen213@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:48:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Imporove attributes handling (#22035)

* Revert "Fix saving attributes for object to DB (#22000)"

This reverts commit 73c1e12faff13a04cae8cb44ddc356100d63a915.

* Automatically handle attributes by obj data parsing
---
 frigate/track/object_processing.py | 11 +----------
 frigate/track/tracked_object.py    | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frigate/track/object_processing.py b/frigate/track/object_processing.py
index a2638e5a5..e0ee74228 100644
--- a/frigate/track/object_processing.py
+++ b/frigate/track/object_processing.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ from frigate.config.camera.updater import (
     CameraConfigUpdateEnum,
     CameraConfigUpdateSubscriber,
 )
-from frigate.config.classification import ObjectClassificationType
 from frigate.const import (
     FAST_QUEUE_TIMEOUT,
     UPDATE_CAMERA_ACTIVITY,
@@ -760,16 +759,8 @@ class TrackedObjectProcessor(threading.Thread):
 
             self.update_mqtt_motion(camera, frame_time, motion_boxes)
 
-            attribute_model_names = [
-                name
-                for name, model_config in self.config.classification.custom.items()
-                if model_config.object_config
-                and model_config.object_config.classification_type
-                == ObjectClassificationType.attribute
-            ]
             tracked_objects = [
-                o.to_dict(attribute_model_names=attribute_model_names)
-                for o in camera_state.tracked_objects.values()
+                o.to_dict() for o in camera_state.tracked_objects.values()
             ]
 
             # publish info on this frame
diff --git a/frigate/track/tracked_object.py b/frigate/track/tracked_object.py
index ffa4f51fb..a95221bbd 100644
--- a/frigate/track/tracked_object.py
+++ b/frigate/track/tracked_object.py
@@ -376,11 +376,15 @@ class TrackedObject:
         )
         return (thumb_update, significant_change, path_update, autotracker_update)
 
-    def to_dict(
-        self,
-        attribute_model_names: list[str] | None = None,
-    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        event = {
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        # Tracking internals excluded from output (centroid, estimate, estimate_velocity)
+        _EXCLUDED_OBJ_DATA_KEYS = {
+            "centroid",
+            "estimate",
+            "estimate_velocity",
+        }
+
+        event: dict[str, Any] = {
             "id": self.obj_data["id"],
             "camera": self.camera_config.name,
             "frame_time": self.obj_data["frame_time"],
@@ -414,11 +418,11 @@ class TrackedObject:
             "path_data": self.path_data.copy(),
             "recognized_license_plate": self.obj_data.get("recognized_license_plate"),
         }
-        if attribute_model_names is not None:
-            for name in attribute_model_names:
-                value = self.obj_data.get(name)
-                if value is not None:
-                    event[name] = value
+
+        # Add any other obj_data keys (e.g. custom attribute fields) not yet included
+        for key, value in self.obj_data.items():
+            if key not in _EXCLUDED_OBJ_DATA_KEYS and key not in event:
+                event[key] = value
 
         return event