Frigate NVR Updates: Snapshot API Enhancement and Settings Internationalization
Two significant updates merged to Frigate NVR, with leccelecce delivering enhanced event snapshot API functionality that honors query parameters after events end, and hawkeye217 improving internationalization for the settings interface.
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Good morning, this is your Frigate NVR Updates for March 23rd, 2026.
Two major pull requests merged yesterday, bringing substantial improvements to the platform. leccelecce merged PR #22375, enabling the event snapshot API to honor query parameters after events end. This significant change modifies how Frigate handles snapshots by switching from storing annotated JPEGs on disk to storing only clean WebP copies. The API now supports height, quality, bbox, timestamp, and crop parameters for completed events, affecting 785 lines added and 463 lines removed across 32 files. The change underwent thorough review with 14 comments and addresses issue #22119.
hawkeye217 merged PR #22571 for settings internationalization improvements. This update streamlines the translation system by deduplicating shared detector translation keys and centralizing config translation resolution. The work removes significant redundancy, cutting 809 lines while adding 217 new ones across 12 files, primarily in the web interface components.
Blake Blackshear also merged the master branch into development, incorporating recent production fixes and updates across 66 documentation and configuration files.
What's next: The snapshot API changes represent a fundamental shift in how Frigate processes event imagery, likely improving performance and reducing storage requirements. The internationalization improvements set the foundation for better multi-language support in future releases.
That's your update for today. We'll be back tomorrow with the latest from the Frigate development team.