Frigate NVR Updates: Timeline and Configuration Fixes
Developer Josh Hawkins merged a comprehensive fix addressing timeline navigation bugs, user permission controls, and OpenVINO logging improvements. The update resolves a critical timestamp sharing issue that caused incorrect timeline navigation on exact hour boundaries.
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- Show: Frigate NVR Updates
- Published: 2026-05-01T00:00:00Z
- Audio duration: PT1M27S
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Good morning, this is Frigate NVR Updates for May 1st, 2026.
Josh Hawkins merged "Miscellaneous fixes," a substantial maintenance update addressing several key issues across the platform. The pull request includes 51 additions and 13 deletions across seven files.
The most significant fix resolves a timeline navigation bug that occurred when sharing timestamps on exact hour boundaries. Previously, the findIndex function would return the previous hour's chunk instead of the correct one, causing users accessing shared links to jump to the wrong timeline position. This has been…
The update also strengthens user access controls by restricting configuration variables for viewer-level users through modifications to the API layer. This enhancement improves security by ensuring viewers cannot access administrative configuration data.
Additional improvements include better logging for the OpenVINO detector plugin and enhanced directory validation checks for preview functionality. The web interface received updates to both the timeline utilities and recording view components to support the timestamp fixes.
Documentation also received attention, with updates to the contributing guidelines to…
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