Frigate NVR Updates: UI Improvements and Security Fixes

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Good morning, this is your Frigate NVR Updates for May 25th, 2026.

Yesterday saw significant activity with two merged pull requests from contributor hawkeye217, totaling over 670 lines of changes across 30 files.

The first merge was PR 23295, addressing miscellaneous fixes with 253 additions and 114 deletions across 13 files. This pull request tackled several security and functionality issues, including filtering motion review and alert cameras by user permissions to prevent restricted roles from accessing unauthorized cameras. The update also resolves a critical issue where data streams in chapter exports could cause ffmpeg crashes by skipping them entirely. Additional improvements include restricting debug replay interface access to admin users only, better handling of GPU detection when hardware names can't be determined, and enhanced AI prompts for the chat functionality.

The second merge, PR 23304, focused on UI tweaks with substantial changes - 417 additions and over 1000 deletions across 17 files. This update restructures the camera enable and disable interface, removing obsolete camera edit forms and changing terminology from "disabled/enabled" to "off/on" for better user clarity. The changes include reorganized menu options and the addition of current camera name badges for improved navigation. Documentation was updated across multiple configuration files to reflect these interface changes.

Both pull requests received single approvals before merging and represent collaborative work, with the first PR including contributions from Nicolas Mowen.

What's next: Watch for potential follow-up fixes as users test the new interface changes in production environments. The security improvements around camera access restrictions may prompt additional permission-related updates.

That's your Frigate NVR update for today - we'll be back tomorrow with more development news.