From 0636c40094ca506f259864e8504b8c88d70d4d4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erki Aas <erki.aas@balticlei.ee>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 21:54:29 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix frigate persistance and detection

---
 frigate/values.yaml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frigate/values.yaml b/frigate/values.yaml
index 944139d..c0e3ba3 100644
--- a/frigate/values.yaml
+++ b/frigate/values.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ config: |
 
   record:
     enabled: True
+    # Retention is driven entirely by frigate.db: expire_existing_camera_recordings()
+    # only unlinks files it finds rows for. Reconcile disk against the DB so orphaned
+    # segments (e.g. if the config PVC is ever lost) get reclaimed instead of
+    # accumulating until /media fills up.
+    sync_recordings: True
     retain:
       days: 3
       mode: motion
@@ -108,6 +113,9 @@ config: |
                - detect
                - rtmp
                - record
+     # Amcrest 5MP: without an explicit detect size frigate uses the native
+     # 2960x1668 stream, i.e. 7.1MiB frames in /dev/shm vs 1.3MiB for the 720p
+     # cameras. Detection runs at 300x300 anyway, so cap detect at 720p.
      workshop_a:
        ffmpeg:
          inputs:
@@ -116,6 +124,9 @@ config: |
                - detect
                - rtmp
                - record
+       detect:
+         width: 1280
+         height: 720
      workshop_b:
        ffmpeg:
          inputs:
@@ -124,6 +135,9 @@ config: |
                - detect
                - rtmp
                - record
+       detect:
+         width: 1280
+         height: 720
 
 ingress:
   enabled: true
@@ -141,6 +155,16 @@ ingress:
       - "*.k-space.ee"
 
 persistence:
+  # frigate.db lives here. On an emptyDir it is recreated blank on every pod
+  # restart, which orphans every recording already on /media - retention then
+  # has no rows to expire and the media volume grows without bound.
+  # ephemeralWritableConfigYaml (chart default) keeps an initContainer that
+  # re-copies config.yml from the ConfigMap on each start, so the `config:`
+  # block above stays authoritative.
+  config:
+    enabled: true
+    storageClass: "ceph-rbd"
+    size: 5Gi
   media:
     enabled: true
     storageClass: "hdd-ceph"