[Bug]: frigate:0.16.0-beta3-standard-arm64 occasionally hanging

[astyrrian1]

Checklist

• I have updated to the latest available Frigate version.
• I have cleared the cache of my browser.
• I have tried a different browser to see if it is related to my browser.
• I have tried reproducing the issue in incognito mode to rule out problems with any third party extensions or plugins I have installed.

Describe the problem you are having

After some period of time Frigate hangs and the web UI no longer loads. In web inspector it appears that profile, config, stats xhr are stuck pending. This occurs when accessing local or remote, authenticated or on :5000 (unauthenticated).

In the container logs I do see auth requst unexpected status: 504 on /api/version. If I restart the container everything starts working again.

Steps to reproduce

1. Load Frigate locally or remotely, authenticated or on :5000
2. Web UI hangs and loads partially and XHR never return
3. Restart docker container and everything starts working again.

Version

frigate:0.16.0-beta3-standard-arm64

In which browser(s) are you experiencing the issue with?

No response

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  enabled: true
  host: 192.168.0.27
  port: 1883
  user: xxxxxxxx
  password: xxxxxxx
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate

tls:
  enabled: false

logger:
  default: info
  logs:
    frigate.record.maintainer: debug
    frigate.ffmpeg: info

ffmpeg:
  global_args: -hide_banner -loglevel verbose
  hwaccel_args: auto
  input_args: preset-rtsp-restream -rtsp_transport tcp
  #myinput: "-avoid_negative_ts make_zero -fflags +genpts+discardcorrupt -flags low_delay -strict experimental -analyzeduration 1000M -probesize 1000M -reorder_queue_size 10 -rw_timeout 5000000 -i {input}"
  retry_interval: 5
  output_args:
    record: -f segment -segment_time 10 -segment_format mp4 -reset_timestamps 1 -strftime
      1 -c:v libx264 -tune zerolatency -preset ultrafast -an

birdseye:
  enabled: false
  restream: true
  width: 1280
  height: 720
  quality: 8
  inactivity_threshold: 30
  mode: objects

semantic_search:
  enabled: true
  reindex: false
  model_size: small

genai:
  enabled: false
  provider: gemini
  model: gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20
  api_key: xxxxxxxx
  prompt: xxxxxx
  object_prompts:
    person: xxxxx
    car: xxxx

objects:
  track:
    - person
    - car
    - motorcycle
    - cat
    - dog
  filters:
    person:
      min_score: 0.7
      threshold: 0.8
    car:
      min_score: 0.7
      threshold: 0.8
    cat:
      min_score: 0.7
      threshold: 0.8
    dog:
      min_score: 0.7
      threshold: 0.8
review:
  alerts:
    labels:
      - person
  detections:
    labels:
      - car
      - motorcycle
      - cat
      - dog

detect:
  enabled: true

detectors:
  cpu1:
    type: cpu
    num_threads: 5

record:
  sync_recordings: false
  enabled: true
  retain:
    days: 5
    mode: all
  alerts:
    retain:
      days: 30
  detections:
    retain:
      days: 10
snapshots:
  enabled: true
  clean_copy: true
  bounding_box: true
  timestamp: false
  crop: false
  retain:
    default: 25
    objects:
      person: 15
      car: 20
  quality: 90

model:
  path: plus://xxxxxxxxxxx

go2rtc:
  streams:
    street_round_room:
      - rtsp://x:y@192.168.0.128:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
    street_round_room_sub1:
      - rtsp://x:y@192.168.0.128:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1&unicast=true&proto=Onvif
    street_round_room_sub2:
      - rtsp://x:y@192.168.0.128:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=2&unicast=true&proto=Onvif
    side_round_room:
      - rtsp://x:y@192.168.0.135:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
    side_round_room_sub1:
      - rtsp://x:y@192.168.0.135:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1&unicast=true&proto=Onvif
    side_round_room_sub2:
      - rtsp://x:y@192.168.0.135:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=2&unicast=true&proto=Onvif
    garage_side:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/garage_side
    garage_side_sub:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/garage_side_sub
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/alley
    alley_sub:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/alley_sub
    backyard:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/backyard
    backyard_sub:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/backyard_sub
    driveway:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/driveway
    driveway_sub:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/driveway_sub
    front_door_doorbell:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/front_door_doorbell
    front_door_doorbell_sub:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/front_door_doorbell_sub
    indoor_garage:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/indoor_garage
    indoor_garage_sub:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/indoor_garage_sub
    front_side_yard:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/front_side_yard
    front_side_yard_sub:
      - rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/front_side_yard_sub
  log:
    exec: trace
  webrtc:
    candidates:
      - 192.168.0.108:8555
      - stun:8555

cameras:
  doorbell:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/front_door_doorbell
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/front_door_doorbell_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
    live:
      streams:
        doorbell: doorbell
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        mode: all
    audio:
      enabled: false
      listen:
        - honk
        - yell
        - scream
        - speech
        - police_car
        - emergency_vehicle
    motion:
      threshold: 55
      contour_area: 40
      improve_contrast: true
    detect:
      fps: 10
      height: 640
      width: 480
    zones:
      Front_Yard:
        coordinates: 
          0.99,0.477,0.68,0.444,0.564,0.444,0.479,0.453,0.351,0.47,0.163,0.507,0,0.536,0.003,0.999,0.996,0.999
        objects:
          - person
          - cat
          - dog
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Front_Yard
        labels:
          - person
      detections:
        labels:
          - cat
          - dog
  garage_side:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/garage_side
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
   #         - detect
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/garage_side_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        mode: all
    live:
      streams:
        garage_side: garage_side
    zones:
      Side_Yard:
        coordinates: 
          0.001,0.72,0.079,0.531,0.144,0.43,0.207,0.405,0.286,0.403,0.39,0.41,0.778,0.439,0.894,0.474,0.997,0.494,0.998,0.998,0.003,0.993
        loitering_time: 0
        inertia: 3
        objects:
          - person
          - car
          - dog
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Side_Yard
        labels:
          - person
      detections:
        labels:
          - cat
          - dog
          - car
    motion:
      threshold: 57
      contour_area: 44
      improve_contrast: true
    detect:
      fps: 5
      width: 640
      height: 320
  alley:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/alley
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
  #         - detect
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/alley_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
    live:
      streams:
        alley: alley
    motion:
      threshold: 55
      contour_area: 25
      improve_contrast: true
    genai:
      enabled: false
    detect:
      fps: 5
      width: 640
      height: 320
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 10
        mode: active_objects
    zones:
      Back_yard:
        coordinates: 
          0.797,1,0.812,0.705,0.807,0.522,0.821,0.424,0.859,0.198,0.793,0.186,0.738,0.191,0.64,0.409,0.521,0.652,0.371,0.924,0.295,1,0.294,0.995,0.818,1
        loitering_time: 0
        inertia: 3
        objects:
          - person
          - dog
          - cat
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Back_yard
        labels:
          - person
      detections:
        labels:
          - dog
          - cat
  Backyard:
    enabled: false
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/backyard
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        #    - detect
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/backyard_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
    live:
      streams:
        Backyard: Backyard
    motion:
      threshold: 45
      contour_area: 40
      improve_contrast: true
      mask: 
        0.218,0.967,0.384,0.458,0.359,0.329,0.569,0.23,0.577,0.396,0.64,0.496,0.603,0.568,0.783,1,1,1,0.984,0,-0.004,0.018,0,1
    detect:
      fps: 5
      width: 640
      height: 320
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - cat
        - dog
    zones:
      Back_Yard:
        coordinates: 
          0.22,0.995,0.389,0.437,0.376,0.326,0.567,0.258,0.585,0.39,0.638,0.499,0.619,0.544,0.767,0.995
        loitering_time: 2
        inertia: 1
        objects:
          - person
          - dog
          - cat
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Back_Yard
        labels:
          - person
      detections:
        required_zones: Back_Yard
        labels:
          - dog
          - cat
  Front_Side_Yard:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/front_side_yard
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
   #         - detect
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/front_side_yard_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
    live:
      streams:
        Front_Side_Yard: Front_Side_Yard
    genai:
      enabled: false
    motion:
      threshold: 40
      contour_area: 25
      improve_contrast: true
    detect:
      fps: 5
      width: 960
      height: 540
    zones:
      Side_Yard:
        coordinates: 0.003,0.412,0.999,0.619,0.995,0.99,0.001,0.991
        objects:
          - person
          - cat
          - dog
      22nd_Street:
        coordinates: 0.002,0.406,0.078,0.273,0.505,0.261,0.838,0.298,1,0.326,0.997,0.607
        objects: car
        inertia: 3
        loitering_time: 0
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        mode: all

    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Side_Yard
      detections:
        required_zones:
          - 22nd_Street
  Driveway:
    enabled: false
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/driveway
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
   #         - detect
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/driveway_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
    live:
      streams:
        Driveway: Driveway
    motion:
      threshold: 55
      contour_area: 25
      improve_contrast: 'true'
    detect:
      fps: 5
      width: 640
      height: 320
    zones:
      Driveway_Parking:
        coordinates: 0.958,0.991,0.804,0.419,0.761,0.23,0.247,0.273,0.096,0.996
        objects:
          - person
          - car
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Driveway_Parking
      detections:
        required_zones: Driveway_Parking
        labels:
          - car
  indoor_garage:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/indoor_garage
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.23:18554/indoor_garage_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
    motion:
      threshold: 50
      contour_area: 31
      improve_contrast: true
    objects:
      track:
        - person
      filters:
        person:
          threshold: 0.80
    detect:
      fps: 5
      width: 640
      height: 320
  street_round_room:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://x:y@192.168.0.128:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
            - audio
        - path: 
            rtsp://x:y@192.168.0.128:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=2&unicast=true&proto=Onvif
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
    mqtt:
      timestamp: false
      bounding_box: false
      crop: true
      quality: 50
      height: 320
    genai:
      enabled: true
    audio:
      enabled: true
      listen:
        - honk
        - speech
        - police_car
        - emergency_vehicle
        - yell
        - scream
    onvif:
      host: 192.168.0.128
      port: 80
      user: xxxxxxx
      password: xxxxxxx
      autotracking:
        enabled: true
        calibrate_on_startup: false
        zooming: relative
        zoom_factor: 0.5
        required_zones:
          - yard
        track:
          - person
        return_preset: intersection
        timeout: 1
        movement_weights: 0.25, 1.0, 1.3988714218139648, 4.946893668943835, 0.5225872747359741,
          -0.17208480834960938
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - car
        - motorcycle
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 10
        mode: all
    zones:
      tracking_zone:
        coordinates: 0.23,1,0.525,0.731,0.609,0.654,0.785,0.597,0.921,0.611,0.996,0.644,0.998,0.99
        loitering_time: 0
        objects: person
        inertia: 3
      street:
        coordinates: 
          0.003,0.602,0.255,0.952,0.676,0.582,0.99,0.608,0.99,0.323,0.826,0.311,0.999,0.08,0.77,0.003,0.516,0.314,0.008,0.201,0.008,0.362,0.171,0.462
        loitering_time: 0
        objects:
          - car
          - motorcycle
        inertia: 3
      yard:
        coordinates: 
          0.796,0.036,0.749,0.44,0.491,0.997,0.002,0.997,0.001,0.553,0.211,0.102,0.446,0.027
        inertia: 3
        loitering_time: 0
        objects: person
    detect:
      fps: 10
      height: 360
      width: 640
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      required_zones:
        - tracking_zone
        - street
        - yard
    live:
      streams:
        street_round_room: street_round_room
    review:
      alerts:
        labels:
          - person
        required_zones:
          - tracking_zone
          - yard
      detections:
        required_zones:
          - street
          - yard
    motion:
      threshold: 76
      contour_area: 58
      improve_contrast: true
      mask: 0.064,0.179,0.213,0.166,0.217,0.23,0.068,0.242
  side_round_room:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/side_round_room_sub2
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/side_round_room?video&audio
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-aac
    live:
      streams:
        side_round_room: side_round_room
    mqtt:
      timestamp: false
      bounding_box: false
      crop: true
      quality: 100
      height: 500
    onvif:
      host: 192.168.0.135
      port: 80
      user: xxxxxxxxx
      password: xxxxxxx
      autotracking:
        enabled: false
    motion:
      threshold: 62
      contour_area: 61
      improve_contrast: true
    zones:
      tracking_zone_for_yard:
        coordinates: 0.552,1,0.371,0.526,0.227,0.259,0.109,0.19,0.072,-0.011,1,0,1,1
        loitering_time: 2
        inertia: 1
        objects: person
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 5
        mode: all
    detect:
      fps: 5
      height: 540
      width: 960
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: tracking_zone_for_yard
      detections:
        labels: []

version: 0.16-0
camera_groups:
  Birdseye:
    order: 1
    icon: LuBird
    cameras: birdseye
environment_vars:
  PLUS_API_KEY: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
face_recognition:
  enabled: true
  model_size: small
lpr:
  enabled: false
classification:
  bird:
    enabled: true

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

services:
  frigate:
    container_name: frigate
    privileged: true # this may not be necessary for all setups
    restart: unless-stopped
    image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:0.16.0-beta3-standard-arm64
    shm_size: "256mb" # update for your cameras based on calculation above
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - ./config:/config
      - type: bind
        source: /Volumes/SSD/frigate/storage
        target: /media/frigate
      - type: tmpfs # Optional: 1GB of memory, reduces SSD/SD Card wear
        target: /tmp/cache
        tmpfs:
          size: 1000000000
    ports:
      - "1984:1984" # go2rtc Web UI
      - "8971:8971"
      - "5001:5000" # Internal unauthenticated access. Expose carefully.
      - "1935:1935" # RTMP feeds
      - "8554:8554" # RTSP feeds
      - "8555:8555/tcp" # WebRTC over tcp
      - "8555:8555/udp" # WebRTC over udp
    environment:
     PLUS_API_KEY: "XXXXX"

Relevant Frigate log output

None

Relevant go2rtc log output

None

Operating system

Other

Install method

Docker Compose

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

Dahua PTZ, other local streams

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

TBD

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[hawkeye217]

We have not had any other reports of this.

We can't help without logs or other system information that may indicate the reason for your hang.

[astyrrian1]

I think what's happening is an infinite loop of failed movement transform from ptz auto track during which frigate stops responding until I restart the container. I have a dahua ptz that is known to be supported but I am trying the troubleshooting guide steps to reduce the zoom level and recalibrate the camera.

[astyrrian1]

Can you get a shell in the frigate container when this happens? It would help to see a process list, memory usage, and the logs in /dev/shm/logs

More details while I am getting logs - I turned off auto track for a day and this issue didn't reoccur. I turned on auto track manually and it immediately happened. When in this state, the web UI no longer fully loads, the user in the menu is "anonymous (undefined)" but recordings and notifications continue. There are occasional opencv exceptions (number < max_number) - maybe unrelated, don't know. I am going to increase the log level and try to repro again.

[hawkeye217]

You can enable ptz/autotracking logs:

logger:
  default: info
  logs:
    frigate.ptz: debug

[hawkeye217]

opencv exceptions (number < max_number)

These OpenCV messages are from OpenCV making a first pass check to get metadata from your recording segments. If that fails then ffprobe is used. This isn't always problematic, but can sometimes indicate corrupt recordings.

[astyrrian1]

Can you get a shell in the frigate container when this happens? It would help to see a process list, memory usage, and the logs in /dev/shm/logs

Got into the same state again. Debug logging did not reveal much new unfortunately. Frigate is still sending notifications, detecting, recording, etc meanwhile.

2025-06-24 14:47:36

2025-06-24 14:47:36.345633134 2025/06/24 14:47:36 [error] 200#200: *25398 connect() failed (110: Connection timed out) while connecting to upstream, client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/version HTTP/1.1", subrequest: "/auth", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:5001/auth", host: "127.0.0.1:5000"

2025-06-24 14:47:36

2025-06-24 14:47:36.346226759 2025/06/24 14:47:36 [error] 200#200: *25398 auth request unexpected status: 502 while sending to client, client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/version HTTP/1.1", host: "127.0.0.1:5000"

2025-06-24 14:47:52

2025-06-24 14:47:52.728734253 2025/06/24 14:47:52 [error] 200#200: *25402 connect() failed (110: Connection timed out) while connecting to upstream, client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/version HTTP/1.1", subrequest: "/auth", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:5001/auth", host: "127.0.0.1:5000"

2025-06-24 14:47:52

2025-06-24 14:47:52.729006794 2025/06/24 14:47:52 [error] 200#200: *25402 auth request unexpected status: 502 while sending to client, client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/version HTTP/1.1", host: "127.0.0.1:5000"

2025-06-24 14:48:13

2025-06-24 14:48:13.208622013 2025/06/24 14:48:13 [error] 200#200: *25406 connect() failed (110: Connection timed out) while connecting to upstream, client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/version HTTP/1.1", subrequest: "/auth", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:5001/auth", host: "127.0.0.1:5000"

2025-06-24 14:48:13

2025-06-24 14:48:13.208798221 2025/06/24 14:48:13 [error] 200#200: *25406 auth request unexpected status: 502 while sending to client, client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/version HTTP/1.1", host: "127.0.0.1:5000"

2025-06-24 14:48:33

2025-06-24 14:48:33.688473925 2025/06/24 14:48:33 [error] 198#198: *25412 connect() failed (110: Connection timed out) while connecting to upstream, client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/version HTTP/1.1", subrequest: "/auth", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:5001/auth", host: "127.0.0.1:5000"

2025-06-24 14:48:33

2025-06-24 14:48:33.688590258 2025/06/24 14:48:33 [error] 198#198: *25412 auth request unexpected status: 502 while sending to client, client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/version HTTP/1.1", host: "127.0.0.1:5000"

2025-06-24 14:48:36

2025-06-24 14:48:36.552353468 192.168.65.1 - - [24/Jun/2025:14:48:36 -0500] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 2646 "https://accounts.google.com/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/137.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" "68.94.246.39"

2025-06-24 14:48:36

2025-06-24 14:48:36.807401676 192.168.65.1 - - [24/Jun/2025:14:48:36 -0500] "GET /images/android-chrome-192x192.png HTTP/1.1" 200 9201 "https://frigate.astyrrian.com/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/137.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" "68.94.246.39"

2025-06-24 14:48:36

2025-06-24 14:48:36.906229135 192.168.65.1 - - [24/Jun/2025:14:48:36 -0500] "GET /fonts/Inter-Regular.woff2 HTTP/1.1" 200 108488 "https://frigate.astyrrian.com/assets/i18n-xFC3Ar72.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/137.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" "68.94.246.39"

2025-06-24 14:48:54

2025-06-24 14:48:54.168380670 2025/06/24 14:48:54 [error] 198#198: *25416 connect() failed (110: Connection timed out) while connecting to upstream, client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/version HTTP/1.1", subrequest: "/auth", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:5001/auth", host: "127.0.0.1:5000"

2025-06-24 14:48:54

2025-06-24 14:48:54.169592503 2025/06/24 14:48:54 [error] 198#198: *25416 auth request unexpected status: 502 while sending to client, client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/version HTTP/1.1", host: "127.0.0.1:5000"

[hawkeye217]

Can you paste the output of /dev/shm/logs/frigate/current from inside the container?

[TreKot]

Hi — I have the same issue after upgrading to Frigate 0.16.0.
Frigate running in Docker Compose; Coral as PCIe.

My observations:

Problem appears only with PTZ cameras Dahua when autotracking is enabled. Non-PTZ cameras or PTZ cameras with autotracking disabled do not show this behaviour in my setup.

On the affected PTZ camera CPU becomes overloaded (I observed >100% load — about 117%) and temperature Coral rises to >80 °C.

In debug mode I also noticed that the motion detection area (motion box) for that camera covers almost the entire frame, even when there is no real motion. This causes continuous inference traffic to Coral.

After some time the web UI becomes unresponsive; nginx logs show repeated upstream timed out / 504 errors for http://127.0.0.1:5001/auth. During the UI freeze the backend appears to continue recording and detecting, but the UI/API does not respond until I stop and restart the container.

This problem did not occur on Frigate 0.15.0 with the same cameras/config.

[hawkeye217]

The only way we can help is with a full copy of the logs when the issue occurs.

[TreKot]

The only way we can help is with a full copy of the logs when the issue occurs.

frigate-json.log

[TreKot]

My config file

mqtt:
  enabled: true
  host: <REDACTED_IP>
  port: 1883
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate
  user: frigate
  password: <REDACTED>

ui:
  time_format: 24hour
  timezone: Europe/Moscow

detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: pci

record:
  enabled: true
  retain:
    days: 3
    mode: all
  alerts:
    retain:
      days: 15
      mode: motion
    pre_capture: 5
    post_capture: 5
  detections:
    retain:
      days: 15
      mode: motion
    pre_capture: 5
    post_capture: 5
  sync_recordings: true

ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args:
    - -hwaccel
    - vaapi
    - -hwaccel_device
    - /dev/dri/renderD128

cameras:
  Fasad_pravaya:
    onvif:
      host: <REDACTED_IP>
      port: 80
      user: <REDACTED_USER>
      password: <REDACTED>
      autotracking:
        enabled: true
        calibrate_on_startup: false
        zooming: relative
        zoom_factor: 0.5
        track:
          - person
        required_zones:
          - Detect_zone
        return_preset: home
        timeout: 5
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://<REDACTED_USER>:<REDACTED_PASS>@<REDACTED_IP>:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=2
          roles: [detect]
        - path: rtsp://<REDACTED_USER>:<REDACTED_PASS>@<REDACTED_IP>:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
          roles: [record]
    detect:
      enabled: true
      width: 1280
      height: 720
      fps: 5
      max_disappeared: 20
    objects:
      track: [person, car, dog, cat]
      filters:
        person:
          threshold: 0.75
        car:
          threshold: 0.65
          mask: 0.835,0.329,0.78,0.318,0.739,0.363,0.755,0.434,0.774,0.439,0.797,0.437,0.834,0.553,0.905,0.559,0.919,0.469
        dog:
          threshold: 0.45
        cat:
          threshold: 0.45
    motion:
      mask: 0.684,0.035,0.962,0.036,0.962,0.085,0.683,0.085
    zones:
      Detect_zone:
        coordinates: 0.507,0.184,0.608,0.19,0.608,1,0.197,1
        loitering_time: 0
        inertia: 3
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Detect_zone

  Dvor_pravaya:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://<REDACTED_USER>:<REDACTED_PASS>@<REDACTED_IP>:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=2
          roles: [detect]
        - path: rtsp://<REDACTED_USER>:<REDACTED_PASS>@<REDACTED_IP>:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
          roles: [record]
    detect:
      enabled: true
      width: 1280
      height: 720
      fps: 5
      max_disappeared: 10
    objects:
      track: [person, dog, cat]
      filters:
        person:
          threshold: 0.65
        car:
          threshold: 0.6
        dog:
          threshold: 0.45
        cat:
          threshold: 0.45
    motion:
      mask: 0.685,0.041,0.961,0.037,0.962,0.085,0.685,0.085
    zones:
      Save_Zone:
        coordinates: 0.892,0.249,0.997,0.336,0.999,0.996,0.502,0.997,0.808,0.312,0.716,0.251,0.761,0.162
        loitering_time: 0
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Save_Zone
    lpr:
      enabled: false

  Fasad_levaya:
    onvif:
      host: <REDACTED_IP>
      port: 80
      user: <REDACTED_USER>
      password: <REDACTED>
      autotracking:
        enabled: true
        calibrate_on_startup: false
        zooming: relative
        zoom_factor: 0.5
        track:
          - person
        required_zones:
          - Detect_zone
        return_preset: home
        timeout: 5
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://<REDACTED_USER>:<REDACTED_PASS>@<REDACTED_IP>:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=2
          roles: [detect]
        - path: rtsp://<REDACTED_USER>:<REDACTED_PASS>@<REDACTED_IP>:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
          roles: [record]
    detect:
      enabled: true
      width: 1280
      height: 720
      fps: 5
      max_disappeared: 20
    objects:
      track: [person, car, dog, cat]
      filters:
        person:
          threshold: 0.75
        car:
          threshold: 0.7
          mask: 0.127,0.376,0.075,0.468,0.078,0.493,0.14,0.485,0.208,0.551,0.216,0.542,0.249,0.437,0.246,0.412,0.184,0.368
        dog:
          threshold: 0.45
        cat:
          threshold: 0.45
    motion:
      mask: 0.684,0.035,0.962,0.036,0.962,0.085,0.683,0.085
    zones:
      Detect_zone:
        coordinates: 0.444,0.179,0.546,0.178,0.804,1,0.425,1
        loitering_time: 0
        inertia: 3
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Detect_zone

  Dvor_levaya:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://<REDACTED_USER>:<REDACTED_PASS>@<REDACTED_IP>:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=2
          roles: [detect]
        - path: rtsp://<REDACTED_USER>:<REDACTED_PASS>@<REDACTED_IP>:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
          roles: [record]
    detect:
      enabled: true
      width: 1280
      height: 720
      fps: 5
      max_disappeared: 10
    objects:
      track: [person, dog, cat]
      filters:
        person:
          threshold: 0.65
        car:
          threshold: 0.6
        dog:
          threshold: 0.45
        cat:
          threshold: 0.45
    motion:
      mask: 0.685,0.04,0.962,0.037,0.963,0.084,0.685,0.083
    zones:
      Save_Zone:
        coordinates: 0,0.149,0.073,0.116,0.377,1,0.003,0.997
        loitering_time: 0
        inertia: 3
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Save_Zone
    lpr:
      enabled: false

  Domofon:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://<REDACTED_USER>:<REDACTED_PASS>@<REDACTED_IP>:554/Streaming/Channels/102
          roles: [detect]
        - path: rtsp://<REDACTED_USER>:<REDACTED_PASS>@<REDACTED_IP>:554/Streaming/Channels/101
          roles: [record]
    detect:
      enabled: true
      width: 1280
      height: 720
      fps: 5
      max_disappeared: 10
    objects:
      track: [person, dog, cat]
      filters:
        person:
          threshold: 0.65
        car:
          threshold: 0.6
        dog:
          threshold: 0.45
        cat:
          threshold: 0.45
    motion:
      mask: 0.683,0.029,0.682,0.065,0.919,0.065,0.919,0.031

version: "0.16-0"

camera_groups:
  Dvor:
    order: 1
    icon: LuSchool
    cameras: [Dvor_pravaya, Dvor_levaya]
  Fasad:
    order: 2
    icon: LuGlobe2
    cameras: [Fasad_pravaya, Fasad_levaya]

detect:
  enabled: true

semantic_search:
  enabled: false
  model_size: small

face_recognition:
  enabled: false
  model_size: small

lpr:
  enabled: true

classification:
  bird:
    enabled: false

[hawkeye217]

Thanks. As I indicated to the other user in this discussion, you'll need to enable PTZ debug logs. The logs you sent don't show anything related to the PTZ.

logger:
  default: info
  logs:
    frigate.ptz: debug

[TreKot]

frigate_debug.log
I also noticed that the problem seems to occur only at night, at least three times it happened that way. I have two absolutely identical cameras, the problem can occur on any of them.

[hawkeye217]

Thanks for the debug log.

Looking at it, I see a few things:

2025-08-31 09:28:59.638467954  [2025-08-31 12:28:59] frigate.ptz.onvif              DEBUG   : Fasad_levaya: Pan/tilt status: MOVING, Zoom status: IDLE
2025-08-31 09:28:59.639034852  [2025-08-31 12:28:59] frigate.ptz.onvif              DEBUG   : Fasad_levaya: Camera zoom level: 0.64
2025-08-31 09:28:59.740220371  [2025-08-31 12:28:59] frigate.ptz.onvif              DEBUG   : Fasad_levaya: Pan/tilt status: IDLE, Zoom status: IDLE
2025-08-31 09:28:59.740791083  [2025-08-31 12:28:59] frigate.ptz.onvif              DEBUG   : Fasad_levaya: PTZ stop time: 1756632539.410372

This is what I'd expect to see when Frigate successfully makes a PTZ move. Notice the pan/tilt status switches from MOVING to IDLE. This value is polled from your camera at regular intervals during a PTZ move. Your camera's firmware is responsible for switching this. Frigate assumes your camera is still moving until IDLE is returned from the ONVIF call.

For comparison, here is a problematic log:

2025-08-31 17:31:00.001140777  [2025-08-31 20:31:00] frigate.ptz.onvif              DEBUG   : Fasad_pravaya: Pan/tilt status: MOVING, Zoom status: IDLE
2025-08-31 17:31:00.001526574  [2025-08-31 20:31:00] frigate.ptz.onvif              DEBUG   : Fasad_pravaya: Camera zoom level: 0.62
2025-08-31 17:31:00.055362570  [2025-08-31 20:31:00] frigate.ptz.autotrack          DEBUG   : Fasad_pravaya: Motion estimator running - frame time: 1756661459.59173
2025-08-31 17:31:00.062980731  [2025-08-31 20:31:00] frigate.ptz.autotrack          DEBUG   : Fasad_pravaya: Motion estimator transformation: [[665.45321438   1.03954332]]
2025-08-31 17:31:00.114757583  [2025-08-31 20:31:00] frigate.ptz.autotrack          DEBUG   : Fasad_pravaya: Motion estimator running - frame time: 1756661459.982134
2025-08-31 17:31:00.126309321  [2025-08-31 20:31:00] frigate.ptz.autotrack          DEBUG   : Fasad_pravaya: Motion estimator transformation: [[665.45321438   1.03954332]]

Notice how the motion estimator continues to run, because your camera does not return the IDLE status.

The autotracking code did not change from 0.15 in any way that would cause your issue, and we have not had any other reports of this except for you and the other user in this thread. The OP indicated that they were making ONVIF calls from another service while autotracking was still running. That would most certainly explain a "stuck" status. Are you doing anything similar?

We did upgrade the ONVIF package (python-onvif-zeep-async) for Frigate 0.16. So if you are not making external calls while autotracking is in progress, it's likely that there are several factors in play, including camera firmware issues, CPU and network resource usage, or maybe even some kind of race condition in the ONVIF package.

Because this is not consistently reproducible, this makes it much more difficult to fully diagnose. I use autotracking on my own installation with a Dahua camera. It runs a number of times per hour and I have never had an issue. My system is an Intel-based mini PC, so I am not resource constrained at all.

I can look into adding some code to disable autotracking when the camera gets "stuck" in MOVING status so that the motion estimator does not continue to run and consume excess CPU.

[TreKot]

I don’t use any other ONVIF services. I have two cameras are DH-SD3C405DB-GNY-AW-PV connected via PoE. My server is Intel N100 + Coral PCI + 8GB RAM, so resources are not an issue.

I updated the camera firmware and will monitor. If the issue persists, I can provide remote access to server for easier diagnostic, so as not to reproduce the issue.

Your idea to stop autotracking when "stuck" in MOVING makes sense to avoid CPU waste.

[therokh]

Hi, I have the same issue and we debugged it a bit in the beta 3 thread (I can't find that anymore, but it linked back to this discussion). I did not have the issue on 0.15, and have had it on all 0.16 release candidates, and I tested it again on 0.16 and it still occurs. So for the last few months I have had autotracking disabled. Using a Dahua DH-SD22404DB-GNY.

[hawkeye217]

I've added some more debug logs to Frigate's ONVIF code to see if I can better pinpoint where this can be improved.

The code changes (based on the current master branch, 0.16) are here:

master...hawkeye217:frigate:master

The additional debug logs are contained to one file so if you'd like, you could grab it and drop it into your Frigate container. Or, you can use this custom build, which is based on Frigate 0.16: ghcr.io/hawkeye217/frigate:6b10662

If you pull the image and it fails, give it some time to finish building. You can find the build status here: https://github.com/hawkeye217/frigate/actions/runs/17363591469

Ensure you have PTZ debug logs enabled, and then post your log here when you encounter the issue again so I can take a look.

[hawkeye217]

Thank you for testing and confirming the changes work for you, @therokh and @TreKot.

I've put up a PR to the main Frigate repo with these improvements: #19873

Once it's merged, I'll update this post with the new build for you.

[hawkeye217]

I just spotted another thing to improve after looking at your logs, @therokh. Could you test this build? There will be much less debug logging and it includes the fixes from the PR. I am fairly positive I've pinpointed what has been happening in your case.

ghcr.io/hawkeye217/frigate:a8c68ba

Status: https://github.com/hawkeye217/frigate/actions/runs/17389969692

No need for logs on this last build - just let me know if it hangs. If not, I'll get these small changes into the main Frigate repo as well.

[therokh]

Looking great so far :)

[hawkeye217]

The changes to autotracking to improve the issues seen in this thread have been committed to the main repo in #19873 and #19879

These changes will be widely available in Frigate 0.16.1.

I'll close this issue now, but feel free to reopen if something else comes up. Thanks again for your help in testing @therokh @TreKot