Frigate.comms.dispatcher turns off recording and snapshots

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Hello,

whenever I try to set the recordings and snapshots settings like this

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it will work for some time and suddenly frigate deactivates recordings / snapshots again or toggles some of them. I can not find a pattern or a reason for it. Does anyone know how to avoid that?

Here is an example from the logs where frigate deactivates recordings in the middle of the night:

2023-05-09 02:03:30.878231014  [2023-05-09 04:03:30] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for cam4Wohnung: 402
2023-05-09 02:03:31.765611600  [2023-05-09 04:03:31] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Turning off recordings for cam1Haustuere
2023-05-09 02:03:31.790245441  [2023-05-09 04:03:31] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Turning on snapshots for cam1Haustuere
2023-05-09 02:03:31.790257191  [2023-05-09 04:03:31] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Turning off recordings for cam2Veranda
2023-05-09 02:03:31.819972198  [2023-05-09 04:03:31] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Turning on snapshots for cam2Veranda
2023-05-09 02:03:31.932545928  [2023-05-09 04:03:31] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Turning off recordings for cam3Garden
2023-05-09 02:03:31.941301327  [2023-05-09 04:03:31] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Turning on snapshots for cam3Garden
2023-05-09 02:03:33.405457004  [2023-05-09 04:03:33] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO    : TPU found
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this is usually due to an automation or some other service using the switches in home assistant. Or when you startup it is due to a retained value in MQTT. You can use the mqtt explorer to remove retained values and watch to see where the messages are coming from.

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Hey crzynik, thank you for the tipp. There is definetly no automation running that sets those values.
I removed the retain flag with the mqtt explorer, it helped, it doesn´t switch off any more.
Issue is, that now when I disable manually it will enable it after a while…

Is there a way to not use retain flags at all in those settings?

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The retain flags are not used. If you restart frigate the state you set with the switch will not be kept, this is the new expected behavior for now

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Ok, that is a very strange behavior I would say … Or I don´t understand it …

Thank you, at least the switches stay enabled now :wink:

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