Frigate NVR Updates: Snapshot API Enhancement and Settings Internationalization

Two significant updates merged to Frigate NVR, with leccelecce delivering enhanced event snapshot API functionality that honors query parameters after events end, and hawkeye217 improving internationalization for the settings interface.

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  • Show: Frigate NVR Updates
  • Published: 2026-03-23T10:04:40Z
  • Audio duration: PT1M55S

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Good morning, this is your Frigate NVR Updates for March 23rd, 2026.

Two major pull requests merged yesterday, bringing substantial improvements to the platform. leccelecce merged PR #22375, enabling the event snapshot API to honor query parameters after events end. This significant change modifies how Frigate handles snapshots by switching from storing annotated JPEGs on disk to…

hawkeye217 merged PR #22571 for settings internationalization improvements. This update streamlines the translation system by deduplicating shared detector translation keys and centralizing config translation resolution. The work removes significant redundancy, cutting 809 lines while adding 217 new ones across 12…

Blake Blackshear also merged the master branch into development, incorporating recent production fixes and updates across 66 documentation and configuration files.

What's next: The snapshot API changes represent a fundamental shift in how Frigate processes event imagery, likely improving performance and reducing storage requirements. The internationalization improvements set the foundation for better multi-language support in future releases.

That's your update for today. We'll be back tomorrow…

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