[Config Support]: Adding friendly name to camera results in KeyError

[gogglespisano]

Describe the problem you are having

I would like to add a friendlier name to my cameras. I see the field "name" is in the schema, although I can't find any documentation for it.

When I add the name it gives a KeyError when loading.

Is "name" supported? if so, how to use it?

Version

0.15.0-6cb5cfb

Frigate config file

cameras:
  reolink_street:
#    name: "Street"
    enabled: true

....

camera_groups:
  Reolink Duo 3:
    order: 1
    icon: LuWebcam
    cameras:
      - reolink_street
      - reolink_garage

Relevant Frigate log output

frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894293770  Traceback (most recent call last):
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894295753    File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 197, in _run_module_as_main
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894296410      return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894296957    File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894299596      exec(code, run_globals)
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894300130    File "/opt/frigate/frigate/__main__.py", line 64, in <module>
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894307064      main()
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894307634    File "/opt/frigate/frigate/__main__.py", line 60, in main
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894308345      FrigateApp(config).start()
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894308789    File "/opt/frigate/frigate/app.py", line 609, in start
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894309306      self.start_camera_processors()
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894309807    File "/opt/frigate/frigate/app.py", line 421, in start_camera_processors
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894319692      self.region_grids[name],
frigate  | 2025-07-17 01:46:51.894320226  KeyError: 'reolink_street'

Relevant go2rtc log output

N/A

Frigate stats

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Operating system

Debian

Install method

Docker Compose

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

N/A

Object Detector

Coral

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

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Any other information that may be helpful

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[NickM-27]

Name is an internal field that is set, and can't be set directly. If you want the camera to be named street why not just call it that?

[gogglespisano]

Another issue is that now that I changed the name, all my layouts are lost.

[hawkeye217]

Right, this will be improved when we implement the feature request below. It's a wide sweeping change as camera names are everywhere in the codebase, but we plan to eventually implement it.

[gogglespisano]

When I redo the layout, the wide reolink duo 3 cameras are not showing the actual video shape. Any idea why that happened and how to fix it?

[hawkeye217]

You'll want to clear your layouts with the "Clear All Layouts" button in Settings.

[gogglespisano]

Thanks!

[hawkeye217]

There is a related open feature request that would allow a "friendly name" to be set for cameras. Feel free to leave a thumbs up on it here: #17236

But as @NickM-27 suggested, you could just set up the name as Street for now, eg:

cameras:
  Street:
    enabled: true

[gogglespisano]

Thanks, I'll do both