[Support]: Recordings saved under export duplicate on container restart

[CornBread81032133]

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.
• I have asked the AI at https://docs.frigate.video about my issue.

Describe the problem you are having

Every time I restart the Frigate docker container all of the recordings i have in the export page duplicate.

Steps to reproduce

1. Export a section of recorded video and provide a description of it
2. Click on the Export page and observe how many recordings are there
3. Restart the Frigate contained
4. Click on Export once more and see a duplicate for each entry as well as the description has changed

Version

0.16.0-c2f8de9

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

No response

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  #enabled: true
  host: 192.168.0.26  
  user: <redacted>
  password: <redacted>

auth:
  enabled: false
  failed_login_rate_limit: 5/minute
  trusted_proxies:
    - 172.18.0.0/16 

proxy:
  auth_secret: <redacted>
  header_map:
    user: x-forwarded-user
  logout_url: 
    https://auth.<redacted>.com/logout?rd=https://frigate.<redacted>.com/

database:
  # The path to store the SQLite DB (default: shown below)
  path: /config/db/frigate.db

genai:
  enabled: True
  provider: gemini
  api_key: <redacted>
  model: gemini-2.0-flash

detectors:
  ov:
    type: openvino
    device: GPU
    model_path: /openvino-model/ssdlite_mobilenet_v2.xml
model:
  width: 300
  height: 300
  input_tensor: nhwc
  input_pixel_format: bgr
  path: /openvino-model/ssdlite_mobilenet_v2.xml
  labelmap_path: /openvino-model/coco_91cl_bkgr.txt

semantic_search:
  enabled: true
  reindex: false
  model_size: small

go2rtc:
  streams:
    front_door:
      - rtsp://<redacted>@192.168.0.13/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&fps=5
    front_door_record:
      - rtsp://<redacted>@192.168.0.13/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264

cameras:
  front_yard:
    ui:
      order: 1
    genai:
      enabled: True
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: 
            rtsp://<redacted>@192.168.0.12/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&fps=5
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: 
            rtsp://r<redacted>@192.168.0.12/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264
          roles:
            - record
    detect:
      width: 1920
      height: 1080
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 50
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - car
        - dog
        - cat
      filters:
        car:
          min_area: 10000
          threshold: 0.65
        person:
          min_area: 10000
      mask: 
        0,0.646,0.004,0.004,0.895,0,0.954,0.134,0.911,0.148,0.919,0.178,0.916,0.257,0.886,0.277,0.832,0.296,0.773,0.303,0.506,0.408,0.33,0.525,0.084,0.655,0,0.714
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 30
      alerts:
        retain:
          days: 30
      detections:
        retain:
          days: 30
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 30

    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.897,0.45,0.871,0.586,0.806,0.662,0.715,0.597,0.664,0.501,0.689,0.412,0.738,0.35,0.77,0.298,0.807,0.288,0.85,0.282,0.898,0.296,0.92,0.325
        - 0.206,0,0.225,0.125,0.271,0.158,0.297,0.24,0.316,0.301,0.344,0.294,0.343,0.224,0.346,0.173,0.362,0.138,0.383,0.19,0.392,0.227,0.421,0.268,0.464,0.25,0.473,0.176,0.459,0.125,0.458,0.063,0.466,0
        - 0.606,0,0.645,0.122,0.68,0.186,0.714,0.184,0.74,0.214,0.762,0.301,0.81,0.282,0.836,0.264,0.858,0.253,0.875,0.244,0.892,0.235,0.914,0.22,0.936,0.137,0.945,0.055,0.944,0.001
        - 0.135,0.915,0.135,1,0,1,0,0.912
    zones:
      Driveway:
        coordinates: 0.082,0.657,0.107,0.997,0.812,1,0.329,0.531
        inertia: 3
        loitering_time: 0
      Garden:
        coordinates: 
          0.329,0.529,0.509,0.408,0.77,0.293,0.841,0.312,0.668,0.502,0.815,0.683,0.739,0.8,0.628,0.81
        objects:
          - cat
          - dog
          - person
        inertia: 3
        loitering_time: 0
      Pathway:
        coordinates: 
          0.63,0.814,0.743,0.803,0.817,0.679,0.809,0.663,0.882,0.517,0.898,0.44,0.919,0.178,1,0.219,0.941,0.652,0.89,0.866,0.849,1,0.815,0.996
      Mailbox:
        coordinates: 0.306,0.505,0.242,0.387,0.331,0.342,0.381,0.47
        loitering_time: 2
        objects: person
        inertia: 3
  Front_Door:
    ui:
      order: 2
    genai:
      enabled: True 
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://192.168.0.26:8554/front_door
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: 
            rtsp://<redacted>@192.168.0.13/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264
          roles:
            - record
          input_args:
            - -loglevel
            - debug
    live:
      streams:
        front_door: front_door
    detect:
      width: 1080
      height: 1920
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 50
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - dog
        - cat
        - package
      filters:
        person:
          min_area: 5000
      mask: 0.125,0.369,0.684,0.284,0.997,0.341,0.996,0.002,0.118,0.001
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 30
      alerts:
        retain:
          days: 30
      detections:
        retain:
          days: 30
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 10

    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.514,0.171,0.597,0.155,0.593,0.111,0.573,0.076,0.611,0.051,0.618,0,0.227,0.001,0.265,0.043,0.305,0.052,0.341,0.057,0.378,0.071,0.41,0.075,0.431,0.109,0.445,0.134,0.454,0.164
        - 1,0.603,0.927,0.652,0.426,0.447,0.316,0.476,0.133,0.388,0.124,0.234,0.206,0.195,0.303,0.193,0.392,0.211,0.488,0.228,0.55,0.264,0.623,0.284,0.714,0.281,0.811,0.294,0.907,0.313,1,0.338
        - 0.726,1,1,1,0.997,0.954,0.747,0.931
  Garage:
    ui:
      order: 4
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: 
            rtsp://<redacted>@192.168.0.8/axis-media/media.amp?camera=2&videocodec=h264&fps=5
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: 
            rtsp://<redacted>@192.168.0.8/axis-media/media.amp?camera=2&videocodec=h264
          roles:
            - record
    detect:
      width: 1920
      height: 1080
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 50
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        #- car
        - dog
        - cat
      filters:
        #car:
          #min_area: 10000
        person:
          min_area: 5000
      mask: 0.566,0.169,0.908,0.192,0.88,0.717,0.57,0.649
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 30
      alerts:
        retain:
          days: 30
      detections:
        retain:
          days: 30
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 10

    motion:
      threshold: 30
      contour_area: 10
      improve_contrast: 'false'
  Back_door:
    ui:
      order: 5
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: 
            rtsp://<redacted>@192.168.0.25/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&fps=5
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: 
            rtsp://<redacted>@192.168.0.25/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264
          roles:
            - record
    detect:
      width: 1920
      height: 1080
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 50
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - dog
        - cat
      filters:
        person:
          min_area: 5000
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 30
      alerts:
        retain:
          days: 30
      detections:
        retain:
          days: 30
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 10

    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.29,0.571,0.483,0.732,0.592,0.601,0.587,0.402,0.392,0.321,0.285,0.401
        - 0.847,0,0.852,0.04,0.881,0.042,0.882,0.069,1,0.069,1,0
      threshold: 40
      contour_area: 50
      improve_contrast: 'true'
  Doorbell:
    ui:
      order: 3
    genai:
      enabled: True 
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://<redacted>@192.168.0.9:8554/doorbell/sub
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://<redacted>@192.168.0.9:8554/doorbell/main
          roles:
            - record
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 480
      fps: 10
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 50
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - dog
        - cat
      filters:
        person:
          min_area: 5000
      mask: 0.187,0.611,0.543,0.615,0.547,0.009,0.262,0,0.196,0.255
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 30
      alerts:
        retain:
          days: 30
      detections:
        retain:
          days: 30
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 10
    motion:
      threshold: 30
      contour_area: 30
      improve_contrast: 'false'
      mask:
        - 0.184,0.581,0.544,0.573,0.55,0.81,0.218,0.817
        - 0.392,0.409,0.448,0.414,0.492,0.337,0.551,0.378,0.542,0.162,0.626,0.016,0.551,0.001,0.282,0.008,0.251,0.142,0.31,0.296
        - 0.636,0.017,0.638,0.053,0.968,0.05,0.965,0.012
ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args: preset-vaapi
  output_args:
    record: preset-record-generic-audio-aac
version: 0.16-0
camera_groups:
  Front:
    order: 1
    icon: LuCar
    cameras:
      - Doorbell
      - Front_Door
      - front_yard
  Back:
    order: 2
    icon: LuLeaf
    cameras:
      - Back_door
      - Garage
notifications:
  enabled: 'false'
  email: <redacted>
detect:
  enabled: true
face_recognition:
  enabled: true
  model_size: small
lpr:
  enabled: true
classification:
  bird:
    enabled: true

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

version: "3.9"
services:
  frigate:
    container_name: frigate
    privileged: true 
    restart: unless-stopped
    image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:stable 
    shm_size: "1024mb" 
    devices:
      - /dev/dri/renderD128 
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /media/docker/config.yml:/config/config.yml
      - /media/docker/db:/config/db
      - /mnt/WD/storage:/media/frigate
      - type: tmpfs 
        target: /tmp/cache
        tmpfs:
          size: 1000000000
    ports:
      - "5000:5000"
      - "8554:8554" 
      - "8555:8555/tcp" 
      - "8555:8555/udp" 
      - "8971:8971" 
      - "1984:1984" 
    environment:
      FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD: <redacted>

Relevant Frigate log output

2025-09-06 23:48:15.178010822  [INFO] Preparing Frigate...
2025-09-06 23:48:15.933455468  [INFO] Starting Frigate...
2025-09-06 23:48:19.168379684  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.util.config            INFO    : Checking if frigate config needs migration...
2025-09-06 23:48:19.243944590  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.util.config            INFO    : frigate config does not need migration...
2025-09-06 23:48:19.460289982  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.config.config          WARNING : Front_Door is configured to track ['package'] objects, which are not supported by the current model.
2025-09-06 23:48:19.474178828  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Starting Frigate (0.16.0-c2f8de9)
2025-09-06 23:48:19.493831348  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : Starting migrations
2025-09-06 23:48:19.495202717  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : There is nothing to migrate
2025-09-06 23:48:19.513302779  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 377
2025-09-06 23:48:19.521894469  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Review process started: 387
2025-09-06 23:48:19.526811798  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : go2rtc process pid: 119
2025-09-06 23:48:19.548284881  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] detector.ov                    INFO    : Starting detection process: 402
2025-09-06 23:48:19.557745083  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Embedding process started: 405
2025-09-06 23:48:19.573565412  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Output process started: 426
2025-09-06 23:48:19.628455076  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for front_yard: 448
2025-09-06 23:48:19.628460587  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Front_Door: 450
2025-09-06 23:48:19.685408859  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Garage: 455
2025-09-06 23:48:19.686551884  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Back_door: 466
2025-09-06 23:48:19.690894041  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Doorbell: 483
2025-09-06 23:48:19.709196454  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for front_yard: 505
2025-09-06 23:48:19.722946479  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Front_Door: 512
2025-09-06 23:48:19.738077317  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Garage: 519
2025-09-06 23:48:19.761239700  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Back_door: 537
2025-09-06 23:48:19.779167331  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Doorbell: 543
2025-09-06 23:48:19.872729134  [2025-09-06 23:48:19] frigate.api.fastapi_app        INFO    : Starting FastAPI app
2025-09-06 23:48:20.200273810  [2025-09-06 23:48:20] frigate.api.fastapi_app        INFO    : FastAPI started
2025-09-06 23:48:21.908004662  loading data from : /config/model_cache/facedet/landmarkdet.yaml
2025-09-06 23:48:22.807298040  INFO: Created TensorFlow Lite XNNPACK delegate for CPU.

Relevant go2rtc log output

2025-09-06 23:48:15.805709164  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2025-09-06 23:48:16.410966185  [INFO] Starting go2rtc...
2025-09-06 23:48:16.527472515  23:48:16.527 INF go2rtc platform=linux/amd64 revision=fa580c5 version=1.9.9
2025-09-06 23:48:16.527477703  23:48:16.527 INF config path=/dev/shm/go2rtc.yaml
2025-09-06 23:48:16.528032328  23:48:16.527 INF [rtsp] listen addr=:8554
2025-09-06 23:48:16.528093155  23:48:16.527 INF [api] listen addr=:1984
2025-09-06 23:48:16.528627955  23:48:16.528 INF [webrtc] listen addr=:8555
2025-09-06 23:48:25.055696016  [INFO] Starting go2rtc healthcheck service...

Operating system

Proxmox

Install method

Docker Compose

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

Axis P3245

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

Any other information that may be helpful

[inkeep-ai-assistant[bot]]

Based on your Docker Compose configuration, the issue appears to be related to how you're mounting the Frigate configuration directory. Looking at your setup, you're only mounting the config file itself rather than the entire config directory(1).

Your current volume mapping:

- /media/docker/config.yml:/config/config.yml
- /media/docker/db:/config/db

This configuration separates the config file from the database directory, which can cause issues with data persistence across container restarts. The recommended approach is to mount the entire config directory as a single volume(1).

To fix this issue, modify your Docker Compose file to use:

volumes:
  - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
  - /media/docker:/config
  - /mnt/WD/storage:/media/frigate
  - type: tmpfs 
    target: /tmp/cache
    tmpfs:
      size: 1000000000

This change ensures that both your configuration file and database are stored in the same mounted directory (/media/docker), which should resolve the export duplication issue you're experiencing after container restarts(1).

Make sure to place your config.yml file directly in /media/docker/ and remove the separate /media/docker/db directory since the database will be created automatically within the config directory.

📚 Sources:

1. [Question]: Missing previous recordings after Frigate restart

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