[Config Support]: Old recordings are not automatically deleted #20272

code-creator-ai · 2025-09-29T19:33:41Z

code-creator-ai
Sep 29, 2025

Describe the problem you are having

I have set up the recordings to be deleted after 3 days. However, they still exist and are not deleted.

Version

0.16.1-e664cb2

Frigate config file

logger:
  default: info

mqtt:
  enabled: true
  host: mqtt_broker
  port: 1883
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate

auth:
  enabled: false

tls:
  enabled: false

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

detect:
  enabled: true
  width: 1920
  height: 1080
  fps: 5

objects:
  track:
    - person
    - car
    - bicycle
    - motorcycle

snapshots:
  enabled: true
  timestamp: true
  bounding_box: true
  retain:
    default: 3

ffmpeg:
  global_args: -loglevel warning
  hwaccel_args: preset-intel-qsv-h264

cameras:
  parkplatz:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: 
            rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/livestream/11
          roles:
            - record
        - path: 
            rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/livestream/12
          roles:
            - detect

version: 0.16-0
semantic_search:
  enabled: false
  model_size: small
face_recognition:
  enabled: true
  model_size: small
lpr:
  enabled: true
classification:
  bird:
    enabled: false

Relevant Frigate log output

Probably not relevant but here you can see the first few minutes after startup:
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-fdholder: starting
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: starting
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully started
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: starting
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-fdholder successfully started
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: starting
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully started
s6-rc: info: service prepare: starting
s6-rc: info: service log-prepare: starting
s6-rc: info: service log-prepare successfully started
s6-rc: info: service nginx-log: starting
s6-rc: info: service go2rtc-log: starting
s6-rc: info: service frigate-log: starting
s6-rc: info: service certsync-log: starting
s6-rc: info: service go2rtc-log successfully started
s6-rc: info: service nginx-log successfully started
s6-rc: info: service frigate-log successfully started
s6-rc: info: service certsync-log successfully started
s6-rc: info: service prepare successfully started
s6-rc: info: service go2rtc: starting
s6-rc: info: service go2rtc successfully started
s6-rc: info: service go2rtc-healthcheck: starting
s6-rc: info: service frigate: starting
s6-rc: info: service go2rtc-healthcheck successfully started
s6-rc: info: service frigate successfully started
s6-rc: info: service nginx: starting
2025-09-29 21:27:08.191499932  [INFO] Starting NGINX...
2025-09-29 21:27:08.223355685  [INFO] No TLS certificate found. Generating a self signed certificate...
2025-09-29 21:27:08.762436477  [INFO] Preparing Frigate...
2025-09-29 21:27:09.670807747  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2025-09-29 21:27:09.671622738  [INFO] Starting Frigate...
2025-09-29 21:27:10.535873246  [INFO] Starting go2rtc...
2025-09-29 21:27:10.741495265  21:27:10.741 INF go2rtc platform=linux/amd64 revision=fa580c5 version=1.9.9
2025-09-29 21:27:10.741539527  21:27:10.741 INF config path=/dev/shm/go2rtc.yaml
2025-09-29 21:27:10.743098806  21:27:10.742 INF [api] listen addr=:1984
2025-09-29 21:27:10.743103278  21:27:10.743 INF [rtsp] listen addr=:8554
2025-09-29 21:27:10.744399140  21:27:10.744 INF [webrtc] listen addr=:8555
2025-09-29 21:27:12.967209855  2025/09/29 21:27:12 [error] 204#204: *1 connect() failed (111: Connection refused) 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"
2025-09-29 21:27:12.967223633  2025/09/29 21:27:12 [error] 204#204: *1 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"
s6-rc: info: service nginx successfully started
s6-rc: info: service certsync: starting
s6-rc: info: service certsync successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: starting
2025-09-29 21:27:13.245711299  [INFO] Starting certsync...
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully started
2025-09-29 21:27:13.671156666  2025/09/29 21:27:13 [error] 205#205: *3 connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream, client: 172.18.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/stats HTTP/1.1", subrequest: "/auth", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:5001/auth", host: "localhost:5000"
2025-09-29 21:27:13.671165649  2025/09/29 21:27:13 [error] 205#205: *3 auth request unexpected status: 502 while sending to client, client: 172.18.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/stats HTTP/1.1", host: "localhost:5000"
2025-09-29 21:27:18.037681393  2025/09/29 21:27:18 [error] 207#207: *5 connect() failed (111: Connection refused) 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"
2025-09-29 21:27:18.038291138  2025/09/29 21:27:18 [error] 207#207: *5 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"
2025-09-29 21:27:18.187730458  [INFO] Starting go2rtc healthcheck service...
2025-09-29 21:27:18.671164327  2025/09/29 21:27:18 [error] 217#217: *7 connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream, client: 172.18.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/stats HTTP/1.1", subrequest: "/auth", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:5001/auth", host: "localhost:5000"
2025-09-29 21:27:18.671173278  2025/09/29 21:27:18 [error] 217#217: *7 auth request unexpected status: 502 while sending to client, client: 172.18.0.1, server: , request: "GET /api/stats HTTP/1.1", host: "localhost:5000"
2025-09-29 21:27:20.995239211  [2025-09-29 21:27:20] frigate.util.config            INFO    : Checking if frigate config needs migration...
2025-09-29 21:27:21.024307583  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] frigate.util.config            INFO    : frigate config does not need migration...
2025-09-29 21:27:21.106825715  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] frigate.app                    INFO    : Starting Frigate (0.16.1-e664cb2)
2025-09-29 21:27:21.143668712  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : Starting migrations
2025-09-29 21:27:21.146842937  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : There is nothing to migrate
2025-09-29 21:27:21.212713186  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 391
2025-09-29 21:27:21.216429116  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] frigate.app                    INFO    : Review process started: 404
2025-09-29 21:27:21.237324961  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] frigate.app                    INFO    : go2rtc process pid: 128
2025-09-29 21:27:21.276050323  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] detector.cpu                   INFO    : Starting detection process: 416
2025-09-29 21:27:21.281199428  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] frigate.detectors              WARNING : CPU detectors are not recommended and should only be used for testing or for trial purposes.
2025-09-29 21:27:21.281681018  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] frigate.app                    INFO    : Embedding process started: 419
2025-09-29 21:27:21.350670686  INFO: Created TensorFlow Lite XNNPACK delegate for CPU.
2025-09-29 21:27:21.367716951  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] frigate.app                    INFO    : Output process started: 454
2025-09-29 21:27:21.834181243  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for parkplatz: 477
2025-09-29 21:27:21.868607748  [2025-09-29 21:27:21] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for parkplatz: 479
2025-09-29 21:27:22.239574365  [2025-09-29 21:27:22] frigate.api.fastapi_app        INFO    : Starting FastAPI app
2025-09-29 21:27:22.988897850  [2025-09-29 21:27:22] frigate.api.fastapi_app        INFO    : FastAPI started
2025-09-29 21:27:23.219987664  loading data from : /config/model_cache/facedet/landmarkdet.yaml
2025-09-29 21:27:25.160782551  INFO: Created TensorFlow Lite XNNPACK delegate for CPU.
2025-09-29 21:28:50.601245992  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:50 +0200] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 2649 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:51.102973878  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:51 +0200] "GET /images/apple-touch-icon.png HTTP/1.1" 200 4042 "http://localhost:5000/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:51.196398250  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:51 +0200] "GET /api/config HTTP/1.1" 200 12991 "http://localhost:5000/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:51.222901456  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:51 +0200] "GET /api/profile HTTP/1.1" 200 39 "http://localhost:5000/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:51.234429125  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:51 +0200] "GET /api/profile HTTP/1.1" 200 39 "http://localhost:5000/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:51.273322184  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:51 +0200] "GET /fonts/Inter-Regular.woff2 HTTP/1.1" 200 108488 "http://localhost:5000/assets/i18n-B4RQL4LC.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:51.563569198  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:51 +0200] "GET /api/review?limit=10&severity=alert HTTP/1.1" 200 3612 "http://localhost:5000/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:51.609651540  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:51 +0200] "GET /api/parkplatz/latest.webp?height=360&store=1&cache=1759173600 HTTP/1.1" 499 0 "http://localhost:5000/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:51.807382204  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:51 +0200] "GET /api/parkplatz/latest.webp?height=357&store=1&cache=1759173600 HTTP/1.1" 200 14040 "http://localhost:5000/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:51.978603187  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:51 +0200] "GET /api/parkplatz/latest.webp?height=357&cache=1759174131598 HTTP/1.1" 200 14028 "http://localhost:5000/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:52.711613602  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:52 +0200] "GET /fonts/Inter-SemiBold.woff2 HTTP/1.1" 200 111588 "http://localhost:5000/assets/i18n-B4RQL4LC.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:54.218392962  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:54 +0200] "GET /fonts/Inter-Medium.woff2 HTTP/1.1" 200 111380 "http://localhost:5000/assets/i18n-B4RQL4LC.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"
2025-09-29 21:28:54.257354037  172.18.0.1 - - [29/Sep/2025:21:28:54 +0200] "GET /api/config HTTP/1.1" 200 12991 "http://localhost:5000/system" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.0" "-"

Relevant go2rtc log output

not sure where to find this.

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Debian

Install method

Docker Compose

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

services:
  frigate:
    container_name: frigate
    image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:stable
    restart: unless-stopped
    privileged: true # required for hardware acceleration
    shm_size: '512mb' # required for object detection
    devices:
      - /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb # required for USB Coral
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri # required for Intel QuickSync
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - ./config:/config
      - /home/ubuntu/Documents/nvr:/media/frigate # path to store recordings and snapshots
      - /home/ubuntu/Documents/nvr:/tmp/cache # path for temp files
    ports:
      - "5000:5000" # web interface
      - "1935:1935" # RTMP server
    networks:
      - frigate-net
    environment:
      FRIGATE_TIMEZONE: "Europe/Berlin" # set to your timezone

networks:
  frigate-net:
    external: true

Object Detector

CPU (no coral)

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

Answered by NickM-27

Sep 29, 2025

Alerts have a default retention of 10 days and you didn't set that to 3 days in your config

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NickM-27 · 2025-09-29T19:35:35Z

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Sep 29, 2025
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Alerts have a default retention of 10 days and you didn't set that to 3 days in your config

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Thanks a lot. That was the solution

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Describe the problem you are having

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Relevant Frigate log output

Relevant go2rtc log output

Frigate stats

Operating system

Install method

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

Object Detector

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

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