From 353ee1228cbd3d73ebfa7288eaaf79020e715f5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:49:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Return 500 from the face registration endpoint if Frigate has
 not yet been restarted (#19601)

---
 frigate/api/classification.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frigate/api/classification.py b/frigate/api/classification.py
index e33d81e81..21ee59fb6 100644
--- a/frigate/api/classification.py
+++ b/frigate/api/classification.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ async def register_face(request: Request, name: str, file: UploadFile):
         )
 
     context: EmbeddingsContext = request.app.embeddings
-    result = context.register_face(name, await file.read())
+    result = None if context is None else context.register_face(name, await file.read())
 
     if not isinstance(result, dict):
         return JSONResponse(