From d27e8c1bbf53cd952dd9f4617bc8ee02c00c6719 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 07:07:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] run autotracking setup method in asyncio coroutine (#19614)

---
 frigate/ptz/autotrack.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frigate/ptz/autotrack.py b/frigate/ptz/autotrack.py
index f38bf1f5f..662ce63d3 100644
--- a/frigate/ptz/autotrack.py
+++ b/frigate/ptz/autotrack.py
@@ -1329,7 +1329,11 @@ class PtzAutoTracker:
 
         if camera_config.onvif.autotracking.enabled:
             if not self.autotracker_init[camera]:
-                self._autotracker_setup(camera_config, camera)
+                future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
+                    self._autotracker_setup(camera_config, camera), self.onvif.loop
+                )
+                # Wait for the coroutine to complete
+                future.result()
 
             if self.calibrating[camera]:
                 logger.debug(f"{camera}: Calibrating camera")