Step 2 of the camera architecture overhaul agreed after #1395. When
the camera viewer hits its error state OR before a print at any
time, a Diagnose button runs a staged check against the printer and
renders the result inline: which stage failed, how long it took,
and a translated remediation hint. Cuts off the "user opens a
'camera broken' ticket → ask for support bundle → triage" loop at
the user's screen.
Backend
- New `backend/app/services/camera_diagnose.py` orchestrator with
CameraDiagnoseResult / CameraDiagnoseStage dataclasses.
- New POST /printers/{id}/camera/diagnose route in camera.py.
- Stages:
tcp_reachable — TCP socket open to 322 (RTSP) / 6000 (chamber)
with 3 s timeout. Distinguishes timeout, refused, and host-
unreachable into distinct summary codes so the frontend can
show a precise remediation (firewall vs LAN-only off vs
wrong IP).
first_frame — captures one JPEG end-to-end via the existing
capture_camera_frame_bytes pipeline. Auth + RTSP handshake +
first keyframe collapse into one stage; the user-facing
answer is the same regardless of which sub-layer failed.
- Live-stream shortcut: when a viewer is currently watching the
camera with a buffered frame < 10 s old, the diagnostic skips
the real test and returns live_stream_active_healthy. Opening a
fresh socket would kick the live viewer off on single-camera-
connection firmwares (the #1348 reconnect-storm trigger), so we
trust the real-world evidence instead.
- Response surfaces protocol, port, and profile name for support
triage — lets us ask "what does your modal say?" instead of
"send the support bundle".
Frontend
- New CameraDiagnoseModal renders one row per stage with green-
check / red-X / grey-skipped icons, the per-stage duration in
ms, a remediation banner styled by overall status, and a Run
again button.
- Two entry points:
1. The viewer's error overlay grows a Diagnose button next to
Retry. Retry stays the primary action; Diagnose is the
escape hatch for users who can't see what's wrong.
2. A stethoscope icon in the viewer's always-visible control
bar, between Refresh and Fullscreen. Pre-flight testing
("did my firmware update break the camera?", "is the
camera up before I send a print?") doesn't require waiting
for the stream to fail first.
- Also lifted the previously-hard-coded "Camera unavailable" /
"Retry" strings into camera.unavailable / camera.retry so the
error UI is fully translated alongside the new keys.
Reporter @Andlar94 hit a permanent "Build plate not empty" on every print
start on an A1 with an external RTSP camera. The runtime auto-check at
main.py:1819 called check_plate_empty with use_external=external_camera_enabled,
but the manual UI routes (camera.py) declared use_external: bool = False
and the frontend client always sent use_external=false. So calibration
captured a built-in frame and stamped it as the reference; the runtime
check captured an external frame and diffed it against that reference --
a permanent mismatch.
Centralise the default on the backend: both routes now take bool | None,
deriving the default from the printer's external_camera_enabled +
external_camera_url + external_camera_type. The frontend client stops
sending the flag unless the caller explicitly sets it, so the existing
UI call sites immediately benefit and any future caller gets the right
camera automatically. Explicit overrides still win.
Adds 4 regression tests pinning the new default for both the
external-enabled and external-disabled cases, plus the explicit override
path so a future "always built-in" caller stays supported.
The MJPEG fan-out broadcaster from #1089 only solved viewer-side
concurrency. Obico polling (every 5s) and the manual /camera/snapshot
endpoint kept opening their own fresh RTSP sockets, which X1/H2/P2
firmwares tolerated but X2D firmware 01.01.00.00 enforces strict
single-connection on — every poll kicked the live stream.
Add try_get_active_buffered_frame(printer_id): returns the broadcaster's
last buffered frame when a viewer is connected, None otherwise. Obico
and /camera/snapshot consult it before opening a fresh socket. When no
viewer is active they fall through to the existing fresh-capture path.
plate_detection and layer_timelapse intentionally not converted.
Most Bambu Lab printers only allow one concurrent camera connection, but
GET /printers/{id}/camera/stream opened a fresh upstream per viewer.
Two browser tabs → second viewer fails or kicks the first off.
New MjpegBroadcaster (services/camera_fanout.py) owns one upstream per
printer and fans MJPEG chunks out to N subscribers. 5 s grace window
absorbs tab refreshes without reconnecting. Bounded subscriber queues
drop frames for slow viewers rather than blocking the broadcaster.
Audit-pass fixes:
- _stream_start_times set with setdefault() so stream_uptime reflects
the shared upstream's age, not the most-recent viewer's
- subscribe() retried once on RuntimeError to close a tiny grace race
- unsubscribe() returns post-removal count atomically so the detach log
no longer races with concurrent leavers
Permission gates unchanged; broadcaster has no FastAPI surface.
Tests: 13 broadcaster unit tests + 2 integration tests on /camera/stop.
External-camera path untouched.
Fix camera button permissions & ffmpeg process leak (#550)
Camera button on printer card was clickable without camera:view
permission. ffmpeg processes (~240MB each) accumulated after closing
camera streams because: (1) stop endpoint called terminate() without
wait()/kill(), (2) HTTP disconnect detection only ran between frames
so was blocked when the generator was stuck on stdout read, and
(3) no mechanism caught processes orphaned by generator abandonment
or app restarts.
- Add camera:view permission check + tooltip to camera button
- Fix stop endpoint: terminate() → wait(2s) → kill() → wait()
- Add background disconnect monitor (polls every 2s, kills ffmpeg
directly on disconnect)
- Add periodic /proc scan (every 60s) that SIGKILLs any ffmpeg
with rtsps://bblp: not in an active stream
- Add noCamera i18n key to all 6 locales
- Fix camera API test mocks for async wait() and pid attribute
The snapshot endpoint always used the internal printer camera even when
an external camera was configured. Now checks for external camera first,
matching the stream endpoint pattern. Also added retry logic (3 attempts,
2s delay) to MJPEG and RTSP stream generators so they reconnect on
timeout instead of silently ending the stream.
- Remove 28 unused imports across 22 test files
- Prefix 4 unused local variables with _ in app code
(archives, bambu_mqtt, main) and remove 1 dead store
- Consolidate import/import-from in test_plate_detection.py
- Fix unreachable statement in test_archive_service.py
- Simplify redundant comparison in timelapse_processor.py
Resolves ~50 CodeQL py/unused-import, py/unused-local-variable,
py/import-and-import-from, py/unreachable-statement, and
py/redundant-comparison findings.
- Add USB camera type to external camera service
- Auto-detect available V4L2 devices on Linux
- New API endpoint: GET /api/v1/printers/usb-cameras
- Use ffmpeg for USB camera capture and streaming
- Add "USB Camera (V4L2)" option in Settings UI
- Debounce camera URL input to avoid saving on every keystroke
Closes#143
Automatically detect if objects are on the build plate before printing
and pause the print immediately if detected.
Features:
- Per-printer toggle to enable/disable plate detection
- Multi-reference calibration: store up to 5 reference images per printer
for different plate types (textured, smooth, high-temp, etc.)
- Automatic print pause when objects detected at print start
- Push notification and WebSocket alert when print is paused
- ROI (Region of Interest) calibration UI with sliders to adjust
detection area
- Reference management: view thumbnails, add labels, delete references
- Works with both built-in and external cameras
- Uses buffered camera frames when stream is active (no blocking)
- Split button UI: main button opens modal, chevron toggles on/off
- Green visual indicator when plate detection is enabled
- Included in backup/restore
- New APIBrowser component with full OpenAPI schema integration
- Fetches and parses /openapi.json automatically
- Groups endpoints by API tags (printers, archives, settings, etc.)
- Expandable endpoint sections with color-coded method badges
- Path parameter, query parameter, and JSON body editors
- Auto-populates request body with schema examples
- Live API request execution with response display
- Response shows status code, timing, and formatted JSON
- Copy response button with clipboard fallback
- Search to filter endpoints across all categories
- Expand All / Collapse All buttons
- Link to Swagger UI (/docs)
- Two-column layout for API Keys tab
- Left: API key management + webhook documentation
- Right: API Browser with dedicated test key input
- Parameter validation
- Shows warning for missing required parameters
- Validates before sending requests to avoid 422 errors
- UX improvements
- "Use in API Browser" button on newly created keys
- Responsive layout (stacked on mobile, side-by-side on xl+)
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