From 6ab3ed9911cfc6e7d4da5b0c9668fe77c6f3148e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 19:27:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(hotfix): skip CrestronOnvif.dll when scanning assemblies
 at startup

Co-authored-by: ngenovese11 <23391587+ngenovese11@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Factory/DeviceFactory.cs | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Factory/DeviceFactory.cs b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Factory/DeviceFactory.cs
index b02daf4e..e356b288 100644
--- a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Factory/DeviceFactory.cs
+++ b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Factory/DeviceFactory.cs
@@ -36,8 +36,17 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
         {
             var programAssemblies = Directory.GetFiles(InitialParametersClass.ProgramDirectory.ToString(), "*.dll");
 
+            // Assemblies known to cause load errors that should be skipped
+            var assembliesToSkip = new[] { "CrestronOnvif.dll" };
+
             foreach (var assembly in programAssemblies)
             {
+                if (assembliesToSkip.Any(a => Path.GetFileName(assembly).Equals(a, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+                {
+                    Debug.LogMessage(LogEventLevel.Verbose, "Skipping assembly: {assemblyName}", null, assembly);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 try
                 {
                     Assembly.LoadFrom(assembly);