diff --git a/db/db.rs b/db/db.rs
index c95313a..a6e2e31 100644
--- a/db/db.rs
+++ b/db/db.rs
@@ -447,8 +447,9 @@ pub struct Stream {
     /// gaps and overlap.
     pub duration: recording::Duration,
 
-    /// Mapping of calendar day (in the server's time zone) to a summary of recordings on that day.
-    pub days: BTreeMap<StreamDayKey, StreamDayValue>,
+    /// Mapping of calendar day (in the server's time zone) to a summary of committed recordings on
+    /// that day.
+    pub committed_days: BTreeMap<StreamDayKey, StreamDayValue>,
     pub record: bool,
 
     /// The `next_recording_id` currently committed to the database.
@@ -588,7 +589,18 @@ impl Stream {
         self.duration += r.end - r.start;
         self.sample_file_bytes += sample_file_bytes as i64;
         self.fs_bytes += round_up(i64::from(sample_file_bytes));
-        adjust_days(r, 1, &mut self.days);
+        adjust_days(r, 1, &mut self.committed_days);
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a days map including unflushed recordings.
+    pub fn days(&self) -> BTreeMap<StreamDayKey, StreamDayValue> {
+        let mut days = self.committed_days.clone();
+        for u in &self.uncommitted {
+            let l = u.lock();
+            adjust_days(l.start .. l.start + recording::Duration(i64::from(l.duration_90k)),
+                        1, &mut days);
+        }
+        days
     }
 }
 
@@ -789,7 +801,7 @@ impl StreamStateChanger {
                         bytes_to_add: 0,
                         fs_bytes_to_add: 0,
                         duration: recording::Duration(0),
-                        days: BTreeMap::new(),
+                        committed_days: BTreeMap::new(),
                         record: sc.record,
                         next_recording_id: 1,
                         uncommitted: VecDeque::new(),
@@ -1031,7 +1043,7 @@ impl LockedDatabase {
                 dir.garbage_needs_unlink.insert(row.id);
                 let d = recording::Duration(row.duration as i64);
                 s.duration -= d;
-                adjust_days(row.start .. row.start + d, -1, &mut s.days);
+                adjust_days(row.start .. row.start + d, -1, &mut s.committed_days);
             }
 
             // Process add_recordings.
@@ -1530,7 +1542,7 @@ impl LockedDatabase {
                 bytes_to_add: 0,
                 fs_bytes_to_add: 0,
                 duration: recording::Duration(0),
-                days: BTreeMap::new(),
+                committed_days: BTreeMap::new(),
                 next_recording_id: row.get(7)?,
                 record: row.get(8)?,
                 uncommitted: VecDeque::new(),
diff --git a/design/api.md b/design/api.md
index 92216d5..0274e7e 100644
--- a/design/api.md
+++ b/design/api.md
@@ -96,8 +96,11 @@ The `application/json` response will have a dict as follows:
             filesystem block allocated to each file.
         *   `days`: (only included if request pararameter `days` is true)
             dictionary representing calendar days (in the server's time zone)
-            with non-zero total duration of recordings for that day. The keys
-            are of the form `YYYY-mm-dd`; the values are objects with the
+            with non-zero total duration of recordings for that day. Currently
+            this includes uncommitted and growing recordings. This is likely
+            to change in a future release for
+            [#40](https://github.com/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr/issues/40). The
+            keys are of the form `YYYY-mm-dd`; the values are objects with the
             following attributes:
             *   `totalDuration90k` is the total duration recorded during that
                 day.  If a recording spans a day boundary, some portion of it
diff --git a/src/json.rs b/src/json.rs
index 47838c4..83b68e1 100644
--- a/src/json.rs
+++ b/src/json.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub struct Camera<'a> {
     pub config: Option<CameraConfig<'a>>,
 
     #[serde(serialize_with = "Camera::serialize_streams")]
-    pub streams: [Option<Stream<'a>>; 2],
+    pub streams: [Option<Stream>; 2],
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ pub struct CameraConfig<'a> {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all="camelCase")]
-pub struct Stream<'a> {
+pub struct Stream {
     pub retain_bytes: i64,
     pub min_start_time_90k: Option<i64>,
     pub max_end_time_90k: Option<i64>,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ pub struct Stream<'a> {
 
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     #[serde(serialize_with = "Stream::serialize_days")]
-    pub days: Option<&'a BTreeMap<db::StreamDayKey, db::StreamDayValue>>,
+    pub days: Option<BTreeMap<db::StreamDayKey, db::StreamDayValue>>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ impl<'a> Camera<'a> {
         })
     }
 
-    fn serialize_streams<S>(streams: &[Option<Stream<'a>>; 2], serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    fn serialize_streams<S>(streams: &[Option<Stream>; 2], serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
     where S: Serializer {
         let mut map = serializer.serialize_map(Some(streams.len()))?;
         for (i, s) in streams.iter().enumerate() {
@@ -223,8 +223,9 @@ impl<'a> Camera<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> Stream<'a> {
-    fn wrap(db: &'a db::LockedDatabase, id: Option<i32>, include_days: bool) -> Result<Option<Self>, Error> {
+impl Stream {
+    fn wrap(db: &db::LockedDatabase, id: Option<i32>, include_days: bool)
+            -> Result<Option<Self>, Error> {
         let id = match id {
             Some(id) => id,
             None => return Ok(None),
@@ -237,14 +238,14 @@ impl<'a> Stream<'a> {
             total_duration_90k: s.duration.0,
             total_sample_file_bytes: s.sample_file_bytes,
             fs_bytes: s.fs_bytes,
-            days: if include_days { Some(&s.days) } else { None },
+            days: if include_days { Some(s.days()) } else { None },
         }))
     }
 
-    fn serialize_days<S>(days: &Option<&BTreeMap<db::StreamDayKey, db::StreamDayValue>>,
+    fn serialize_days<S>(days: &Option<BTreeMap<db::StreamDayKey, db::StreamDayValue>>,
                          serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
     where S: Serializer {
-        let days = match *days {
+        let days = match days.as_ref() {
             Some(d) => d,
             None => return serializer.serialize_none(),
         };