LiveKit

What's Changed

• test: categorize tests and select via pytest --unit/--plugin openai/ … flags by @Bobronium in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5945
• hamming plugin: add customer_metadata, external_links, and session_mode fields by @sumanyu in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5263
• fix(job): log unhandled exceptions in fire-and-forget tasks by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5961
• ci(deploy-examples): drop manifest publishing job by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5963
• ci(deploy-examples): deploy from the dispatched branch instead of hardcoded main by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5964
• feat(voice): flush audio and text output per FlushSentinel by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5956
• add ctx.with_filler() for acoustic fillers during long tools by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5885
• first-class async tools via ctx.update() by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5841
• Deploy examples against the deployed git ref instead of PyPI by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5969
• feat(job): expose single_peer_connection in JobContext.connect by @renal128 in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5966
• docs: add filler_agent.py to examples README table of contents by @detail-app[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5967
• docs: update test commands to use pytest category flags by @detail-app[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5958
• Enable git-lfs in example images so git-installed deps get real LFS binaries by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5970
• fix(ipc): rate-limit and contextualize high-memory warnings by @Bobronium in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5962
• (examples deploy): fix lfs by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5973
• (openai responses): surface phase field by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5975
• fix(openai): skip empty messages in realtime chat updates by @nightcityblade in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5952
• fix quick reconnect participant keyerror by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5979
• livekit-agents@1.5.18 by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5981

New Contributors

• @Bobronium made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5945
• @sumanyu made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5263
• @renal128 made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5966

Full Changelog: https://github.com/livekit/agents/compare/livekit-agents@1.5.17...livekit-agents@1.5.18

Changelog

• 12311c04c18245a1a39edcdd7165d0b1e84f6eed chore(build): bump base image for docker (#847)

What's Changed

• Add can_manage_agent_session to VideoGrants by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/660
• ReadyForRoomEvent by @stephen-derosa in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/665
• Update livekit-ffi to 0.12.57 by @xianshijing-lk in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/668
• Adding support for Frame Metadata by @chenosaurus in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/664
• Fix bug for FrameCryptor and E2E test for E2EE. by @cloudwebrtc in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/656
• Reduce noise of renovate PRs by grouping dev dependency updates by @lukasIO in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/671
• Strict type checking fixes by @lukasIO in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/670
• Update github workflows (major) by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/674
• Update jupyter-html deps by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/673
• Update dependency livekit-client to v2.18.9 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/672
• chore(protocol): update for eot by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/676
• livekit-protocol v1.1.9 by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/678
• Update dependency @livekit/components-react to v2.9.21 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/677
• chore(protocol): update protocol to include function call started event AGT-2831 by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/682
• E2E Test: audio/video publish & subscribe by @cloudwebrtc in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/632
• update livekit-ffi to 0.12.60 by @xianshijing-lk in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/683
• E2E Test: select video quality when publish simulcast video track. by @cloudwebrtc in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/646
• chore: Add shared helper functions used across the livekit-rtc test suite. by @cloudwebrtc in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/684
• Add rpc v2 long info case to example by @1egoman in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/685
• chore(protocol): bump submodule to v1.46.4 (DebugMessage) and regenerate stubs by @toubatbrian in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/689
• livekit-protocol v1.1.11 by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/691
• E2E Test: data channel send/receive test. by @cloudwebrtc in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/647
• protocol: add WorkerInfo and bump to 1.1.12 by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/693
• update the protocol repo to support default thresholds (eot + barge-in) by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/698
• livekit-protocol v1.1.13 by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/694
• Add missing connection quality field by @1egoman in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/696
• fix: unsubscribe FFI queue when the room listen task ends by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/699
• Update dependency aiohttp to v3.14.0 [SECURITY] by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/700
• Add max round trip latency by @1egoman in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/697

New Contributors

• @stephen-derosa made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/665
• @toubatbrian made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/pull/689

Full Changelog: https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/compare/rtc-v1.1.8...rtc-v1.1.10

What's Changed

• feat(gradium STT): add language option to gradium.STT by @FLoppix in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5878
• fix(workflows): bind GetDtmfTask user-state handler to user_state_changed by @u9g in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5900
• fix(examples): check anam_avatar_id in ANAM_AVATAR_ID guard by @u9g in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5901
• test(openai realtime): fix process_base_url assertion that was always passing by @u9g in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5903
• fix(examples): raise ToolError instead of returning it in realtime_joke_teller by @u9g in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5904
• docs(readme): fix syntax errors in StoryAgent and test snippets by @u9g in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5905
• feat(voice): add AgentSession.claim_user_turn by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5806
• make claim_user_turn private by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5911
• fix(ipc): retry proc acquisition when all in-flight spawns fail by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5874
• feat(models): update model literals for LLM, STT, and TTS, adding new models and options by @russellmartin-livekit in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5917
• feat(worker): send deployment environment in worker registration by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5920
• Dispatch downstream version bumps on stable publish by @Topherhindman in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5817
• livekit-agents@1.5.16 by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5922
• fix(job): close RecorderIO at session end if session close was interrupted by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5927
• fix(recorder): prevent close hang and fix corrupt frame splits by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5926
• feat(examples/avatar): added animation triggers and trimmed personas by @brycedli in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5899
• fix examples deploy by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5939
• revert alphabetized tool ordering by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5941
• fix(amd): start listening on lost publisher, forward realtime transcripts, harden attribute wait by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5918
• feat(inference): Add agent ID header to inference requests by @adrian-cowham in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5937
• feat(worker): add WORKER_PROTOCOL_VERSION and return WorkerInfo from /worker endpoint by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5923
• fix(inference): don't leak mock participant sid into request headers by @adrian-cowham in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5943
• (speechmatics): remove hard coded confidence by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5942
• (openai realtime): add reasoning param by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5944
• fix(inference): guard agent sid header against unconnected room by @adrian-cowham in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5947
• livekit-agents@1.5.17 by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5949

New Contributors

• @FLoppix made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5878
• @brycedli made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5899

Full Changelog: https://github.com/livekit/agents/compare/livekit-agents@1.5.15...livekit-agents@1.5.17