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livekit-agents@1.5.0

March 19, 2026Agents (Python)View original ↗

Highlights

Adaptive Interruption Handling

The headline feature of v1.5.0: an audio-based ML model that distinguishes genuine user interruptions from incidental sounds like backchannels ("mm-hmm"), coughs, sighs, or background noise. Enabled by default — no configuration needed.

Key stats:

  • 86% precision and 100% recall at 500ms overlapping speech
  • Rejects 51% of traditional VAD false positives
  • Detects true interruptions 64% faster than VAD alone
  • Inference completes in 30ms or less

When a false interruption is detected, the agent automatically resumes playback from where it left off — no re-generation needed.

To opt out and use VAD-only interruption:

session = AgentSession(
    ...
    turn_handling=TurnHandlingOptions(
        interruption={
            "mode": "vad",
        },
    ),
)

Blog post: https://livekit.com/blog/adaptive-interruption-handling

Dynamic Endpointing

Endpointing delays now adapt to each conversation's natural rhythm. Instead of a fixed silence threshold, the agent uses an exponential moving average of pause durations to dynamically adjust when it considers the user's turn complete.

session = AgentSession(
    ...
    turn_handling=TurnHandlingOptions(
        endpointing={
            "mode": "dynamic",
            "min_delay": 0.3,
            "max_delay": 3.0,
        },
    ),
)

New TurnHandlingOptions API

Endpointing and interruption settings are now consolidated into a single TurnHandlingOptions dict passed to AgentSession. Old keyword arguments (min_endpointing_delay, allow_interruptions, etc.) still work but are deprecated and will emit warnings.

session = AgentSession(
    turn_handling={
        "turn_detection": "vad",
        "endpointing": {"min_delay": 0.5, "max_delay": 3.0},
        "interruption": {"enabled": True, "mode": "adaptive"},
    },
)

Session Usage Tracking

New SessionUsageUpdatedEvent provides structured, per-model usage data — token counts, character counts, and audio durations — broken down by provider and model:

@session.on("session_usage_updated")
def on_usage(ev: SessionUsageUpdatedEvent):
    for usage in ev.usage.model_usage:
        print(f"{usage.provider}/{usage.model}: {usage}")

Usage types: LLMModelUsage, TTSModelUsage, STTModelUsage, InterruptionModelUsage.

You can also access aggregated usage at any time via the session.usage property:

usage = session.usage
for model_usage in usage.model_usage:
    print(model_usage)

Usage data is also included in SessionReport (via model_usage), so it's available in post-session telemetry and reporting out of the box.

Per-Turn Latency on ChatMessage.metrics

Each ChatMessage now carries a metrics field (MetricsReport) with per-turn latency data:

  • transcription_delay — time to obtain transcript after end of speech
  • end_of_turn_delay — time between end of speech and turn decision
  • on_user_turn_completed_delay — time in the developer callback

Action-Aware Chat Context Summarization

Context summarization now includes function calls and their outputs when building summaries, preserving tool-use context across the conversation window.

Configurable Log Level

Set the agent log level via LIVEKIT_LOG_LEVEL environment variable or through ServerOptions, without touching your code.

Deprecations

DeprecatedReplacementNotes
metrics_collected eventsession_usage_updated event + ChatMessage.metricsUsage/cost data moves to session_usage_updated; per-turn latency moves to ChatMessage.metrics. Old listeners still work with a deprecation warning.
UsageCollectorModelUsageCollectorNew collector supports per-model/provider breakdown
UsageSummaryLLMModelUsage, TTSModelUsage, STTModelUsageTyped per-service usage classes
RealtimeModelBetaRealtimeModelBeta API removed
AgentFalseInterruptionEvent.message / .extra_instructionsAutomatic resume via adaptive interruptionAccessing these fields logs a deprecation warning
AgentSession kwargs: min_endpointing_delay, max_endpointing_delay, allow_interruptions, discard_audio_if_uninterruptible, min_interruption_duration, min_interruption_words, turn_detection, false_interruption_timeout, resume_false_interruptionturn_handling=TurnHandlingOptions(...)Old kwargs still work but emit deprecation warnings. Will be removed in v2.0.
Agent / AgentTask kwargs: turn_detection, min_endpointing_delay, max_endpointing_delay, allow_interruptionsturn_handling=TurnHandlingOptions(...)Same migration path as AgentSession. Will be removed in future versions.

Complete changelog

New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/livekit/agents/compare/livekit-agents@1.4.6...livekit-agents@1.5.0

Fetched April 11, 2026