v1.17.0 livekit-agents@1.8.1
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charmbracelet/crushSep 10, 2026 → Sep 10, 20260 days between releases
What's New
Firecracker v1.17.0 adds Linux 6.18 and AWS Graviton5 support, while LiveKit Agents 1.8.1 introduces full-duplex speech models.
New Features
- Linux 6.18 guest kernel support.
- AWS Graviton5 instance support.
- Transparent huge pages support.
- bzImage kernel image support.
- DuplexModel class for full-duplex speech.
Improvements
- Enhanced metrics API with emit_id and properties fields.
- Snapshot load API huge_pages field.
- Spatius warmup for region, TLS, and session token.
Bug Fixes
- Drain unused adapter metrics streams.
- Don't replace a TTS prewarm that is still in flight.
Upgrade Notes
The provided releases are for different repositories (Firecracker and LiveKit) and cannot be upgraded into one another.
The Two Releases
v1.17.0
Firecracker v1.17.0
Sep 10, 2026· 1 month ago
Firecracker v1.17.0 introduces support for Linux 6.18 guest kernels and AWS Graviton5 instances, while enhancing metrics, snapshot, and memory management capabilities.
Full release noteslivekit-agents@1.8.1
livekit-agents@1.8.1
Sep 10, 2026· 1 month ago
Adds full-duplex speech model support via the DuplexModel class and introduces new plugins and telemetry improvements.
Full release notes