livekit-agents@1.5.12
hpcaitech/Open-Soralivekit-agents@1.5.12May 21, 2026by tinalenguyen
AI Summary
Adds support for new LLM providers and models, deprecates legacy parameters, and improves voice interruption handling.
Key Highlights
- Deprecated mcp_servers param on Agent and AgentSession
- Added UserTurnLimitOptions to interrupt long user speech
- Added Perplexity Agent API (Responses) LLM
- Added gpt-realtime-whisper STT support
- Added new bulbul:v3 speaker voices
New Features
- MCP deprecation
- User turn limits
- Perplexity support
- Whisper STT support
- New speaker voices
Full Release Notes
## What's Changed * feat(examples): publish examples manifest to agents-jukebox by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5751 * deploy-examples: open a PR (with auto-merge) for the manifest refresh by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5760 * frontdesk: fix tz crash on deploy + survive failed startup by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5761 * deploy-examples: fix manifest publishing (\u escapes + --force push) by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5762 * chore(deps): update actions/setup-python action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5759 * deprecate mcp_servers param on Agent and AgentSession by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5667 * feat(voice): add UserTurnLimitOptions to interrupt long user speech by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5492 * feat(avatar): add AvatarMetrics for join latency and playback latency by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5581 * docs(inference): fix stale RPC method names and LLM swap description by @detail-app[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5764 * (speechmatics stt): update default mode to external by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5765 * docs: fix misquoted greeting punctuation in frontdesk README by @detail-app[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5746 * fix(cerebras): require openai>=2.16.0 for FinalRequestOptions.content by @u9g in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5773 * livekit-agents@1.5.11 by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5774 * fix(soniox): plugin reliability fixes by @mihafabcic-soniox in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5770 * (gemini): add gemini-3.5-flash model str by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5775 * Add Perplexity Agent API (Responses) LLM by @jliounis in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5772 * examples(inference): editable system prompt + "Open in Builder" + Sonic-3 / 4.1-mini defaults by @JackNDwyer in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5776 * feat(realtime): support multi-message generation per response by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5763 * feat(openai stt): support gpt-realtime-whisper by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5779 * feat(rime): add time_scale_factor parameter for arcana, mistv3, and coda by @MaCaki in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5778 * (perplexity responses): update default model by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5780 * fix(interruption): incorrect guard skips true interruptions by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5787 * docs(perplexity): fix stale default model in responses.LLM example by @detail-app[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5785 * add new bulbul:v3 speaker voices by @amlesh-dev in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5782 * livekit-agents@1.5.12 by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5789 ## New Contributors * @mihafabcic-soniox made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5770 * @JackNDwyer made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5776 * @amlesh-dev made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5782 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/livekit/agents/compare/livekit-agents@1.5.10...livekit-agents@1.5.12