livekit-agents@1.5.17

hpcaitech/Open-Soralivekit-agents@1.5.17Jun 3, 2026by tinalenguyen

AI Summary

This release focuses on enhancing voice agent capabilities, including new STT language options, user turn claiming, and updated model support. It also introduces animation triggers for avatars and improves inference request handling.

Key Highlights

Added language option to gradium STT
Introduced AgentSession.claim_user_turn method
Updated model literals for LLM, STT, and TTS
Added animation triggers and trimmed personas for avatars
Added agent ID header to inference requests

New Features

Gradium STT language option
claim_user_turn API
New model options for LLM/STT/TTS
Deployment environment in worker registration
Avatar animation triggers
Inference agent ID header

Full Release Notes

## 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