livekit-agents@1.5.1
livekit/agentslivekit-agents@1.5.1Mar 23, 2026by theomonnom
AI Summary
A maintenance patch that stabilizes the 1.5 series by adding Azure OpenAI support, translation capabilities, and observability enhancements.
Key Highlights
- Azure OpenAI Realtime support and tests added
- Translation support enabled for Gladia and Soniox
- Support for custom observability endpoints (LIVEKIT_OBSERVABILITY_URL)
- Introduction of the Hamming monitoring plugin
- AGC enabled by default on RoomInput audio
New Features
- MCPToolset addition
- Default AGC on RoomInput
- Minimum LiveKit SDK version bumped to 1.1.3
- SDK version included in SessionReport for observability
Full Release Notes
> [!NOTE] > **livekit-agents 1.5 introduced many new features. You can check out the changelog [here](https://github.com/livekit/agents/releases/tag/livekit-agents%401.5.0).** ## What's Changed * fix azure openai realtime support & add realtime models tests by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5168 * fix(core): version mismatch due to bad merge by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5176 * fix(turn-detector): relax transformers upper bound to allow 5.x by @gdoermann in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5174 * (gladia & soniox): add translation support by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5148 * feat(agents): support LIVEKIT_OBSERVABILITY_URL for custom observability endpoints by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5179 * (xai tts): update websocket endpoint by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5180 * fix(core): restore chat topic support in room IO by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5181 * Unskip Tool Call Items before Summarization in Task Group by @toubatbrian in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5169 * add sdk_version to SessionReport for observability by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5182 * feat(hamming): add hamming monitoring plugin package by @duchammingai in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5135 * chore(mypy): enable mypy cache in type checking by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5192 * fix: expose Chirp 3 google STT endpoint sensitivity by @karlsonlee-livekit in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5196 * add MCPToolset by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5138 * Feat/personaplex plugin by @milanperovic in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/4660 * fix: skip redundant realtime events in OpenAI plugin by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5204 * feat: enable AGC by default on RoomInput audio by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5185 * bump minimum livekit sdk version to 1.1.3 by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5206 * livekit-agents 1.5.1 by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5207 ## New Contributors * @duchammingai made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5135 * @karlsonlee-livekit made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/5196 * @milanperovic made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/4660 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/livekit/agents/compare/livekit-agents@1.5.0...livekit-agents@1.5.1