livekit-agents@1.6.10

livekit/agentslivekit-agents@1.6.10Aug 20, 2026by tinalenguyen

AI Summary

Bug fix release addressing stability issues, including Cartesia error handling, STT error handling, and telemetry improvements.

Key Highlights

  • Fix Cartesia API key redaction in websocket handshake errors
  • Respect non-retryable STT errors
  • Azure TTS model string fallback to host/region + voice
  • Telemetry reporting of cached input tokens on LLM spans
  • Silero VAD checkpoint update to v6.2

New Features

  • Telemetry reporting of cached input tokens

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* fix(cartesia): redact API keys from websocket handshake errors by @LHMQ878 in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6740
* fix: respect non-retryable STT errors by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6759
* fix: fallback adapters report the active instance's model/provider by @Fyko in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6690
* fix(inference): don't crash the session on null usage token counts by @biztex in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6763
* fix(voice): stop the interrupt walk at a queued speech that disallows interruptions by @biztex in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6644
* fix(voice): don't raise when interrupting a cancelled or finished speech by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6767
* fix: isolate bundled VAD inference from the default executor by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6770
* fix(xai): align realtime Voice Agent defaults and API coverage by @damien-xai in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6755
* feat(spatius): default audio format to ogg_opus by @3DRX in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6749
* fix: don't count discarded room audio as played by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6728
* feat(azure): replace unknown tts model string with host/region + voice by @alvxrog in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6775
* feat: expose cache_creation_tokens in LLM metrics by @chasleslr in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6655
* fix: treat a silent agent turn as silence, not a run_input error by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6779
* fix: stop dropping session host responses by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6781
* fix(llm): never give a const field the null default sentinel by @u9g in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6688
* fix: hold pending replies at playout launch by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6745
* fix(inference): keep a stream retryable until it emits generation by @u9g in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6697
* test: stabilize text email collection eval by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6791
* feat(evals): run judges at low inference priority by @u9g in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6794
* feat(simulation): pin text simulations to the low inference class by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6721
* fix(google): allow explicit project for Speech-to-Text by @uuzzrm in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6810
* fix(silero): update bundled VAD checkpoint to v6.2 by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6816
* fix(voice): export uncommitted user_turn spans on close by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6592
* feat(telemetry): include recording options in session reports by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6547
* fix: respect agent endpointing delay during reply hold-off by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6820
* docs: require confirmation for non-patch version bumps by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6821
* examples: switch homepage agent to Fish Audio with expressive mode by @theomonnom in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6822
* fix: stabilize LiveKit pronunciation with Fish Audio by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6825
* fix(deps): pin openai below 3 by @longcw in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6831
* livekit-agents@1.6.10 by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6834

## New Contributors
* @Fyko made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6690
* @damien-xai made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6755
* @alvxrog made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6775
* @chasleslr made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/6655

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/livekit/agents/compare/livekit-agents@1.6.9...livekit-agents@1.6.10