pipecat Releases

A beta release introducing comprehensive billing and metering features including credits API, settlement modes, tax support, and meter query capabilities.

May 19, 2026

A major release promoting Claude Desktop to a first-class managed surface with third-party provider switching, role-based model mapping, reverse-proxy hardening, and improved usage dashboard capabilities.

May 16, 2026

This release updates the default WebSocket endpoints for Gradium services to region-neutral URLs for automatic routing and resolves a critical bug where bots would hang when using tool calls with incomplete user turn filtering enabled.

May 15, 2026

Added UI Agent Protocol, async function call support, and new SageMaker services, alongside updates to default models and RTVI protocol.

May 14, 2026

Added Mistral STT/TTS, xAI services, and Daily screen video support, along with improved STT settings updates and Daily room expiration.

Apr 27, 2026

A patch release focused on Codex OAuth reverse-proxy stability improvements, tray usage visibility, Skills import/install reliability, and removal of the Hermes config health scanner.

Apr 23, 2026

This major release focuses on security hardening and maintenance updates, including a migration of Docker helpers and the introduction of DoS protection mechanisms. It also brings significant improvements to audit capabilities, plugin updates, and path validation.

Apr 14, 2026

Major version 1.0.0 release introducing `OpenAIResponsesLLMService` (WebSocket), removing legacy services, and centralizing imports under the `pipecat.services` namespace.

Apr 14, 2026

Apr 3, 2026

This release introduces new LLM and TTS services including Sarvam, XAI HTTP TTS, and Novita, alongside new hooks for TTSService. It includes significant updates to Deepgram SDK integration, VAD resource management, and fixes numerous bugs related to audio context and Gemini Live.

Mar 28, 2026

This release adds support for the OpenAI Responses API and introduces new pipeline synchronization options like `frame_order` for `SyncParallelPipeline`. It also enhances the Daily transport with DTMF support and fixes critical frame ordering issues.

Mar 24, 2026

This release adds support for Perplexity LLM and introduces new user turn start strategies based on wake phrases. It improves tool result serialization and fixes default model configurations for OpenAI and Azure services.

Mar 19, 2026

A major refactoring where audio context management is moved into the base `TTSService`. This release adds concurrent audio synthesis support for Cartesia and introduces runtime settings updates for various STT services.

Mar 11, 2026

This release introduces strongly-typed settings classes for runtime updates and new metrics for latency tracking. It adds the LemonSlice transport and comprehensive context summarization features.

Mar 3, 2026

Major release adding new TTS services including DeepgramSageMakerTTSService, improved audio context management across multiple TTS implementations, and numerous bug fixes for race conditions and timing issues.

Feb 21, 2026

This beta release introduces new V3 API endpoints for apps and Stripe customer sessions, alongside improvements to ClickHouse queries and metrics. It includes significant bug fixes for customer lookups, subscription syncing, and invoice handling, along with architectural refactoring of line services and dependency updates.

Feb 12, 2026

Feature-rich release with new STT/TTS services, context summarization for long-running conversations, and significant turn detection improvements with default changes.

Feb 11, 2026

This release resolves compilation errors on macOS that were caused by issues with the `core-text` dependency. It is a maintenance update intended to ensure the project builds successfully on Apple's operating system.

Feb 5, 2026

Release focused on VAD improvements, new local TTS services, and pipeline enhancements with new frame processors and serializers.

Jan 31, 2026

Milestone release adding Hathora service support, CambTTSService, and UserIdleController for detecting user idle state.

Jan 21, 2026