v0.55.0 v0.55.1
windmill-labs/windmillOct 2, 2026 → Oct 2, 20260 days between releases
What's New
Defaults to Deepgram Aura TTS and fixes pause-mode audio dropping.
New Features
- Deepgram Aura TTS integration for faster response times
- OpenAI TTS configuration option (BOT_TTS_MODEL)
Improvements
- Reduced audio playback latency in pause-mode arbitration
- Improved time-to-first-audio for bot responses
Bug Fixes
- Pause-mode barge-ins no longer drop bot audio after resolution
Upgrade Notes
The default TTS provider changed to Deepgram Aura for better performance. If you require the previous OpenAI behavior, set `BOT_TTS_PROVIDER=openai` and `BOT_TTS_MODEL=tts-1`.
The Two Releases
v0.55.0
Oct 2, 2026· 19 days ago
v0.55.0 introduces the siphon-ai-pipecat transport SDK, enabling integration with Pipecat pipelines, and updates documentation for Debian 13 while patching security vulnerabilities in ratatui.
Full release notesv0.55.1
Oct 2, 2026· 19 days ago
v0.55.1 optimizes the pipecat-bot-py example by defaulting to Deepgram Aura TTS for faster response times and fixes a bug where bot audio was dropped after resolving pause-mode barge-ins.
Full release notes