Segmented turn interruption disarm

open

1 independent reportacross 1 sourceon 1 stacklast reported 2026-07-26

What this is

When the agent's turn is split into multiple speech segments, such as around a tool call, a later segment resets interruption tracking so the caller's still-ongoing interruption is silently ignored.

Status open: reported and still open where it was reported.

Evidence

toubatbrian2026-07-26livekitGitHub issuesgithub.com/…/6548

Summary A second agent speech segment inside a single agent turn disarms an adaptive-interruption overlap that the user is still speaking through. From that moment the user's audio stops...

First seen 2026-07-26 · our copy fetched 2026-07-26T03:05:22Z · SHA-256 of that copy begins 70a2ab9a2b60732f… · profile

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What is measurable

Signal	This record stands on its own linked sources. To put a number on your own call, `hotato autopsy ./call.wav` reads a recording you already have and ranks the timing incidents in it.
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Status history

The record has carried one status since it opened: open, reported and still open where it was reported. A move lands here with the link, the quote and the date that show it.

Mode	Status	Shares
Tool call mid-utterance audio truncation	open	reported on livekit; reported on github
Unanswered tool call blocks mic input	open	reported on livekit; reported on github
Tool call audio output silence	acknowledged	reported on livekit; reported on github

Discussion

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The record

Ids, digests, every link this entry stands on, and how to take a quote down

Atlas id	`VFA-2026-0017`
Mode id	`pat_636a4f247f3cbc84d12ab9a9`
Content digest	`sha256:636a4f247f3cbc84d12ab9a9dbf2e7b9d272e21753aaaab2614823763370f7cc`
First reported	`2026-07-26`
Last reported	`2026-07-26`
First seen by the atlas	`2026-07-26T02:08:47Z`
Last re-checked	`2026-07-26T02:08:47Z`
Reported on	livekit
Sources	GitHub issues
Scope	1 independent public report across 1 source. This entry states where the mode has been reported; where else it can occur is what the next report settles.
References	reporthttps://github.com/livekit/agents/issues/6548 · toubatbrian · GitHub issues · 2026-07-26
Machine surfaces	feed.json feed.atom feed.schema.json atlas.llms.txt
Removal	If you wrote something quoted on this page and want it gone, one email to [email protected] does it. The removal path takes the quote, the handle and the link off this page, out of the feeds and out of the llms.txt within 24 hours, and tombstones the id so the entry cannot quietly return at a new address.