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Option to start a reply on time when caller noise began while the agent was thinking (1.6.6 behavior)

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4/5
Tempo stimato
3-5 giorni
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Stack tecnologico
python
Ambito
ai, audio-video-rtc

Direzione di ricerca

Start in AgentActivity._reconcile_playout_pause, where the hold on a paused speech handle is decided, and in on_start_of_speech, which records the pause with agent_state. Then check generation._audio_forwarding_task to see where playback resumes. Done means a new InterruptionOptions flag that defaults to current behavior, and a test showing that with the flag off, a reply paused during thinking resumes at forwarding start. Confirm the design with maintainers before coding, since the issue proposes the setting but nobody has agreed to it.

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Feature Type

Would make my life easier

Feature Description

An InterruptionOptions setting to start a reply's audio on time when caller noise began while the agent was thinking, as 1.6.6 did. For example hold_reply_while_user_speaking: bool = True; when false, _reconcile_playout_pause would resume at forwarding start.

What changed (1.6.6 → 1.8.6, unchanged in 1.8.7 and 2.0.0b1)

When VAD start-of-speech arrives while the agent is thinking, on_start_of_speech pauses the current speech handle. That is the same in both versions.

  • 1.6.6: generation._audio_forwarding_task began with audio_output.resume(), so the reply played as soon as its audio was ready.
  • 1.8.x: _reconcile_playout_pause keeps that pause ("a paused playout stays paused regardless of forwarding status"). The reply waits for VAD end of speech, which is the sound's length plus min_silence_duration. A sound of 0.5 s or more also counts as an interruption, so the reply then waits for false_interruption_timeout too.

Impact (telephony, Deepgram Flux with turn_detection="stt", interruption mode "vad")

Scripted VAD and STT through a real AgentSession. LLM first token after 0.7 s. First audio at 2.48 s with no noise:

Caller sound near reply start 1.6.6 first audio 1.8.6 first audio
none 2.48 s 2.48 s
0.1–0.3 s 2.48 s 3.05–3.25 s
0.6 s 2.48 s 5.35 s

On phone lines, breaths, line noise and short "mm" sounds near reply start are common. Each adds 0.6 s or more of dead air before the agent answers.

Workarounds / Alternatives
  • We currently monkeypatch AgentActivity._reconcile_playout_pause to call audio_output.resume() unconditionally, matching 1.6.6, and pin its source in a test so upgrades surface changes.
  • Setting false_interruption_timeout=None removes the hold, but also turns off resuming after a false interruption mid-reply, which we want to keep.
  • Making VAD less sensitive also changes endpointing and interruptions.
Additional Context

The setting could apply only to pauses recorded while the agent was thinking (_PausedSpeechInfo.agent_state == "thinking"). Interruptions during playback would keep today's behavior.

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