From 0099f60d2931c5d63134fb54ef84823711e22cf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Aleix=20Conchillo=20Flaqu=C3=A9?= <aleix@daily.co>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 15:17:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] deepgram: fix an issue with user provided LiveOptions

---
 CHANGELOG.md                         |  3 +++
 src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py | 18 ++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bbe20218..538b01f1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed a `DeegramSTTService` connection issue when the user provided their own
+  `LiveOptions`.
+
 - Fixed a `DailyTransport` issue that would cause images needing resize to block
   the event loop.
 
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py
index 07cc6a9d2..a223da143 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py
@@ -78,17 +78,19 @@ class DeepgramSTTService(STTService):
             vad_events=False,
         )
 
-        merged_options = default_options
+        merged_options = default_options.to_dict()
         if live_options:
-            merged_options = LiveOptions(**{**default_options.to_dict(), **live_options.to_dict()})
+            default_model = default_options.model
+            merged_options.update(live_options.to_dict())
+            # NOTE(aleix): Fixes an in deepgram-sdk where `model` is initialized
+            # to the string "None" instead of the value `None`.
+            if "model" in merged_options and merged_options["model"] == "None":
+                merged_options["model"] = default_model
 
-        # deepgram connection requires language to be a string
-        if isinstance(merged_options.language, Language) and hasattr(
-            merged_options.language, "value"
-        ):
-            merged_options.language = merged_options.language.value
+        if "language" in merged_options and isinstance(merged_options["language"], Language):
+            merged_options["language"] = merged_options["language"].value
 
-        self._settings = merged_options.to_dict()
+        self._settings = merged_options
         self._addons = addons
 
         self._client = DeepgramClient(