From 0423acd8a039030afcaf180163491b6e4c0ade7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Aleix=20Conchillo=20Flaqu=C3=A9?= <aleix@daily.co>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:43:13 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] STTService: just clear buffer before running run_stt()

---
 src/pipecat/services/stt_service.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/stt_service.py b/src/pipecat/services/stt_service.py
index 44c7af3b4..21422d6ef 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/stt_service.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/stt_service.py
@@ -497,11 +497,11 @@ class SegmentedSTTService(STTService):
         wav.close()
         content.seek(0)
 
-        await self.process_generator(self.run_stt(content.read()))
-
         # Start clean.
         self._audio_buffer.clear()
 
+        await self.process_generator(self.run_stt(content.read()))
+
     async def process_audio_frame(self, frame: AudioRawFrame, direction: FrameDirection):
         """Process audio frames by buffering them for segmented transcription.