From 0b4568843b732d3be4ba20d0060fd8b6c85c9101 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Primas <josh@lemonslice.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:59:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improved logging + error handling + pipecat bot name usage

---
 examples/foundational/55-lemonslice-transport.py |  6 +++---
 pyproject.toml                                   |  2 +-
 src/pipecat/transports/lemonslice/transport.py   | 12 +++++++-----
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/foundational/55-lemonslice-transport.py b/examples/foundational/55-lemonslice-transport.py
index 0bb4b1d31..c9f080567 100644
--- a/examples/foundational/55-lemonslice-transport.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/55-lemonslice-transport.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
 async def main():
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
         transport = LemonSliceTransport(
-            bot_name="Pipecat bot",
+            bot_name="Pipecat",
             api_key=os.getenv("LEMONSLICE_API_KEY"),
             agent_id=os.getenv("LEMONSLICE_AGENT_ID"),
             session=session,
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ async def main():
 
         @transport.event_handler("on_client_connected")
         async def on_client_connected(transport, participant):
-            logger.info(f"Client connected")
+            logger.info("Client connected")
             # Kick off the conversation.
             messages.append(
                 {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ async def main():
 
         @transport.event_handler("on_client_disconnected")
         async def on_client_disconnected(transport, participant):
-            logger.info(f"Client disconnected")
+            logger.info("Client disconnected")
             await task.cancel()
 
         runner = PipelineRunner()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6c6ca66e3..b312d553e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ koala = [ "pvkoala~=2.0.3" ]
 kokoro = [ "kokoro-onnx>=0.5.0,<1", "requests>=2.32.5,<3" ]
 krisp = [ "pipecat-ai-krisp~=0.4.0" ]
 langchain = [ "langchain~=0.3.20", "langchain-community~=0.3.20", "langchain-openai~=0.3.9" ]
-lemonslice = []
+lemonslice = [ "pipecat-ai[daily]" ]
 livekit = [ "livekit~=1.0.13", "livekit-api~=1.0.5", "tenacity>=8.2.3,<10.0.0", "pyjwt>=2.10.1" ]
 lmnt = [ "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
 local = [ "pyaudio~=0.2.14" ]
diff --git a/src/pipecat/transports/lemonslice/transport.py b/src/pipecat/transports/lemonslice/transport.py
index b11a92172..9ef014f79 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/transports/lemonslice/transport.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/transports/lemonslice/transport.py
@@ -199,11 +199,13 @@ class LemonSliceTransportClient:
                 await self._api.end_session(self._session_id, self._control_url)
             self._session_id = None
             self._control_url = None
+            raise
 
     async def cleanup(self):
         """Cleanup client resources."""
         try:
-            await self._daily_transport_client.cleanup()
+            if self._daily_transport_client:
+                await self._daily_transport_client.cleanup()
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Exception during cleanup: {e}")
 
@@ -316,7 +318,7 @@ class LemonSliceTransportClient:
 
     async def send_interrupt_message(self) -> None:
         """Send an interrupt message to the LemonSlice session."""
-        logger.info("Sending interrupt message")
+        logger.debug("Sending interrupt message")
         transport_frame = OutputTransportMessageUrgentFrame(
             message={
                 "event": "interrupt",
@@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ class LemonSliceTransportClient:
 
     async def send_response_finished_message(self) -> None:
         """Send a response_finished message to the LemonSlice session."""
-        logger.info("Sending response_finished message")
+        logger.debug("Sending response_finished message")
         transport_frame = OutputTransportMessageUrgentFrame(
             message={
                 "event": "response_finished",
@@ -682,7 +684,7 @@ class LemonSliceTransport(BaseTransport):
         output_name: Optional[str] = None,
         daily_room_url: Optional[str] = None,
         daily_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        lemonslice_properties: dict = {},
+        lemonslice_properties: Optional[dict] = None,
     ):
         """Initialize the LemonSlice transport.
 
@@ -709,7 +711,7 @@ class LemonSliceTransport(BaseTransport):
             on_participant_left=self._on_participant_left,
         )
         self._client = LemonSliceTransportClient(
-            bot_name="Pipecat",
+            bot_name=bot_name,
             callbacks=callbacks,
             api_key=api_key,
             agent_image_url=agent_image_url,