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+- Fixed `DeepgramSTTService` ignoring the `base_url` scheme when using `ws://` or `http://`. Previously these were silently overwritten with `wss://` / `https://`, breaking air-gapped or private deployments that don't use TLS. All scheme choices (`wss://`, `https://`, `ws://`, `http://`, or bare hostname) are now respected.