From 3a32d91c66adbb3b5ea09b70f5f7a7bfbab299c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Backman <mark@daily.co>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:21:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Set finalized flag on ElevenLabs Realtime STT
 transcriptions for manual commit strategy

---
 src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py
index 5422fb193..0cf13121e 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py
@@ -861,6 +861,8 @@ class ElevenLabsRealtimeSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
 
         await self._handle_transcription(text, True, language)
 
+        finalized = self._settings.commit_strategy == CommitStrategy.MANUAL
+
         await self.push_frame(
             TranscriptionFrame(
                 text,
@@ -868,6 +870,7 @@ class ElevenLabsRealtimeSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
                 time_now_iso8601(),
                 language,
                 result=data,
+                finalized=finalized,
             )
         )
 
@@ -902,6 +905,8 @@ class ElevenLabsRealtimeSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
 
         await self._handle_transcription(text, True, language)
 
+        finalized = self._settings.commit_strategy == CommitStrategy.MANUAL
+
         # This message is sent after committed_transcript when include_timestamps=true.
         # It contains the full transcript data including text and word-level timestamps.
         await self.push_frame(
@@ -911,5 +916,6 @@ class ElevenLabsRealtimeSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
                 time_now_iso8601(),
                 language,
                 result=data,
+                finalized=finalized,
             )
         )

From 601822e3e5fda2aa6f9de79dda646f88266589c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Backman <mark@daily.co>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:25:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add changelog for PR #3865

---
 changelog/3865.changed.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog/3865.changed.md

diff --git a/changelog/3865.changed.md b/changelog/3865.changed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a70eb0d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/3865.changed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- `ElevenLabsRealtimeSTTService` now sets `TranscriptionFrame.finalized` to `True` when using `CommitStrategy.MANUAL`.