From 60e9817f166182c0cf891b1c527c4bd21256b7b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Backman <mark@daily.co>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:48:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add support for DAILY_SAMPLE_ROOM_URL when calling
 /start for DailyTransport

---
 CHANGELOG.md              | 5 +++++
 src/pipecat/runner/run.py | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e727c42e..397d47123 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Upgraded `aws_sdk_bedrock_runtime` to v0.1.1 to resolve potential CPU issues
   when running `AWSNovaSonicLLMService`.
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed an issue in the runner where starting a DailyTransport room via
+  `/start` didn't support using the `DAILY_SAMPLE_ROOM_URL` env var.
+
 ## [0.0.91] - 2025-10-21
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/pipecat/runner/run.py b/src/pipecat/runner/run.py
index 4c1d3135d..b5a805c1f 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/runner/run.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/runner/run.py
@@ -573,8 +573,14 @@ def _setup_daily_routes(app: FastAPI):
 
         bot_module = _get_bot_module()
 
+        existing_room_url = os.getenv("DAILY_SAMPLE_ROOM_URL")
+
         result = None
-        if create_daily_room:
+
+        # Configure room if:
+        # 1. Explicitly requested via createDailyRoom in payload
+        # 2. Using pre-configured room from DAILY_SAMPLE_ROOM_URL env var
+        if create_daily_room or existing_room_url:
             import aiohttp
 
             from pipecat.runner.daily import configure