Fixed an issue with GoogleSTTService where it was constantly reconnecting before starting to receive audio from the user.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to **Pipecat** will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed an issue with `GoogleSTTService` where it was constantly reconnecting 
+  before starting to receive audio from the user.
+
 ## [0.0.71] - 2025-06-10
 
 ### Added

src/pipecat/services/google/stt.py

@@ -747,6 +747,11 @@ class GoogleSTTService(STTService):
         try:
             while True:
                 try:
+                    if self._request_queue.empty():
+                        # wait for 10ms in case we don't have audio
+                        await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
+                        continue
+
                     # Start bi-directional streaming
                     streaming_recognize = await self._client.streaming_recognize(
                         requests=self._request_generator()