Merge pull request #2329 from pipecat-ai/mb/fix-livekit-empty-audio-frames

fix: LiveKitTransport, don't push empty AudioRawFrames

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to **Pipecat** will be documented in this file.
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 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed an issue in `LiveKitTransport` where empty `AudioRawFrame`s were pushed
+  down the pipeline. This resulted in warnings by the STT processor.
+
 ## [0.0.77] - 2025-07-31
 
 ### Added

src/pipecat/transports/services/livekit.py

@@ -605,6 +605,11 @@ class LiveKitInputTransport(BaseInputTransport):
                 pipecat_audio_frame = await self._convert_livekit_audio_to_pipecat(
                     audio_frame_event
                 )
+
+                # Skip frames with no audio data
+                if len(pipecat_audio_frame.audio) == 0:
+                    continue
+
                 input_audio_frame = UserAudioRawFrame(
                     user_id=participant_id,
                     audio=pipecat_audio_frame.audio,