Adds InceptionLLMService, an OpenAI-compatible service for Inception's
Mercury-2 diffusion-based reasoning model. Supports reasoning_effort
(instant/low/medium/high) and realtime mode for reduced TTFT.
Pipecat 1.0.8 hard-required protobuf 6.x via the base `protobuf>=6.31.1,<7`
pin, blocking users whose dependency graph already constrains protobuf to
the 5.x line. The original bump (PR #4136) was only needed because
`nvidia-riva-client>=2.25.1` ships gencode compiled with protoc 6.31.1.
Changes:
- Widen base pin to `protobuf>=5.29.6,<7`.
- Regenerate `frames_pb2.py` with `grpcio-tools~=1.67.1` (protoc 5.x). Per
Google's cross-version runtime guarantee, 5.x gencode runs on both 5.x
and 6.x runtimes, so this single artifact serves all users.
- Loosen the dev pin `grpcio-tools` to `>=1.67.1,<2` so contributors can
install `pipecat[dev,nvidia]` without resolver conflict. Comment in
`frames.proto` documents the 1.67.x requirement for regeneration.
- Add an explicit `protobuf>=6.31.1,<7` to the `nvidia` extra. This
compensates for nvidia-riva-client's missing `protobuf` install
requirement (upstream packaging gap, see
https://github.com/nvidia-riva/python-clients/issues/172). When that
issue is resolved, the explicit protobuf entry in the `nvidia` extra
can be removed.
Verified: pipecat imports cleanly on both protobuf 5.29.6 and 6.33.6;
`tests/test_protobuf_serializer.py` passes; `import riva.client` succeeds
when `pipecat[nvidia]` is installed.
New `XAISTTService` wraps xAI's real-time speech-to-text WebSocket
(`wss://api.x.ai/v1/stt`). It extends `WebsocketSTTService`, authenticates
with the `XAI_API_KEY` as a Bearer token on the WS handshake, and streams
raw audio (PCM/mu-law/A-law) with configurable interim results, endpointing,
language, multichannel, and diarization settings.
- `src/pipecat/services/xai/stt.py`: new service, settings dataclass, and
`language_to_xai_stt_language` helper.
- `src/pipecat/services/stt_latency.py`: `XAI_TTFS_P99` default.
- `pyproject.toml` / `uv.lock`: `xai` extra now pulls in `websockets-base`.
- `README.md`: link to xAI STT in the services table.
- `examples/voice/voice-xai.py`: swap DeepgramSTTService for XAISTTService so
the xAI voice example is fully xAI.
- `examples/transcription/transcription-xai.py`: new transcription-only
example using the new service.
* Add Inworld Realtime LLM service
Adds a WebSocket-based realtime service for Inworld's cascade
STT/LLM/TTS API with semantic VAD, function calling, and streaming
transcription support.
New files:
- src/pipecat/services/inworld/realtime/ (service, events)
- src/pipecat/adapters/services/inworld_realtime_adapter.py
- examples/foundational/19zb-inworld-realtime.py
Also includes:
- websockets dependency for inworld extra in pyproject.toml
- Adapter and settings tests matching OpenAI/Grok realtime patterns
- Fix for double-response when server-side VAD is enabled
* Prefer init-provided system instruction in Inworld Realtime
Adopt _resolve_system_instruction() from BaseLLMAdapter, matching the
pattern applied to OpenAI Realtime, Grok Realtime, Gemini Live, and
Nova Sonic in the pk/realtime-services-init-v-context-system-instructions-cleanup
branch.
* Update changelog entry with PR number
* Fix changelog format to use bullet point
* Polish PR: default model, example cleanup, changelog update
- Change default model from gpt-4.1-nano to gpt-4.1-mini
- Add function calling demo to example
- Remove demo-testing artifact from system instruction
- Mention Router support in changelog
* Address PR review feedback for Inworld Realtime
- Move example to examples/realtime/realtime-inworld.py
- Change initial context role from "user" to "developer"
- Remove explicit sample rates from example; sync them in
_ensure_audio_config so Inworld gets the transport's actual rates
- Add audio race condition guard in _handle_evt_audio_delta (matches
OpenAI realtime pattern)
- Convert remaining "system"/"developer" messages to "user" in adapter
- Add clarifying comment for local-VAD vs server-VAD metrics paths
* Simplify example, add provider tracking, remove local VAD path
- Remove function calling from example, switch model to xai/grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning
- Add pipecat-realtime session key prefix and provider_data metadata
for Inworld traffic attribution
- Remove local VAD code path (Inworld only supports server-side VAD)
- Use typed InputAudioBufferAppendEvent for audio sends
* Default TTS model to inworld-tts-1.5-max
* Remove dead shimmed tools code, set STT/VAD defaults
- Remove non-functional AdapterType.SHIM custom tools code from adapter
- Default STT model to assemblyai/u3-rt-pro
- Default VAD eagerness to low
Integrate with Mistral's Voxtral TTS API (voxtral-mini-tts-2603) using
HTTP streaming with Server-Sent Events. Converts base64-encoded float32
PCM chunks from the API to int16 for the Pipecat pipeline.
Remove the deprecation proxy infrastructure that allowed old-style flat
imports (e.g. `from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService`).
Users must now import from specific submodules
(`from pipecat.services.openai.llm import OpenAILLMService`), which is
already the established pattern across all internal code and 179+ examples.
- Strip 32 proxy `__init__.py` files to empty
- Strip 3 non-proxy files with bare star imports (minimax, sambanova, sarvam)
- Strip google/gemini_live `__init__.py` re-exports
- Remove DeprecatedModuleProxy class and helpers from services/__init__.py
- Remove ruff per-file ignore for services/__init__.py
- Fix 2 examples using old-style imports
Update langchain 0.3→1.2, langchain-community 0.3→0.4, and
langchain-openai 0.3→1.1. This also unblocks openai>=2.26 which
was previously constrained by the now-removed openpipe package.
OpenPipe was acquired by CoreWeave in September 2025. The Python package
hasn't been updated since June 2025 and the repo since 2024. The openpipe
package caps openai<=1.97.1, creating dependency conflicts with other
extras. Remove the dead integration to clean up the codebase.
Adds an OpenAI-compatible LLM service for Nebius Token Factory, supporting
open-source models (Meta Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek) via their OpenAI-compatible
REST API at https://api.tokenfactory.nebius.com/v1/.
nvidia-riva-client 2.25.1 ships with gencode compiled against protobuf
6.31.1, which requires a runtime >= 6.31.1. Update protobuf from 5.29.6
to >=6.31.1,<7 and grpcio-tools from 1.67.1 to 1.78.0 to match.
Regenerate frames_pb2.py with the new compiler.
Adds SmallestTTSService, a WebSocket-based TTS service using Smallest AI's
Lightning v3.1 model. Follows current Pipecat service conventions:
- SmallestTTSSettings dataclass with runtime-updatable settings (voice,
language, speed, etc.)
- Reconnects on model change; keepalive every 30s to prevent idle timeout
- TTS settings default to None so the API applies its own defaults
- Model enum: SmallestTTSModel.LIGHTNING_V3_1
Includes a foundational example (07zl-interruptible-smallest.py) using
Deepgram STT + Smallest TTS + OpenAI LLM.
STT integration will follow in a separate PR once the hallucination/finalize
behaviour is resolved.
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