Adding DailyParams to the 41b example.

BaseOutputTransport: ensure bot speaking flag is set on time

.github/workflows/build.yaml

@@ -21,20 +21,20 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      
+
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v3
         with:
           version: "latest"
-      
+
       - name: Set up Python
-        run: uv python install 3.10
-      
+        run: uv python install 3.12
+
       - name: Install development dependencies
         run: uv sync --group dev
-      
+
       - name: Build project
         run: uv build
-      
+
       - name: Install project in editable mode
-        run: uv pip install --editable .
+        run: uv pip install --editable .

.github/workflows/coverage.yaml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           version: "latest"
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        run: uv python install 3.10
+        run: uv python install 3.12
 
       - name: Install system packages
         run: |
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          uv sync --group dev --extra anthropic --extra aws --extra google --extra langchain
+          uv sync --group dev --extra anthropic --extra aws --extra google --extra langchain --extra websocket
 
       - name: Run tests with coverage
         run: |

.github/workflows/format.yaml

@@ -22,22 +22,22 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      
+
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v3
         with:
           version: "latest"
-      
+
       - name: Set up Python
-        run: uv python install 3.10
-      
+        run: uv python install 3.12
+
       - name: Install development dependencies
         run: uv sync --group dev
-      
+
       - name: Ruff formatter
         id: ruff-format
         run: uv run ruff format --diff
-      
+
       - name: Ruff linter (all rules)
         id: ruff-check
-        run: uv run ruff check
+        run: uv run ruff check

.github/workflows/generate-changelog.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+name: Generate Changelog for Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Release version (e.g., 0.0.97)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      date:
+        description: "Release date (YYYY-MM-DD format, defaults to today)"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  generate-changelog:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv sync --group dev
+
+      - name: Set release date
+        id: set_date
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "${{ inputs.date }}" ]; then
+            RELEASE_DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+            echo "Using today's date: $RELEASE_DATE"
+          else
+            RELEASE_DATE="${{ inputs.date }}"
+            echo "Using provided date: $RELEASE_DATE"
+          fi
+          echo "release_date=$RELEASE_DATE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Validate inputs
+        run: |
+          # Validate version format (basic check)
+          if ! [[ "${{ inputs.version }}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$ ]]; then
+            echo "Error: Version must be in format X.Y.Z (e.g., 0.0.97)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Validate date format if provided
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.date }}" ]; then
+            if ! date -d "${{ inputs.date }}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              # Try macOS date format
+              if ! date -j -f "%Y-%m-%d" "${{ inputs.date }}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                echo "Error: Date must be in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g., 2025-12-04)"
+                exit 1
+              fi
+            fi
+          fi
+
+      - name: Check for changelog fragments
+        id: check_fragments
+        run: |
+          FRAGMENT_COUNT=$(find changelog -name "*.md" ! -name "_template.md.j2" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
+          echo "fragment_count=$FRAGMENT_COUNT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          if [ "$FRAGMENT_COUNT" -eq "0" ]; then
+            echo "❌ Error: No changelog fragments found in changelog/"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Cannot create a release without changelog entries."
+            echo "Add changelog fragments to the changelog/ directory (e.g., 1234.added.md) and try again."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Validate fragment types
+          VALID_TYPES="added changed deprecated removed fixed security other"
+          INVALID_FRAGMENTS=""
+
+          for file in changelog/*.md; do
+            # Skip template
+            if [[ "$file" == "changelog/_template.md.j2" ]]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+            
+            # Extract type from filename (e.g., 1234.added.md -> added)
+            filename=$(basename "$file")
+            # Handle both 1234.added.md and 1234.added.2.md patterns
+            type=$(echo "$filename" | sed -E 's/^[0-9]+\.([a-z]+)(\.[0-9]+)?\.md$/\1/')
+            
+            # Check if type is valid
+            if ! echo "$VALID_TYPES" | grep -wq "$type"; then
+              INVALID_FRAGMENTS="$INVALID_FRAGMENTS\n  - $filename (type: '$type')"
+            fi
+          done
+
+          if [ -n "$INVALID_FRAGMENTS" ]; then
+            echo "❌ Error: Invalid changelog fragment types found:"
+            echo -e "$INVALID_FRAGMENTS"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Valid types are: $VALID_TYPES"
+            echo "Example: 1234.added.md, 5678.fixed.md"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "✓ Found $FRAGMENT_COUNT changelog fragment(s)"
+          echo "has_fragments=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Preview changelog
+        run: |
+          echo "## Preview of changelog for version ${{ inputs.version }}"
+          echo ""
+          uv run towncrier build --draft --version "${{ inputs.version }}" --date "${{ steps.set_date.outputs.release_date }}"
+
+      - name: Build changelog
+        run: |
+          uv run towncrier build --version "${{ inputs.version }}" --date "${{ steps.set_date.outputs.release_date }}" --yes
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: "Update changelog for version ${{ inputs.version }}"
+          title: "Release ${{ inputs.version }} - Changelog Update"
+          body: |
+            ## Changelog Update for Release ${{ inputs.version }}
+
+            This PR updates the CHANGELOG.md with all changes for version **${{ inputs.version }}**.
+
+            ### Summary
+            - **Version:** ${{ inputs.version }}
+            - **Date:** ${{ steps.set_date.outputs.release_date }}
+            - **Fragments processed:** ${{ steps.check_fragments.outputs.fragment_count }}
+
+            ### What this PR does
+            - ✅ Adds new release section to CHANGELOG.md
+            - ✅ Removes processed changelog fragments
+            - ✅ Ready to merge for release
+
+            ### Next Steps
+            1. Review the changelog entries below
+            2. Make any necessary edits to CHANGELOG.md if needed
+            3. Merge this PR
+            4. Continue with your release process
+
+            ---
+
+            <details>
+            <summary>📋 Preview of changes</summary>
+
+            The changelog has been updated with entries from the following fragments:
+
+            ```bash
+            ${{ steps.check_fragments.outputs.fragment_count }} fragments processed
+            ```
+
+            </details>
+          branch: changelog-${{ inputs.version }}
+          delete-branch: true
+          labels: |
+            changelog
+            release

.github/workflows/publish.yaml

@@ -5,25 +5,25 @@ on:
     inputs:
       gitref:
         type: string
-        description: "what git tag to build (e.g. v0.0.74)"
+        description: 'what git tag to build (e.g. v0.0.74)'
         required: true
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    name: "Build and upload wheels"
+    name: 'Build and upload wheels'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.gitref }}
-      
+
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v3
         with:
-          version: "latest"
+          version: 'latest'
       - name: Set up Python
-        run: uv python install 3.10
+        run: uv python install 3.12
       - name: Install development dependencies
         run: uv sync --group dev
       - name: Build project
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ jobs:
           path: ./dist
 
   publish-to-pypi:
-    name: "Publish to PyPI"
+    name: 'Publish to PyPI'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ build ]
+    needs: [build]
     environment:
       name: pypi
       url: https://pypi.org/p/pipecat-ai
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ jobs:
           print-hash: true
 
   publish-to-test-pypi:
-    name: "Publish to Test PyPI"
+    name: 'Publish to Test PyPI'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ build ]
+    needs: [build]
     environment:
       name: testpypi
-      url: https://pypi.org/p/pipecat-ai
+      url: https://test.pypi.org/p/pipecat-ai
     permissions:
       id-token: write
     steps:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: wheels
           path: ./dist
-      - name: Publish to PyPI
+      - name: Publish to Test PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           verbose: true

.github/workflows/publish_test.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on: workflow_dispatch
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    name: "Build and upload wheels"
+    name: 'Build and upload wheels'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v3
         with:
-          version: "latest"
+          version: 'latest'
       - name: Set up Python
-        run: uv python install 3.10
+        run: uv python install 3.12
       - name: Install development dependencies
         run: uv sync --group dev
       - name: Build project
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ jobs:
           path: ./dist
 
   publish-to-test-pypi:
-    name: "Publish to Test PyPI"
+    name: 'Publish to Test PyPI'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [build]
     environment:
       name: testpypi
-      url: https://pypi.org/p/pipecat-ai
+      url: https://test.pypi.org/p/pipecat-ai
     permissions:
       id-token: write
     steps:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: wheels
           path: ./dist
-      - name: Publish to PyPI
+      - name: Publish to Test PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           verbose: true

.github/workflows/python-compatibility.yaml

@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ on:
     paths: ['pyproject.toml']
 
 jobs:
-  test-dev-environment:
+  test-compatibility:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.10.18', '3.11.13', '3.12.11', '3.13.5']
 
-    name: Dev Environment - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    name: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -50,74 +50,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           uv sync --group dev --all-extras \
             --no-extra krisp \
-            --no-extra ultravox \
             --no-extra local-smart-turn \
             --no-extra moondream \
             --no-extra mlx-whisper
 
-      - name: Verify dev installation
+      - name: Verify installation
         run: |
           uv run python --version
-          uv run python -c "import pipecat; print('✅ Dev environment - Pipecat imports successfully')"
-
-  test-user-experience:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10.18', '3.11.13', '3.12.11', '3.13.5']
-
-    name: User Experience - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y \
-            portaudio19-dev \
-            libcairo2-dev \
-            libgirepository1.0-dev \
-            pkg-config
-
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
-        with:
-          version: 'latest'
-
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        run: |
-          uv python install ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-      - name: Build local package
-        run: |
-          uv build
-
-      - name: Create test project
-        run: |
-          mkdir test-project
-          cd test-project
-          uv init --python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-      - name: Test comprehensive extras with uv add (Python 3.10-3.12)
-        if: "!startsWith(matrix.python-version, '3.13.')"
-        run: |
-          cd test-project
-          # Use uv add with built wheel to leverage dependency management
-          uv add "../dist/pipecat_ai-"*".whl[anthropic,assemblyai,asyncai,aws,aws-nova-sonic,azure,cartesia,cerebras,deepseek,daily,deepgram,elevenlabs,fal,fireworks,fish,gladia,google,grok,groq,gstreamer,heygen,inworld,koala,langchain,livekit,lmnt,local,mcp,mem0,mlx-whisper,moondream,nim,neuphonic,noisereduce,openai,openpipe,openrouter,perplexity,playht,qwen,rime,riva,runner,sambanova,sentry,local-smart-turn,remote-smart-turn,silero,simli,soniox,soundfile,speechmatics,tavus,together,tracing,ultravox,webrtc,websocket,whisper]"
-
-      - name: Test Python 3.13 compatible extras with uv add
-        if: startsWith(matrix.python-version, '3.13.')
-        run: |
-          cd test-project
-          # Use uv add with built wheel and Python 3.13 compatible extras
-          uv add "../dist/pipecat_ai-"*".whl[anthropic,assemblyai,asyncai,aws,aws-nova-sonic,azure,cartesia,cerebras,deepseek,daily,deepgram,elevenlabs,fal,fireworks,fish,gladia,google,grok,groq,gstreamer,heygen,inworld,koala,langchain,livekit,lmnt,local,mcp,mem0,nim,neuphonic,noisereduce,openai,openpipe,openrouter,perplexity,playht,qwen,rime,riva,runner,sambanova,sentry,remote-smart-turn,silero,simli,soniox,soundfile,speechmatics,tavus,together,tracing,webrtc,websocket,whisper]"
-
-      - name: Verify user installation
-        run: |
-          cd test-project
-          uv run python --version
-          uv run python -c "import pipecat; print('✅ User experience - Pipecat imports successfully')"
-          # Test that basic functionality works
-          uv run python -c "from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline; print('✅ Pipeline import works')"
+          uv run python -c "import pipecat; print('✅ Pipecat imports successfully')"

.github/workflows/sync-quickstart.yaml

@@ -23,17 +23,12 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.QUICKSTART_SYNC_TOKEN }}
           path: quickstart-repo
 
-      - name: Sync files (excluding READMEs)
+      - name: Sync files (excluding uv.lock and README.md)
         run: |
-          # Copy code files only, skip READMEs
-          cp examples/quickstart/bot.py quickstart-repo/
-          cp examples/quickstart/requirements.txt quickstart-repo/
-          cp examples/quickstart/env.example quickstart-repo/
-
-          # Copy any other files that aren't README.md
+          # Copy all files except uv.lock and README.md
           find examples/quickstart -type f \
             -not -name "README.md" \
-            -not -name "*.md" \
+            -not -name "uv.lock" \
             -exec cp {} quickstart-repo/ \;
 
       - name: Commit and push changes

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           version: "latest"
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        run: uv python install 3.10
+        run: uv python install 3.12
 
       - name: Install system packages
         run: |
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          uv sync --group dev --extra anthropic --extra aws --extra google --extra langchain
+          uv sync --group dev --extra anthropic --extra aws --extra google --extra langchain --extra websocket
 
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |

.github/workflows/update-lockfile.yaml

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-name: Update lockfile
-
-on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - 'pyproject.toml'
-    branches:
-      - main
-  workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual triggering from GitHub UI
-
-jobs:
-  update-lockfile:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          # This gives the workflow permission to push back to the repo
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v1
-
-      - name: Update lockfile
-        run: uv lock
-
-      - name: Check for changes
-        id: verify-changed-files
-        run: |
-          if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
-            echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "changed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - name: Commit lockfile
-        if: steps.verify-changed-files.outputs.changed == 'true'
-        run: |
-          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"  
-          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
-          git add uv.lock
-          git commit -m "chore: update uv.lock after dependency changes"
-          git push

.readthedocs.yaml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ build:
   jobs:
     post_install:
       - pip install uv
-      - UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=$READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH uv sync --group docs --all-extras --no-extra krisp --no-extra gstreamer --no-extra ultravox --no-extra local_smart_turn --no-extra moondream --no-extra riva --no-extra mlx-whisper
+      - UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=$READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH uv sync --group docs --all-extras --no-extra krisp --no-extra gstreamer --no-extra local_smart_turn --no-extra moondream --no-extra riva --no-extra mlx-whisper
 
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/api/conf.py

COMMUNITY_INTEGRATIONS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+# Community Integrations Guide
+
+Pipecat welcomes community-maintained integrations! As our ecosystem grows, we've established a process for any developer to create and maintain their own service integrations while ensuring discoverability for the Pipecat community.
+
+## Overview
+
+**What we support:** Community-maintained integrations that live in separate repositories and are maintained by their authors.
+
+**What we don't do:** The Pipecat team does not code review, test, or maintain community integrations. We provide guidance and list approved integrations for discoverability.
+
+**Why this approach:** This allows the community to move quickly while keeping the Pipecat core team focused on maintaining the framework itself.
+
+## Submitting your Integration
+
+To be listed as an official community integration, follow these steps:
+
+### Step 1: Build Your Integration
+
+Create your integration following the patterns and examples shown in the "Integration Patterns and Examples" section below.
+
+### Step 2: Set Up Your Repository
+
+Your repository must contain these components:
+
+- **Source code** - Complete implementation following Pipecat patterns
+- **Foundational example** - Single file example showing basic usage (see [Pipecat examples](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/tree/main/examples/foundational))
+- **README.md** - Must include:
+
+  - Introduction and explanation of your integration
+  - Installation instructions
+  - Usage instructions with Pipecat Pipeline
+  - How to run your example
+  - Pipecat version compatibility (e.g., "Tested with Pipecat v0.0.86")
+  - Company attribution: If you work for the company providing the service, please mention this in your README. This helps build confidence that the integration will be actively maintained.
+
+- **LICENSE** - Permissive license (BSD-2 like Pipecat, or equivalent open source terms)
+- **Code documentation** - Source code with docstrings (we recommend following [Pipecat's docstring conventions](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#docstring-conventions))
+- **Changelog** - Maintain a changelog for version updates
+
+### Step 3: Join Discord
+
+Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/pipecat
+
+### Step 4: Submit for Listing
+
+Submit a pull request to add your integration to our [Community Integrations documentation page](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/community-integrations).
+
+**To submit:**
+
+1. Fork the [Pipecat docs repository](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/docs)
+2. Edit the file `server/services/community-integrations.mdx`
+3. Add your integration to the appropriate service category table with:
+   - Service name
+   - Link to your repository
+   - Maintainer GitHub username(s)
+4. Include a link to your demo video (approx 30-60 seconds) in your PR description showing:
+   - Core functionality of your integration
+   - Handling of an interruption (if applicable to service type)
+5. Submit your pull request
+
+Once your PR is submitted, post in the `#community-integrations` Discord channel to let us know.
+
+## Integration Patterns and Examples
+
+### STT (Speech-to-Text) Services
+
+#### Websocket-based Services
+
+**Base class:** `STTService`
+
+**Examples:**
+
+- [DeepgramSTTService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py)
+- [SpeechmaticsSTTService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/stt.py)
+
+#### File-based Services
+
+**Base class:** `SegmentedSTTService`
+
+**Examples:**
+
+- [NvidiaSTTService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/nvidia/stt.py)
+- [FalSTTService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/fal/stt.py)
+
+#### Key requirements:
+
+- STT services should push `InterimTranscriptionFrames` and `TranscriptionFrames`
+- If confidence values are available, filter for values >50% confidence
+
+### LLM (Large Language Model) Services
+
+#### OpenAI-Compatible Services
+
+**Base class:** `OpenAILLMService`
+
+**Examples:**
+
+- [AzureLLMService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/azure/llm.py)
+- [GrokLLMService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/grok/llm.py) - Shows overriding the base class where needed
+
+#### Non-OpenAI Compatible Services
+
+**Requires:** Full implementation
+
+**Examples:**
+
+- [AnthropicLLMService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/anthropic/llm.py)
+- [GoogleLLMService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/google/llm.py)
+
+#### Key requirements:
+
+- **Frame sequence:** Output must follow this frame sequence pattern:
+
+  - `LLMFullResponseStartFrame` - Signals the start of an LLM response
+  - `LLMTextFrame` - Contains LLM content, typically streamed as tokens
+  - `LLMFullResponseEndFrame` - Signals the end of an LLM response
+
+- **Context aggregation:** Implement context aggregation to collect user and assistant content:
+  - Aggregators come in pairs with a `user()` instance and `assistant()` instance
+  - Context must adhere to the `LLMContext` universal format
+  - Aggregators should handle adding messages, function calls, and images to the context
+
+### TTS (Text-to-Speech) Services
+
+#### AudioContextWordTTSService
+
+**Use for:** Websocket-based services supporting word/timestamp alignment
+
+**Example:**
+
+- [CartesiaTTSService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/tts.py)
+
+#### InterruptibleTTSService
+
+**Use for:** Websocket-based services without word/timestamp alignment, requiring disconnection on interruption
+
+**Example:**
+
+- [SarvamTTSService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/sarvam/tts.py)
+
+#### WordTTSService
+
+**Use for:** HTTP-based services supporting word/timestamp alignment
+
+**Example:**
+
+- [ElevenLabsHttpTTSService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/tts.py)
+
+#### TTSService
+
+**Use for:** HTTP-based services without word/timestamp alignment
+
+**Example:**
+
+- [GoogleHttpTTSService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/google/tts.py)
+
+#### Key requirements:
+
+- For websocket services, use asyncio WebSocket implementation (required for v13+ support)
+- Handle idle service timeouts with keepalives
+- TTSServices push both audio (`TTSRawAudioFrame`) and text (`TTSTextFrame`) frames
+
+### Telephony Serializers
+
+Pipecat supports telephony provider integration using websocket connections to exchange MediaStreams. These services use a FrameSerializer to serialize and deserialize inputs from the FastAPIWebsocketTransport.
+
+**Examples:**
+
+- [Twilio](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/serializers/twilio.py)
+- [Telnyx](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/serializers/telnyx.py)
+
+#### Key requirements:
+
+- Include hang-up functionality using the provider's native API, ideally using `aiohttp`
+- Support DTMF (dual-tone multi-frequency) events if the provider supports them:
+  - Deserialize DTMF events from the provider's protocol to `InputDTMFFrame`
+  - Use `KeypadEntry` enum for valid keypad entries (0-9, \*, #, A-D)
+  - Handle invalid DTMF digits gracefully by returning `None`
+
+### Image Generation Services
+
+**Base class:** `ImageGenService`
+
+**Examples:**
+
+- [FalImageGenService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/fal/image.py)
+- [GoogleImageGenService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/google/image.py)
+
+#### Key requirements:
+
+- Must implement `run_image_gen` method returning an `AsyncGenerator`
+
+### Vision Services
+
+Vision services process images and provide analysis such as descriptions, object detection, or visual question answering.
+
+**Base class:** `VisionService`
+
+**Example:**
+
+- [MoondreamVisionService](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/src/pipecat/services/moondream/vision.py)
+
+#### Key requirements:
+
+- Must implement `run_vision` method that takes an `LLMContext` and returns an `AsyncGenerator[Frame, None]`
+- The method processes the latest image in the context and yields frames with analysis results
+- Typically yields `TextFrame` objects containing descriptions or answers
+
+## Implementation Guidelines
+
+### Naming Conventions
+
+- **STT:** `VendorSTTService`
+- **LLM:** `VendorLLMService`
+- **TTS:**
+  - Websocket: `VendorTTSService`
+  - HTTP: `VendorHttpTTSService`
+- **Image:** `VendorImageGenService`
+- **Vision:** `VendorVisionService`
+- **Telephony:** `VendorFrameSerializer`
+
+### Metrics Support
+
+Enable metrics in your service:
+
+```python
+def can_generate_metrics(self) -> bool:
+    """Check if this service can generate processing metrics.
+
+    Returns:
+        True, as this service supports metrics.
+    """
+    return True
+```
+
+### Dynamic Settings Updates
+
+STT, LLM, and TTS services support `ServiceUpdateSettingsFrame` for dynamic configuration changes. The base STTService has an `_update_settings()` method that handles settings, and the private `_settings` `Dict` is used to store settings and provide access to the subclass.
+
+```python
+async def set_language(self, language: Language):
+    """Set the recognition language and reconnect.
+
+    Args:
+        language: The language to use for speech recognition.
+    """
+    logger.info(f"Switching STT language to: [{language}]")
+    self._settings["language"] = language
+    await self._disconnect()
+    await self._connect()
+```
+
+Note that, in this example, Deepgram requires the websocket connection be disconnected and reconnected to reinitialize the service with the new value. Consider if your service requires reconnection.
+
+### Sample Rate Handling
+
+Sample rates are set via PipelineParams and passed to each frame processor at initialization. The pattern is to _not_ set the sample rate value in the constructor of a given service. Instead, use the `start()` method to initialize sample rates from the frame:
+
+```python
+async def start(self, frame: StartFrame):
+    """Start the service."""
+    await super().start(frame)
+    self._settings["output_format"]["sample_rate"] = self.sample_rate
+    await self._connect()
+```
+
+Note that `self.sample_rate` is a `@property` set in the TTSService base class, which provides access to the private sample rate value obtained from the StartFrame.
+
+### Tracing Decorators
+
+Use Pipecat's tracing decorators:
+
+- **STT:** `@traced_stt` - decorate a function that handles `transcript`, `is_final`, `language` as args
+- **LLM:** `@traced_llm` - decorate the `_process_context()` method
+- **TTS:** `@traced_tts` - decorate the `run_tts()` method
+
+## Best Practices
+
+### Packaging and Distribution
+
+- Use [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) for packaging (encouraged)
+- Consider releasing to PyPI for easier installation
+- Follow semantic versioning principles
+- Maintain a changelog
+
+### HTTP Communication
+
+For REST-based communication, use aiohttp. Pipecat includes this as a required dependency, so using it prevents adding an additional dependency to your integration.
+
+### Error Handling
+
+- Wrap API calls in appropriate try/catch blocks
+- Handle rate limits and network failures gracefully
+- Provide meaningful error messages
+- When errors occur, raise exceptions AND push `ErrorFrame`s to notify the pipeline:
+
+```python
+from pipecat.frames.frames import ErrorFrame
+
+try:
+    # Your API call
+    result = await self._make_api_call()
+except Exception as e:
+    # Push error frame to pipeline
+    await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+    # Raise or handle as appropriate
+    raise
+```
+
+### Testing
+
+- Your foundational example serves as a valuable integration-level test
+- Unit tests are nice to have. As the Pipecat teams provides better guidance, we will encourage unit testing more
+
+## Disclaimer
+
+Community integrations are community-maintained and not officially supported by the Pipecat team. Users should evaluate these integrations independently. The Pipecat team reserves the right to remove listings that become unmaintained or problematic.
+
+## Staying Up to Date
+
+Pipecat evolves rapidly to support the latest AI technologies and patterns. While we strive to minimize breaking changes, they do occur as the framework matures.
+
+**We strongly recommend:**
+
+- Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/pipecat and monitor the `#announcements` channel for release notifications
+- Follow our changelog: https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
+- Test your integration against new Pipecat releases promptly
+- Update your README with the last tested Pipecat version
+
+This helps ensure your integration remains compatible and your users have clear expectations about version support.
+
+## Questions?
+
+Join our Discord community at https://discord.gg/pipecat and post in the `#community-integrations` channel for guidance and support.
+
+For additional questions, you can also reach out to us at pipecat-ai@daily.co.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Contributing to Pipecat
 
+**Want to add a new service integration?**
+We encourage community-maintained integrations! Please see our [Community Integration Guide](COMMUNITY_INTEGRATIONS.md) for the process and requirements.
+
+**Want to contribute to Pipecat core?**
 We welcome contributions of all kinds! Your help is appreciated. Follow these steps to get involved:
 
 1. **Fork this repository**: Start by forking the Pipecat Documentation repository to your GitHub account.
@@ -13,24 +17,139 @@ We welcome contributions of all kinds! Your help is appreciated. Follow these st
    git checkout -b your-branch-name
    ```
 4. **Make your changes**: Edit or add files as necessary.
-5. **Test your changes**: Ensure that your changes look correct and follow the style set in the codebase.
-6. **Commit your changes**: Once you're satisfied with your changes, commit them with a meaningful message.
+5. **Add a changelog entry**: Create a changelog fragment file (see [Changelog Entries](#changelog-entries) below).
+6. **Test your changes**: Ensure that your changes look correct and follow the style set in the codebase.
+7. **Commit your changes**: Once you're satisfied with your changes, commit them with a meaningful message.
 
 ```bash
 git commit -m "Description of your changes"
 ```
 
-7. **Push your changes**: Push your branch to your forked repository.
+8. **Push your changes**: Push your branch to your forked repository.
 
 ```bash
 git push origin your-branch-name
 ```
 
-8. **Submit a Pull Request (PR)**: Open a PR from your forked repository to the main branch of this repo.
+9. **Submit a Pull Request (PR)**: Open a PR from your forked repository to the main branch of this repo.
    > Important: Describe the changes you've made clearly!
 
 Our maintainers will review your PR, and once everything is good, your contributions will be merged!
 
+## Changelog Entries
+
+Every pull request that makes a user-facing change should include a changelog entry. We use a changelog fragment system to avoid merge conflicts.
+
+### Creating a Changelog Fragment
+
+1. Create a new file in the `changelog/` directory with this naming pattern:
+
+   ```
+   <PR_number>.<type>.md
+   ```
+
+2. Choose the appropriate type:
+
+   - `added.md` - New features
+   - `changed.md` - Changes in existing functionality
+   - `deprecated.md` - Soon-to-be removed features
+   - `removed.md` - Removed features
+   - `fixed.md` - Bug fixes
+   - `security.md` - Security fixes
+   - `other.md` - Other changes (documentation, dependencies, etc.)
+
+3. Write your changelog entry as a Markdown bullet point. Include the `-` at the start:
+
+**Example files:**
+
+`changelog/1234.added.md`:
+
+```markdown
+- Added support for Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet with improved streaming performance.
+```
+
+`changelog/5678.fixed.md`:
+
+```markdown
+- Fixed an issue where audio frames were dropped during high-load scenarios.
+```
+
+**For entries with nested bullets:**
+
+`changelog/1234.changed.md`:
+
+```markdown
+- Updated service configuration:
+
+  - Changed default timeout to 30 seconds
+  - Added retry logic for failed connections
+```
+
+### Multiple Changes in One PR
+
+**Different types of changes:** Create separate fragment files for each type:
+
+```
+changelog/1234.added.md
+changelog/1234.fixed.md
+```
+
+**Multiple changes of the same type:** Create numbered fragment files:
+
+```
+changelog/1234.changed.md
+changelog/1234.changed.2.md
+```
+
+**Related changes:** Use nested bullets in a single fragment:
+
+```markdown
+- Updated service configuration:
+
+  - Changed default timeout to 30 seconds
+  - Added retry logic for failed connections
+```
+
+**Rule of thumb:** One logical change per fragment file. If changes are unrelated, use separate files.
+
+### Preview Your Changes
+
+To see what your changelog entry will look like:
+
+```bash
+towncrier build --draft --version Unreleased
+```
+
+This won't modify any files, just show you a preview.
+
+### When to Skip Changelog Entries
+
+You can skip adding a changelog entry for:
+
+- Documentation-only changes
+- Internal refactoring with no user-facing impact
+- Test-only changes
+- CI/build configuration changes
+
+If you're unsure whether your change needs a changelog entry, ask in your PR!
+
+## Dependency Management
+
+This project uses [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) for dependency management. The `uv.lock` file is committed to ensure reproducible builds.
+
+### Adding or Updating Dependencies
+
+1. Edit `pyproject.toml` to add/update dependencies
+2. Run `uv lock` to update the lockfile with new dependency resolution
+3. Run `uv sync` to install the updated dependencies locally
+4. Always commit both files together:
+   ```bash
+   git add pyproject.toml uv.lock
+   git commit -m "feat: add new dependency for feature X"
+   ```
+
+**Important:** Never manually edit `uv.lock`. It's auto-generated by `uv lock`.
+
 ## Code Style and Documentation
 
 ### Python Code Style

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BSD 2-Clause License
 
-Copyright (c) 2024–2025, Daily
+Copyright (c) 2024–2026, Daily
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  <img alt="pipecat" width="300px" height="auto" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/main/pipecat.png">
 </div></h1>
 
-[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pipecat-ai)](https://pypi.org/project/pipecat-ai) ![Tests](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/actions/workflows/tests.yaml/badge.svg) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/pipecat-ai/pipecat/graph/badge.svg?token=LNVUIVO4Y9)](https://codecov.io/gh/pipecat-ai/pipecat) [![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/Documentation-blue)](https://docs.pipecat.ai) [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/1239284677165056021)](https://discord.gg/pipecat)
+[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pipecat-ai)](https://pypi.org/project/pipecat-ai) ![Tests](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/actions/workflows/tests.yaml/badge.svg) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/pipecat-ai/pipecat/graph/badge.svg?token=LNVUIVO4Y9)](https://codecov.io/gh/pipecat-ai/pipecat) [![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/Documentation-blue)](https://docs.pipecat.ai) [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/1239284677165056021)](https://discord.gg/pipecat) [![Ask DeepWiki](https://deepwiki.com/badge.svg)](https://deepwiki.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat)
 
 # 🎙️ Pipecat: Real-Time Voice & Multimodal AI Agents
 
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 - **Business Agents** – customer intake, support bots, guided flows
 - **Complex Dialog Systems** – design logic with structured conversations
 
-🧭 Looking to build structured conversations? Check out [Pipecat Flows](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-flows) for managing complex conversational states and transitions.
-
 ## 🧠 Why Pipecat?
 
 - **Voice-first**: Integrates speech recognition, text-to-speech, and conversation handling
@@ -28,6 +26,39 @@
 - **Composable Pipelines**: Build complex behavior from modular components
 - **Real-Time**: Ultra-low latency interaction with different transports (e.g. WebSockets or WebRTC)
 
+## 🌐 Pipecat Ecosystem
+
+### 📱 Client SDKs
+
+Building client applications? You can connect to Pipecat from any platform using our official SDKs:
+
+<a href="https://docs.pipecat.ai/client/js/introduction">JavaScript</a> | <a href="https://docs.pipecat.ai/client/react/introduction">React</a> | <a href="https://docs.pipecat.ai/client/react-native/introduction">React Native</a> |
+<a href="https://docs.pipecat.ai/client/ios/introduction">Swift</a> | <a href="https://docs.pipecat.ai/client/android/introduction">Kotlin</a> | <a href="https://docs.pipecat.ai/client/c++/introduction">C++</a> | <a href="https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-esp32">ESP32</a>
+
+### 🧭 Structured conversations
+
+Looking to build structured conversations? Check out [Pipecat Flows](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-flows) for managing complex conversational states and transitions.
+
+### 🪄 Beautiful UIs
+
+Want to build beautiful and engaging experiences? Checkout the [Voice UI Kit](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/voice-ui-kit), a collection of components, hooks and templates for building voice AI applications quickly.
+
+### 🛠️ Create and deploy projects
+
+Create a new project in under a minute with the [Pipecat CLI](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-cli). Then use the CLI to monitor and deploy your agent to production.
+
+### 🔍 Debugging
+
+Looking for help debugging your pipeline and processors? Check out [Whisker](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/whisker), a real-time Pipecat debugger.
+
+### 🖥️ Terminal
+
+Love terminal applications? Check out [Tail](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/tail), a terminal dashboard for Pipecat.
+
+### 📺️ Pipecat TV Channel
+
+Catch new features, interviews, and how-tos on our [Pipecat TV](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzU2zoMTQIHjqC3v4q2XVSR3hGSzwKFwH) channel.
+
 ## 🎬 See it in action
 
 <p float="left">
@@ -35,35 +66,24 @@
     <a href="https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-examples/tree/main/storytelling-chatbot"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-examples/main/storytelling-chatbot/image.png" width="400" /></a>
     <br/>
     <a href="https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-examples/tree/main/translation-chatbot"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-examples/main/translation-chatbot/image.png" width="400" /></a>&nbsp;
-    <a href="https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-examples/tree/main/moondream-chatbot"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-examples/main/moondream-chatbot/image.png" width="400" /></a>
+    <a href="https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/examples/foundational/12-describe-video.py"><img src="https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/blob/main/examples/foundational/assets/moondream.png" width="400" /></a>
 </p>
 
-## 📱 Client SDKs
-
-You can connect to Pipecat from any platform using our official SDKs:
-
-| Platform | SDK Repo                                                                       | Description                      |
-| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
-| Web      | [pipecat-client-web](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-web)         | JavaScript and React client SDKs |
-| iOS      | [pipecat-client-ios](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-ios)         | Swift SDK for iOS                |
-| Android  | [pipecat-client-android](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-android) | Kotlin SDK for Android           |
-| C++      | [pipecat-client-cxx](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-cxx)         | C++ client SDK                   |
-
 ## 🧩 Available services
 
-| Category            | Services                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
-| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Speech-to-Text      | [AssemblyAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/assemblyai), [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/azure), [Cartesia](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/cartesia), [Deepgram](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/deepgram), [Fal Wizper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/fal), [Gladia](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/gladia), [Google](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/google), [Groq (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/groq), [NVIDIA Riva](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/riva), [OpenAI (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/openai), [SambaNova (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/sambanova), [Soniox](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/soniox), [Speechmatics](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/speechmatics), [Ultravox](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/ultravox), [Whisper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/whisper)                                                                                                                                                                                          |
-| LLMs                | [Anthropic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/anthropic), [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/azure), [Cerebras](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/cerebras), [DeepSeek](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/deepseek), [Fireworks AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/fireworks), [Gemini](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/gemini), [Grok](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/grok), [Groq](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/groq), [NVIDIA NIM](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/nim), [Ollama](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/ollama), [OpenAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/openai), [OpenRouter](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/openrouter), [Perplexity](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/perplexity), [Qwen](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/qwen), [SambaNova](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/sambanova) [Together AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/together)                                                                                                                                                          |
-| Text-to-Speech      | [Async](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/asyncai), [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/azure), [Cartesia](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/cartesia), [Deepgram](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/deepgram), [ElevenLabs](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/elevenlabs), [Fish](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/fish), [Google](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/google), [Groq](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/groq), [Inworld](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/inworld), [LMNT](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/lmnt), [MiniMax](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/minimax), [Neuphonic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/neuphonic), [NVIDIA Riva](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/riva), [OpenAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/openai), [Piper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/piper), [PlayHT](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/playht), [Rime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/rime), [Sarvam](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/sarvam), [XTTS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/xtts) |
-| Speech-to-Speech    | [AWS Nova Sonic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/aws), [Gemini Multimodal Live](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/gemini), [OpenAI Realtime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/openai)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
-| Transport           | [Daily (WebRTC)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/daily), [FastAPI Websocket](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/fastapi-websocket), [SmallWebRTCTransport](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/small-webrtc), [WebSocket Server](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/websocket-server), Local                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
-| Serializers         | [Plivo](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/serializers/plivo), [Twilio](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/serializers/twilio), [Telnyx](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/serializers/telnyx)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
-| Video               | [HeyGen](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/heygen), [Tavus](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/tavus), [Simli](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/simli)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
-| Memory              | [mem0](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/memory/mem0)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
-| Vision & Image      | [fal](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/image-generation/fal), [Google Imagen](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/image-generation/fal), [Moondream](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/vision/moondream)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
-| Audio Processing    | [Silero VAD](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/silero-vad-analyzer), [Krisp](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/krisp-filter), [Koala](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/koala-filter), [Noisereduce](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/noisereduce-filter)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
-| Analytics & Metrics | [OpenTelemetry](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/opentelemetry), [Sentry](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/analytics/sentry)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| Category            | Services                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Speech-to-Text      | [AssemblyAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/assemblyai), [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/azure), [Cartesia](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/cartesia), [Deepgram](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/deepgram), [ElevenLabs](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/elevenlabs), [Fal Wizper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/fal), [Gladia](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/gladia), [Google](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/google), [Gradium](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/gradium), [Groq (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/groq), [NVIDIA Riva](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/riva), [OpenAI (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/openai), [SambaNova (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/sambanova), [Sarvam](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/sarvam), [Soniox](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/soniox), [Speechmatics](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/speechmatics), [Whisper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/whisper)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
+| LLMs                | [Anthropic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/anthropic), [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/azure), [Cerebras](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/cerebras), [DeepSeek](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/deepseek), [Fireworks AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/fireworks), [Gemini](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/gemini), [Grok](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/grok), [Groq](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/groq), [Mistral](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/mistral), [NVIDIA NIM](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/nim), [Ollama](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/ollama), [OpenAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/openai), [OpenRouter](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/openrouter), [Perplexity](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/perplexity), [Qwen](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/qwen), [SambaNova](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/sambanova) [Together AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/together)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| Text-to-Speech      | [Async](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/asyncai), [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/azure), [Cartesia](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/cartesia), [Deepgram](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/deepgram), [ElevenLabs](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/elevenlabs), [Fish](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/fish), [Google](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/google), [Gradium](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/gradium), [Groq](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/groq), [Hume](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/hume), [Inworld](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/inworld), [LMNT](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/lmnt), [MiniMax](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/minimax), [Neuphonic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/neuphonic), [NVIDIA Riva](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/riva), [OpenAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/openai), [Piper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/piper), [PlayHT](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/playht), [Rime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/rime), [Sarvam](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/sarvam), [Speechmatics](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/speechmatics), [XTTS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/xtts) |
+| Speech-to-Speech    | [AWS Nova Sonic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/aws), [Gemini Multimodal Live](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/gemini), [Grok Voice Agent](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/grok), [OpenAI Realtime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/openai), [Ultravox](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/ultravox),                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| Transport           | [Daily (WebRTC)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/daily), [FastAPI Websocket](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/fastapi-websocket), [SmallWebRTCTransport](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/small-webrtc), [WebSocket Server](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/websocket-server), Local                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| Serializers         | [Plivo](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/serializers/plivo), [Twilio](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/serializers/twilio), [Telnyx](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/serializers/telnyx)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| Video               | [HeyGen](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/heygen), [Tavus](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/tavus), [Simli](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/simli)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| Memory              | [mem0](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/memory/mem0)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| Vision & Image      | [fal](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/image-generation/fal), [Google Imagen](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/image-generation/fal), [Moondream](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/vision/moondream)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
+| Audio Processing    | [Silero VAD](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/silero-vad-analyzer), [Krisp](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/krisp-filter), [Koala](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/koala-filter), [ai-coustics](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/aic-filter)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| Analytics & Metrics | [OpenTelemetry](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/opentelemetry), [Sentry](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/analytics/sentry)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
 
 📚 [View full services documentation →](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/supported-services)
 
@@ -114,7 +134,8 @@ You can get started with Pipecat running on your local machine, then move your a
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-**Python Version:** 3.10+
+**Minimum Python Version:** 3.10
+**Recommended Python Version:** 3.12
 
 ### Setup Steps
 
@@ -128,7 +149,10 @@ You can get started with Pipecat running on your local machine, then move your a
 2. Install development and testing dependencies:
 
    ```bash
-   uv sync --group dev --all-extras --no-extra gstreamer --no-extra krisp --no-extra local
+   uv sync --group dev --all-extras \
+     --no-extra gstreamer \
+     --no-extra krisp \
+     --no-extra local \
    ```
 
 3. Install the git pre-commit hooks:
@@ -137,23 +161,6 @@ You can get started with Pipecat running on your local machine, then move your a
    uv run pre-commit install
    ```
 
-### Python 3.13+ Compatibility
-
-Some features require PyTorch, which doesn't yet support Python 3.13+. Install using:
-
-```bash
-uv sync --group dev --all-extras \
-  --no-extra gstreamer \
-  --no-extra krisp \
-  --no-extra local \
-  --no-extra local-smart-turn \
-  --no-extra mlx-whisper \
-  --no-extra moondream \
-  --no-extra ultravox
-```
-
-> **Tip:** For full compatibility, use Python 3.12: `uv python pin 3.12`
-
 > **Note**: Some extras (local, gstreamer) require system dependencies. See documentation if you encounter build errors.
 
 ### Running tests
@@ -170,54 +177,6 @@ Run a specific test suite:
 uv run pytest tests/test_name.py
 ```
 
-### Setting up your editor
-
-This project uses strict [PEP 8](https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/) formatting via [Ruff](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff).
-
-#### Emacs
-
-You can use [use-package](https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package) to install [emacs-lazy-ruff](https://github.com/christophermadsen/emacs-lazy-ruff) package and configure `ruff` arguments:
-
-```elisp
-(use-package lazy-ruff
-  :ensure t
-  :hook ((python-mode . lazy-ruff-mode))
-  :config
-  (setq lazy-ruff-format-command "ruff format")
-  (setq lazy-ruff-check-command "ruff check --select I"))
-```
-
-`ruff` was installed in the `venv` environment described before, so you should be able to use [pyvenv-auto](https://github.com/ryotaro612/pyvenv-auto) to automatically load that environment inside Emacs.
-
-```elisp
-(use-package pyvenv-auto
-  :ensure t
-  :defer t
-  :hook ((python-mode . pyvenv-auto-run)))
-```
-
-#### Visual Studio Code
-
-Install the
-[Ruff](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=charliermarsh.ruff) extension. Then edit the user settings (_Ctrl-Shift-P_ `Open User Settings (JSON)`) and set it as the default Python formatter, and enable formatting on save:
-
-```json
-"[python]": {
-    "editor.defaultFormatter": "charliermarsh.ruff",
-    "editor.formatOnSave": true
-}
-```
-
-#### PyCharm
-
-`ruff` was installed in the `venv` environment described before, now to enable autoformatting on save, go to `File` -> `Settings` -> `Tools` -> `File Watchers` and add a new watcher with the following settings:
-
-1. **Name**: `Ruff formatter`
-2. **File type**: `Python`
-3. **Working directory**: `$ContentRoot$`
-4. **Arguments**: `format $FilePath$`
-5. **Program**: `$PyInterpreterDirectory$/ruff`
-
 ## 🤝 Contributing
 
 We welcome contributions from the community! Whether you're fixing bugs, improving documentation, or adding new features, here's how you can help:

SECURITY.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Security Policy
+
+## Reporting a Vulnerability
+
+Please email `disclosures@daily.co`.

changelog/3045.added.md

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+- Introducing user turn strategies. User turn strategies indicate when the user turn starts or stops. In conversational agents, these are often referred to as start/stop speaking or turn-taking plans or policies.
+
+  User turn start strategies indicate when the user starts speaking (e.g. using VAD events or when a user says one or more words).
+
+  User turn stop strategies indicate when the user stops speaking (e.g. using an end-of-turn detection model or by observing incoming transcriptions).
+
+  A list of strategies can be specified for both strategies; strategies are evaluated in order until one evaluates to true.
+
+  Available user turn start strategies:
+    - VADUserTurnStartStrategy
+    - TranscriptionUserTurnStartStrategy
+    - MinWordsUserTurnStartStrategy
+    - ExternalUserTurnStartStrategy
+
+  Available user turn stop strategies:
+    - TranscriptionUserTurnStopStrategy
+    - TurnAnalyzerUserTurnStopStrategy
+    - ExternalUserTurnStopStrategy
+
+  The default strategies are:
+
+    - start: [VADUserTurnStartStrategy, TranscriptionUserTurnStartStrategy]
+    - stop: [TranscriptionUserTurnStopStrategy]
+
+  Turn strategies are configured when setting up `LLMContextAggregatorPair`. For example:
+
+  ```python
+  context_aggregator = LLMContextAggregatorPair(
+      context,
+      user_params=LLMUserAggregatorParams(
+          user_turn_strategies=UserTurnStrategies(
+              stop=[
+                  TurnAnalyzerUserTurnStopStrategy(
+                      turn_analyzer=LocalSmartTurnAnalyzerV3(params=SmartTurnParams())
+                  )
+              ],
+          )
+      ),
+  )
+  ```
+
+  In order to use the user turn strategies you must update to the new universal `LLMContext` and `LLMContextAggregatorPair`.

changelog/3045.deprecated.2.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- ⚠️ `TransportParams.turn_analyzer` is deprecated and might result in unexpected behavior, use `LLMUserAggregator`'s new `user_turn_strategies` parameter instead.

changelog/3045.deprecated.3.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- `FrameProcessor.interruption_strategies` is deprecated, use `LLMUserAggregator`'s new `user_turn_strategies` parameter instead.

changelog/3045.deprecated.4.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- `EmulateUserStartedSpeakingFrame` and `EmulateUserStoppedSpeakingFrame` frames are deprecated.

changelog/3045.deprecated.5.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Deprecated the `emulated` field in the `UserStartedSpeakingFrame` and `UserStoppedSpeakingFrame` frames.

changelog/3045.deprecated.6.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- The `LLMUserAggregatorParams` and `LLMAssistantAggregatorParams` classes in `pipecat.processors.aggregators.llm_response` are now deprecated. Use the new universal `LLMContext` and `LLMContextAggregatorPair` instead.

changelog/3045.deprecated.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- `pipecat.audio.interruptions.MinWordsInterruptionStrategy` is deprecated. Use `pipecat.turns.user_start.MinWordsUserTurnStartStrategy` with `LLMUserAggregator`'s new `user_turn_strategies` parameter instead.

changelog/3205.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `RNNoiseFilter` for real-time noise suppression using RNNoise neural network via pyrnnoise library.

changelog/3216.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- Updated `ElevenLabsRealtimeSTTService` to accept the `include_language_detection` parameter to detect language.
+  ```python
+    stt = ElevenLabsRealtimeSTTService(
+        api_key=os.getenv("ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"),
+        include_language_detection=True
+    )
+  ```

changelog/3225.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+- Updated `SpeechmaticsSTTService` to use new Python Voice SDK with improved VAD,
+  Smart Turn capabilities, and brings dramatic improvements to latency without
+  any impact on accuracy. Use the `turn_detection_mode` parameter to control the
+  endpointing of speech, with `TurnDetectionMode.EXTERNAL` (default),
+  `TurnDetectionMode.ADAPTIVE`, or `TurnDetectionMode.SMART_TURN`.
+  ```python
+    stt = SpeechmaticsSTTService(
+        api_key=os.getenv("SPEECHMATICS_API_KEY"),
+        params=SpeechmaticsSTTService.InputParams(
+            language=Language.EN,
+            turn_detection_mode=SpeechmaticsSTTService.TurnDetectionMode.ADAPTIVE,
+            speaker_active_format="<{speaker_id}>{text}</{speaker_id}>",
+        ),
+    )
+  ```

changelog/3225.deprecated.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- For `SpeechmaticsSTTService`, the `end_of_utterance_mode` parameter is deprecated.
+  Use the new `turn_detection_mode` parameter instead, with `TurnDetectionMode.EXTERNAL`,
+  `TurnDetectionMode.ADAPTIVE`, or `TurnDetectionMode.SMART_TURN`. The `enable_vad`
+  parameter is also deprecated and is inferred from the `turn_detection_mode`.

changelog/3233.fixed.md

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Improved error handling in `ElevenLabsRealtimeSTTService`
+- Fixed an issue in `ElevenLabsRealtimeSTTService` causing an infinite loop that blocks the process if the websocket disconnects due to an error

changelog/3257.changed.2.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- `TranscriptionFrame` and `InterimTranscriptionFrame` produced by `DailyTransport` now include the transport source (i.e., the originating audio track).

changelog/3257.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- `daily-python` updated to 0.23.0.

changelog/3263.deprecated.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+- `OpenAILLMContext` and its associated things (context aggregators, etc.) are now deprecated in favor of the universal `LLMContext` and its associated things.
+
+  From the developer's point of view, switching to using `LLMContext` machinery will usually be a matter of going from this:
+
+  ```python
+  context = OpenAILLMContext(messages, tools)
+  context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
+  ```
+
+  To this:
+
+  ```
+  context = LLMContext(messages, tools)
+  context_aggregator = LLMContextAggregatorPair(context)
+  ```

changelog/3267.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+- Added `GrokRealtimeLLMService` for xAI's Grok Voice Agent API with real-time voice conversations:
+
+  - Support for real-time audio streaming with WebSocket connection
+  - Built-in server-side VAD (Voice Activity Detection)
+  - Multiple voice options: Ara, Rex, Sal, Eve, Leo
+  - Built-in tools support: web_search, x_search, file_search
+  - Custom function calling with standard Pipecat tools schema
+  - Configurable audio formats (PCM at 8kHz-48kHz)

changelog/3268.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added an approximation of TTFB for Ultravox.

changelog/3288.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- Updates to Inworld TTS services:
+
+  - Improved `InworldTTSService`'s websocket implementation to better flush and
+    close context to better handle long inputs.
+  - Improved docstrings for `InworldTTSService` and `InworldHttpTTSService`.

changelog/3289.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added a new `AudioContextTTSService` to the TTS service base classes. The `AudioContextWordTTSService` now inherits from `AudioContextTTSService` and `WebsocketWordTTSService`.

changelog/3291.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- `LLMUserAggregator` now exposes the following events:
+   - `on_user_turn_started`: triggered when a user turn starts
+   - `on_user_turn_stopped`: triggered when a user turn ends
+   - `on_user_turn_stop_timeout`: triggered when a user turn does not stop and times out

changelog/3292.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+- Introducing user mute strategies. User mute strategies indicate when user input should be muted based on the current system state.
+
+  In conversational agents, user mute strategies are used to prevent user input from interrupting bot speech, tool execution, or other critical system operations.
+
+  A list of strategies can be specified; all strategies are evaluated for every frame so that each strategy can maintain its internal state. A user frame is muted if any of the configured strategies indicates it should be muted.
+
+  Available user mute strategies:
+
+  * `FirstSpeechUserMuteStrategy`
+  * `MuteUntilFirstBotCompleteUserMuteStrategy`
+  * `AlwaysUserMuteStrategy`
+  * `FunctionCallUserMuteStrategy`
+
+  User mute strategies replace the legacy `STTMuteFilter` and provide a more flexible and composable approach to muting user input.
+
+  User mute strategies are configured when setting up the `LLMContextAggregatorPair`. For example:
+
+  ```python
+  context_aggregator = LLMContextAggregatorPair(
+      context,
+      user_params=LLMUserAggregatorParams(
+          user_mute_strategies=[
+              FirstSpeechUserMuteStrategy(),
+          ]
+      ),
+  )
+  ```
+
+  In order to use user mute strategies you should update to the new universal `LLMContext` and `LLMContextAggregatorPair`.

changelog/3292.deprecated.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- `STTMuteFilter` is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use `LLMUserAggregator`'s new `user_mute_strategies` instead.

changelog/3292.fixed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed a bug in `STTMuteFilter` where the user was not always muted during function calls, especially when there were multiple simultaneous calls.

changelog/3297.deprecated.2.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- `FrameProcessor.interruptions_allowed` is now deprecated, use `LLMUserAggregator`'s new parameter `user_mute_strategies` instead.

changelog/3297.deprecated.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+- `PipelineParams.allow_interruptions` is now deprecated, use `LLMUserAggregator`'s new parameter `user_turn_strategies` instead. For example, to disable interruptions but still get user turns you can do:
+
+  ```python
+  context_aggregator = LLMContextAggregatorPair(
+      context,
+      user_params=LLMUserAggregatorParams(
+          user_turn_strategies=UserTurnStrategies(
+              start=[TranscriptionUserTurnStartStrategy(enable_interruptions=False)],
+          ),
+      ),
+  )
+  ```

changelog/3300.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `use_ssl` parameter to `NvidiaSTTService`, `NvidiaSegmentedSTTService` and `NvidiaTTSService`.

changelog/3314.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Updated `DeepgramSTTService` to push user started/stopped speaking and interruption frames when `vad_enabled` is set to true. This centralizes the frames into the service, removing the need to have your application code handle Deepgram's events and push these frames.

changelog/3316.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `enable_interruptions` constructor argument to all user turn strategies. This tells the `LLMUserAggregator` to push or not push an `InterruptionFrame`.

changelog/3316.other.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `52-live-transcription.py` foundational example demonstrating live transcription and translation from English to Spanish. In this example, the bot is not interruptible: as the user continues speaking, English transcriptions are queued, and the bot continuously translates and speaks each queued sentence in Spanish without being interrupted by new user speech.

changelog/3322.fixed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed a `RNNoiseFilter` issue that would cause a "[Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory" error when processing silence audio frames.

changelog/3328.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `split_sentences` parameter to `SpeechmaticsSTTService` to control sentence splitting behavior for finals on sentence boundaries.

changelog/3328.fixed.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- Updated `SpeechmaticsSTTService` for version `0.0.99+`:
+  - Fixed `SpeechmaticsSTTService` to listen for `VADUserStoppedSpeakingFrame` in order to finalize transcription.
+  - Default to `TurnDetectionMode.FIXED` for Pipecat-controlled end of turn detection.
+  - Only emit VAD + interruption frames if VAD is enabled within the plugin (modes other than `TurnDetectionMode.FIXED` or `TurnDetectionMode.EXTERNAL`).

changelog/3329.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added encoding validation to `DeepgramTTSService` to prevent unsupported encodings from reaching the API. The service now raises `ValueError` at initialization with a clear error message.

changelog/3334.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Added word-level timestamp support to `AzureTTSService` for accurate text-to-audio synchronization.
+  

changelog/3336.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Updated `read_audio_frame` & `read_video_frame` methods in `SmallWebRTCClient` to check if the track is enabled before logging a warning.

changelog/3343.fixed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed an issue with function calling where a handler failing to invoke its result callback could leave the context stuck in IN_PROGRESS, causing LLM inference for subsequent function call results to block while waiting on the unresolved call.

changelog/3345.fixed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed an issue with DeepgramTTSService where the model would output "Dot" instead of a period in some circumstances.

changelog/3346.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `pronunciation_dict_id` parameter to `CartesiaTTSService.InputParams` and `CartesiaHttpTTSService.InputParams` to support Cartesia's pronunciation dictionary feature for custom pronunciations.

changelog/3356.fixed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed an issue in GeminiLiveLLMService where TranscriptionFrames were occasionally not pushed.

changelog/3357.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added support for using the HeyGen LiveAvatar API with the `HeyGenTransport` (see https://www.liveavatar.com/).

changelog/3360.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+- Added image support to `OpenAIRealtimeLLMService` via `InputImageRawFrame`:
+  - New `start_video_paused` parameter to control initial video input state
+  - New `video_frame_detail` parameter to set image processing quality ("auto",
+    "low", or "high"). This corresponds to OpenAI Realtime's `image_detail`
+    parameter.
+  - `set_video_input_paused()` method to pause/resume video input at runtime
+  - `set_video_frame_detail()` method to adjust video frame quality dynamically
+  - Automatic rate limiting (1 frame per second) to prevent API overload

changelog/3366.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Updated `CartesiaTTSService` to support setting `language=None`, resulting in Cartesia auto-detecting the language of the conversation.

changelog/3367.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- The bundled Smart Turn weights are now updated to v3.2, which has better
+  handling of short utterances, and is more robust against background
+  noise.

changelog/3371.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Updated `SpeechmaticsSTTService` dependency to `speechmatics-voice[smart]>=0.2.6`

changelog/3372.added.2.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `UserTurnProcessor`, a frame processor built on `UserTurnController` that pushes `UserStartedSpeakingFrame` and `UserStoppedSpeakingFrame` frames and interruptions based on the controller's user turn strategies.

changelog/3372.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `UserTurnController` to manage user turns. It emits `on_user_turn_started`, `on_user_turn_stopped`, and `on_user_turn_stop_timeout` events, and can be integrated into processors to detect and handle user turns. `LLMUserAggregator` and `UserTurnProcessor` are implemented using this controller.

changelog/3372.other.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added a new foundational example `53-concurrent-llm-evaluation.py` that shows how to use `UserTurnProcessor`.

changelog/3374.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `should_interrupt` property to `DeepgramFluxSTTService`, `DeepgramSTTService`, and `SpeechmaticsSTTService` to configure whether the bot should be interrupted when the external service detects user speech.

changelog/3377.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- Smart Turn now takes into account `vad_start_seconds` when buffering audio,
+  meaning that the start of the turn audio is not cut off. This improves
+  accuracy for short utterances.
+
+- The default value of `pre_speech_ms` is now set to 500ms for Smart Turn.

changelog/3385.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- `LLMAssistantAggregator` now exposes the following events:
+   - `on_assistant_turn_started`: triggered when the assistant turn starts
+   - `on_assistant_turn_stopped`: triggered when the assistant turn ends
+   - `on_assistant_thought`: triggered when there's an assistant thought available

changelog/3385.deprecated.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- `TranscriptProcessor` and related data classes and frames (`TranscriptionMessage`, `ThoughtTranscriptionMessage`, `TranscriptionUpdateFrame`) are deprecated. Use `LLMUserAggregator`'s and `LLMAssistantAggregator`'s new events (`on_user_turn_stopped` and `on_assistant_turn_stopped`) instead.

changelog/3385.other.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added a new foundational example `28-user-assistant-turns.py` that shows how to use the new `LLMUserAggregator` and `LLMAssistantAggregator` events to gather a conversation transcript.

changelog/3386.deprecated.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Deprecated support for the `vad_events` `LiveOptions` in `DeepgramSTTService`. Instead, use a local Silero VAD for VAD events. Additionally, deprecated `should_interrupt` which will be removed along with `vad_events` support in a future release.

changelog/3391.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `KrispVivaTurn` analyzer for end of turn detection using the Krisp VIVA SDK (requires `krisp_audio`).

changelog/3391.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Improved Krisp SDK management to allow `KrispVivaTurn` and `KrispVivaFilter` to share a single SDK instance within the same process.

changelog/3391.fixed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed potential memory leaks and initialization issues in `KrispVivaFilter` by improving SDK lifecycle management.

changelog/3397.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- Added support for setting up a pipeline task from external files. You can now register custom pipeline task setup files by setting the `PIPECAT_SETUP_FILES` environment variable. This variable should contain a colon-separated list of Python files (e.g. `export PIPECAT_SETUP_FILES="setup1.py:setup.py:..."`). Each file must define a function with the following signature:
+
+  ```python
+  async def setup_pipeline_task(task: PipelineTask):
+      ...
+  ```

changelog/3397.deprecated.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Loading external observers from files is deprecated, use the new pipeline task setup files and `PIPECAT_SETUP_FILES` environment variable instead.

changelog/3399.changed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Updated default model for `GroqTTSService` to `canopylabs/orpheus-v1-english` and voice ID to `autumn`.

changelog/3400.fixed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed timing issue in `BaseOutputTransport` where the bot speaking flag was set after awaiting, allowing the event loop to re-enter the method before the guard was set.

changelog/_template.md.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{% for section, _ in sections.items() %}
+{% if sections[section] %}
+{% for category, val in definitions.items() if category in sections[section]%}
+### {{ definitions[category]['name'] }}
+
+{% for text, values in sections[section][category].items() %}
+{{ text }}
+(PR {{ values|join(', ') }})
+
+{% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% else %}
+No significant changes.
+
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}

docs/README.md

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Pipecat Docs
-
-## [Architecture Overview](architecture.md)
-
-Learn about the thinking behind the framework's design.
-
-## [A Frame's Progress](frame-progress.md)
-
-See how a Frame is processed through a Transport, a Pipeline, and a series of Frame Processors.
-

docs/api/build-docs.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Build docs using uv
 echo "Installing dependencies with uv..."
-uv sync --group docs --all-extras --no-extra krisp --no-extra gstreamer --no-extra ultravox --no-extra local_smart_turn --no-extra moondream --no-extra riva --no-extra mlx-whisper
+uv sync --group docs --all-extras --no-extra krisp --no-extra gstreamer --no-extra local_smart_turn --no-extra moondream --no-extra riva --no-extra mlx-whisper
 
 # Check if sphinx-build is available
 if ! uv run sphinx-build --version &> /dev/null; then
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 else
     echo "Documentation build failed!" >&2
     exit 1
-fi
+fi

docs/api/conf.py

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ autodoc_mock_imports = [
     # Krisp - has build issues on some platforms
     "pipecat_ai_krisp",
     "krisp",
+    "krisp_audio",
     # System-specific GUI libraries
     "_tkinter",
     "tkinter",
@@ -60,9 +61,6 @@ autodoc_mock_imports = [
     # OpenCV - sometimes has import issues during docs build
     "cv2",
     # Heavy ML packages excluded from ReadTheDocs
-    # ultravox dependencies
-    "vllm",
-    "vllm.engine.arg_utils",
     # local-smart-turn dependencies
     "coremltools",
     "coremltools.models",
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ def import_core_modules():
         "pipecat.observers",
         "pipecat.runner",
         "pipecat.serializers",
-        "pipecat.sync",
         "pipecat.transcriptions",
         "pipecat.utils",
     ]

docs/api/index.rst

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Quick Links
    Adapters <api/pipecat.adapters>
    Audio <api/pipecat.audio>
    Clocks <api/pipecat.clocks>
+   Extensions <api/pipecat.extensions>
    Frames <api/pipecat.frames>
    Metrics <api/pipecat.metrics>
    Observers <api/pipecat.observers>
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ Quick Links
    Runner <api/pipecat.runner>
    Serializers <api/pipecat.serializers>
    Services <api/pipecat.services>
-   Sync <api/pipecat.sync>
    Transcriptions <api/pipecat.transcriptions>
    Transports <api/pipecat.transports>
-   Utils <api/pipecat.utils>
+   Utils <api/pipecat.utils>

docs/architecture.md

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Pipecat architecture guide
-
-## Frames
-
-Frames can represent discrete chunks of data, for instance a chunk of text, a chunk of audio, or an image. They can also be used to as control flow, for instance a frame that indicates that there is no more data available, or that a user started or stopped talking. They can also represent more complex data structures, such as a message array used for an LLM completion.
-
-## FrameProcessors
-
-Frame processors operate on frames. Every frame processor implements a `process_frame` method that consumes one frame and produces zero or more frames. Frame processors can do simple transforms, such as concatenating text fragments into sentences, or they can treat frames as input for an AI Service, and emit chat completions based on message arrays or transform text into audio or images.
-
-## Pipelines
-
-Pipelines are lists of frame processors linked together. Frame processors can push frames upstream or downstream to their peers. A very simple pipeline might chain an LLM frame processor to a text-to-speech frame processor, with a transport as an output.
-
-## Transports
-
-Transports provide input and output frame processors to receive or send frames respectively. For example, the `DailyTransport` does this with a WebRTC session joined to a Daily.co room.

docs/frame-progress.md

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# A Frame's Progress
-
-1. A user says “Hello, LLM” and the cloud transcription service delivers a transcription to the Transport.
-![A transcript frame arrives](images/frame-progress-01.png)
-
-2. The Transport places a Transcription frame in the Pipeline’s source queue.
-![Frame in source queue](images/frame-progress-02.png)
-
-3. The Pipeline passes the Transcription frame to the first Frame Processor in its list, the LLM User Message Aggregator.
-![To UMA](images/frame-progress-03.png)
-
-4. The LLM User Message Aggregator updates the LLM Context with a `{“user”: “Hello LLM”}` message.
-![Update context](images/frame-progress-04.png)
-
-5. The LLM User Message Aggregator yields an LLM Message Frame, containing the updated LLM Context. The Pipeline passes this frame to the LLM Frame Processor.
-![Update context](images/frame-progress-05.png)
-
-6. The LLM Frame Processor creates a streaming chat completion based on the LLM context and yields the first chunk of a response, Text Frame with the value “Hi, “. The Pipeline passes this frame to the TTS Frame Processor. The TTS Frame Processor aggregates this response but doesn’t yield anything, yet, because it’s waiting for a full sentence.
-![LLM yields Text](images/frame-progress-06.png)
-
-7. The LLM Frame Processor yields another Text Frame with the value “there.”. The Pipeline passes this frame to the TTS Frame Processor.
-![LLM yields more Text](images/frame-progress-07.png)
-
-8. The TTS Frame Processor now has a full sentence, so it starts streaming audio based on “Hi, there.” It yields the first chunk of streaming audio as an Audio frame, which the Pipeline passes to the LLM Assistant Message Aggregator.
-![TTS yields Audio](images/frame-progress-08.png)
-
-9. The LLM Assistant Message Aggregator doesn’t do anything with Audio frames, so it immediately yields the frame, unchanged. This is the convention for all Frame Processors: frames that the processor doesn’t process should be immediately yielded.
-![pass-through](images/frame-progress-09.png)
-
-10. The Pipeline places the first Audio frame in its sink queue, which is being watched by the Transport. Since the frame is now in a queue, the Pipeline can continue processing other frames. Note that the source and sink queues form a sort of “boundary of concurrent processing” between a Pipeline and the outside world. In a Pipeline, Frames are processed sequentially; once a Frame is on a queue it can be processed in parallel with the frames being processed by the Pipeline. TODO: link to a more in-depth section about this.
-![sink queue](images/frame-progress-10.png)
-
-11. The TTS Frame Processor yields another Audio frame as the Transport transmits the first Audio frame.
-![parallel audio](images/frame-progress-11.png)
-
-12. As before, the LLM Assistant Message Aggregator immediately yields the Audio frame and the Pipeline places the Audio frame in the sink queue.
-![sink queue 2](images/frame-progress-12.png)
-
-13. The TTS Frame Processor has no more frames to yield. The LLM Frame Processor emits an LLM Response End Frame, which the Pipeline passes to the TTS Frame Processor.
-![response end](images/frame-progress-13.png)
-
-14. The TTS Frame Processor immediately yields the LLM Response End Frame, so the Pipeline passes it along to the LLM Assistant Message Aggregator. The LLM Assistant Message Aggregator updates the LLM Context with the full response from the LLM. TODO TODO: I realized I forgot that the TSS Frame Processor also yields the Text frames that the LLM emitted so that the LLM Assistant Message Aggregator could accumulate them, arrggh.
-![response end](images/frame-progress-14.png)
-
-15. The system is quiet, and waiting for the next message from the Transport.
-![response end](images/frame-progress-15.png)

docs/frame.md

@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-# Understanding Different Frame Types in the Pipecat System
-
-In the Pipecat system, frames are used to represent different types of data and control signals that flow through the pipeline. Understanding these frame types is crucial for working with the system effectively. This tutorial will cover the main categories of frames and their specific uses.
-
-## 1. Base Frame Classes
-
-### Frame
-The `Frame` class is the base class for all frames. It includes:
-- `id`: A unique identifier
-- `name`: A descriptive name
-- `pts`: Presentation timestamp (optional)
-
-### DataFrame
-`DataFrame` is a subclass of `Frame` and serves as a base for most data-carrying frames.
-
-## 2. Audio Frames
-
-### AudioRawFrame
-Represents a chunk of audio with properties:
-- `audio`: Raw audio data
-- `sample_rate`: Audio sample rate
-- `num_channels`: Number of audio channels
-
-Subclasses include:
-- `InputAudioRawFrame`: For audio from input sources
-- `OutputAudioRawFrame`: For audio to be played by output devices
-- `TTSAudioRawFrame`: For audio generated by Text-to-Speech services
-
-## 3. Image Frames
-
-### ImageRawFrame
-Represents an image with properties:
-- `image`: Raw image data
-- `size`: Image dimensions
-- `format`: Image format (e.g., JPEG, PNG)
-
-Subclasses include:
-- `InputImageRawFrame`: For images from input sources
-- `OutputImageRawFrame`: For images to be displayed
-- `UserImageRawFrame`: For images associated with a specific user
-- `VisionImageRawFrame`: For images with associated text for description
-- `URLImageRawFrame`: For images with an associated URL
-
-### SpriteFrame
-Represents an animated sprite, containing a list of `ImageRawFrame` objects.
-
-## 4. Text and Transcription Frames
-
-### TextFrame
-Represents a chunk of text, used for various purposes in the pipeline.
-
-### TranscriptionFrame
-A specialized `TextFrame` for speech transcriptions, including:
-- `user_id`: ID of the speaking user
-- `timestamp`: When the transcription was generated
-- `language`: Detected language of the speech
-
-### InterimTranscriptionFrame
-Similar to `TranscriptionFrame`, but for interim (not final) transcriptions.
-
-## 5. LLM (Language Model) Frames
-
-### LLMMessagesFrame
-Contains a list of messages for an LLM service to process.
-
-### LLMMessagesAppendFrame and LLMMessagesUpdateFrame
-Used to modify the current context of LLM messages.
-
-### LLMSetToolsFrame
-Specifies tools (functions) available for the LLM to use.
-
-### LLMEnablePromptCachingFrame
-Controls prompt caching in certain LLMs.
-
-## 6. System and Control Frames
-
-### SystemFrame
-Base class for system-level frames.
-
-Important system frames include:
-- `StartFrame`: Initiates a pipeline
-- `CancelFrame`: Stops a pipeline immediately
-- `ErrorFrame`: Notifies of errors (with `FatalErrorFrame` for unrecoverable errors)
-- `EndTaskFrame` and `CancelTaskFrame`: Control pipeline tasks
-- `StartInterruptionFrame` and `StopInterruptionFrame`: Indicate user speech for interruptions
-
-### ControlFrame
-Base class for control-flow frames.
-
-Notable control frames:
-- `EndFrame`: Signals the end of a pipeline
-- `LLMFullResponseStartFrame` and `LLMFullResponseEndFrame`: Bracket LLM responses
-- `UserStartedSpeakingFrame` and `UserStoppedSpeakingFrame`: Indicate user speech activity
-- `BotStartedSpeakingFrame` and `BotStoppedSpeakingFrame`: Indicate bot speech activity
-- `TTSStartedFrame` and `TTSStoppedFrame`: Bracket Text-to-Speech responses
-
-## 7. Special Purpose Frames
-
-### MetricsFrame
-Contains performance metrics data.
-
-### FunctionCallInProgressFrame and FunctionCallResultFrame
-Used for handling LLM function (tool) calls.
-
-### ServiceUpdateSettingsFrame
-Base class for updating service settings, with specific subclasses for LLM, TTS, and STT services.
-
-## Conclusion
-
-Understanding these frame types is essential for working with the Pipecat system. Each frame type serves a specific purpose in the pipeline, whether it's carrying data (like audio or images), controlling the flow of the pipeline, or managing system-level operations. By using the appropriate frame types, you can effectively process and transmit various kinds of information through your pipeline.