To deny job requests in LiveKit Agents 1.x, you can use the

reject()

method of the

JobRequest

class within your request handler function. Here's an example:

async def request_fnc(req: JobRequest):
    # Reject the job request
    await req.reject()

This function is executed each time the server has a job for the agent. By calling

req.reject()

, you explicitly tell the framework to reject the job request, which will then be sent to the next available worker. Include this request handler when setting up your worker options:

opts = WorkerOptions(
    entrypoint_fnc=entrypoint,
    request_fnc=request_fnc,
    # other options...
)

If you don't provide a request handler, the default behavior is to auto-accept all requests dispatched to the worker. Sources: Anatomy of an Agent | LiveKit Docs