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in the frontend, when the participant mutes his mic does the frontend javascript throw track unsubscribed event (in livekit agents)?

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Muting a microphone from the frontend in LiveKit does *not* cause a `track unsubscribed` event to fire. Instead, when a participant mutes their microphone, the LiveKit client will trigger a `TrackMuted` event for all participants in the room. The `TrackUnsubscribed` event only occurs when the subscription to a track is fully removed, not when its mute state changes. The track remains published and subscribed even when muted—it simply stops sending data until unmuted again.
For reference, the relevant event when muting is `TrackMuted`, not `TrackUnsubscribed`.
 Sources: <https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-js/blob/d2e7cdb167ee3c997a844f932253b2106967a50d/src/room/track/LocalAudioTrack.ts#L1-L55|src/room/track/LocalAudioTrack.ts> | <https://docs.livekit.io/home/client/tracks/publish/|Publishing tracks | LiveKit Docs>