The user away timeout in LiveKit is automatically managed by the system and doesn't have a direct public method to manually restart it. However, there are ways to indirectly reset the timeout: • Generate agent activity: You can use

session.generate_reply()

to make the agent speak, which will reset the timer. For example:

await session.generate_reply("Are you still there?")

• Handle the

user_state_changed

event: You can listen for when the user goes "away" and take action to reset the timer. For instance:

@session.on("user_state_changed")
def handle_user_state(event):
    if event.new_state == "away":
        asyncio.create_task(session.generate_reply("Are you still there?"))
    elif event.new_state in ["listening", "speaking"]:
        pass

The timeout is automatically reset when there is activity, such as the user or agent speaking, or any state change that moves away from both being in the "listening" state. Sources: livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-aws/livekit/plugins/aws/experimental/realti... | Events and error handling | LiveKit Docs