There are several reasons why two agent jobs might join the same room in LiveKit: • Different Job Types: LiveKit supports different types of agent jobs, such as room-level agents, publisher-specific agents, and participant-specific agents. These agents can operate simultaneously in the same room to handle different responsibilities. • Explicit Agent Dispatch: Multiple agents can be explicitly dispatched to the same room through the API. This is often done by configuring agents with specific

agent_name

values and dispatching them for different purposes. • Load Balancing and Redundancy: The system supports load balancing across agent workers, which can result in multiple agents being assigned to the same room for redundancy or load distribution. • Multi-Agent Scenarios: The system is designed to allow different agents to handle various aspects of the same session, such as one agent managing conversations and another processing media or managing room-level functions. If you are seeing unexpected behavior, such as duplicate responses, it might be worth checking your agent configuration and ensuring that agents are not being unintentionally dispatched multiple times to the same room. Sources: test/agent_test.go | Dispatching agents | LiveKit Docs | An open source stack for real-time multimodal AI | agents/src/job.ts