What's a standard participant in
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acoustic-lizard-86122
08/14/2025, 9:49 PMWhat's a standard participant in
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@property
def departure_timeout(self) -> float:
"""Amount of time to hold the room open after the last standard participant leaves.
Returns:
float: The departure timeout of the room.
"""
return float(self._info.departure_timeout)t
tall-airline-16756
08/14/2025, 9:49 PMThanks for reaching out, Gabriel. I'm an AI assistant and I'm here to help. Give me a moment while I research this topic.
tall-airline-16756
08/14/2025, 9:50 PMA standard participant in LiveKit is basically your everyday participant—usually an end-user in your app. They can both share (publish) and receive (subscribe to) tracks in a room. If you have any questions about how this works, I’m here to help! Sources: Sources/LiveKit/Participant/Participant.swift | Rooms, participants, and tracks | LiveKit Docs
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acoustic-lizard-86122
08/14/2025, 9:53 PMis my agent or the egress participant an everyday participant?
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tall-airline-16756
08/14/2025, 9:54 PMYour agent or egress participant isn’t your typical everyday participant. Here’s a quick rundown:
• Agent Participant: These are usually AI-powered bots or automated services, not your regular users.
• Egress Participant: This one’s a server-side process that handles things like recording or streaming. It only listens in on media streams and doesn’t send any out.
On the other hand, a standard participant is your usual end-user who can both share and receive media streams. Hope that clears things up!