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Is agent dispatch via api (say for agent name: “test-agent”) idempotent? i.e. is there a change multiple agent named `test-agent`  would join the room if there is a double dispatch?

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Just a heads-up: when you dispatch an agent via the LiveKit API, it’s not automatically idempotent. So, if you send the same agent name (like "test-agent") more than once, you might end up with multiple dispatches—and that means the same agent could join the room multiple times if dispatched twice by accident.
To avoid this, it’s a good idea to add your own idempotency checks on the client side. That way, you can make sure duplicate dispatches don’t sneak in.
 Sources: <https://docs.livekit.io/agents/v0/build/dispatch/|Dispatching agents | LiveKit Docs> | <https://docs.livekit.io/agents/worker/agent-dispatch/|Agent dispatch | LiveKit Docs> | <https://github.com/livekit/node-sdks/blob/a7e9dd400aa5c6e9882299bbc225860dbebdfd08/examples/agent-dispatch/index.ts#L1-L58|examples/agent-dispatch/index.ts> | <https://github.com/livekit/server-sdk-kotlin/blob/691aeec930782f2024f2814392a8d75b53b76a39/src/main/kotlin/io/livekit/server/AgentDispatchServiceClient.kt#L1-L58|src/main/kotlin/io/livekit/server/AgentDispatchServiceClient.kt> | <https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/blob/59e03c8eaac6f37c3f5fb7b374efff8b9e2cd22d/livekit-api/livekit/api/agent_dispatch_service.py#L1-L63|livekit-api/livekit/api/agent_dispatch_service.py>