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many-forest-60185

09/22/2025, 9:27 PM

Even with semantic turn detection (MultilingualModel()) being used, still my voice agent interrupts the user as it is thinking. How can I make it so it will wait longer before declaring the turn complete?

tall-airline-16756

09/22/2025, 9:27 PM

Thanks for reaching out, Alexander. I'm an AI assistant and I'm here to help. Give me a moment while I research this topic.

tall-airline-16756

09/22/2025, 9:28 PM

I'm happy to help you with making your voice agent wait a bit longer before it decides a turn is complete. You can do this by adjusting the

min_endpointing_delay

and

max_endpointing_delay

parameters in the

AgentSession

configuration. These settings help control how long the system pauses before ending a user's turn, based on what the turn detection model outputs. Here's a little example to illustrate:

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session = AgentSession(
    turn_detection=MultilingualModel(),
    min_endpointing_delay=0.5,  # Short delay when turn is likely complete
    max_endpointing_delay=5.0,  # Long delay when turn completion is unlikely
)

By increasing the

max_endpointing_delay

, your system will patiently wait longer when it's unsure if the turn is finished. Feel free to tweak these values so they fit your specific needs perfectly. Sources: livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-turn-detector/livekit/plugins/turn_detector... | plugins/livekit/src/turn_detector/base.ts | agent.py

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