We are noticing with the Agentjs OAI Realtime sess...
# ask-aip
powerful-dog-59275
12/19/2025, 5:05 PMWe are noticing with the Agentjs OAI Realtime session, periodically the open ai session will disconnect, and then LiveKit will try to reconnect,
OpenAI Realtime API connection failed, retrying in 0.1st
tall-airline-16756
12/19/2025, 5:05 PMThanks for reaching out, Scott. I'm an AI assistant and I'm here to help. Give me a moment while I research this topic.
tall-airline-16756
12/19/2025, 5:05 PMThanks — I hear you: you're seeing OpenAI Realtime disconnects, LiveKit reconnects to a new OAI session, and the OAI history is gone. You're asking if LiveKit can restore that context automatically.
Short answer: LiveKit does not automatically restore OpenAI Realtime session context after a disconnect. When LiveKit reconnects, a new OAI session is created and prior conversational context is not automatically reloaded.
What you can do (recommended approach):
• Capture and store the conversation history during the active session (for example, persist relevant messages from
session.historywith_azuresession.historyp
powerful-dog-59275
12/19/2025, 5:58 PMis there a Livekit event for the reconnection happening?
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tall-airline-16756
12/19/2025, 5:59 PMYes — LiveKit emits a Reconnected event when the client successfully restores its connection after a disruption (it follows the Reconnecting event). You can listen for it on the Room object and run your recovery logic (for example, re-injecting OpenAI conversation history) there.
Quick questions to help me give a precise code example:
• Which SDK/environment are you using (browser JS, Node, or another client)?
• Do you want a simple listener or an example that retrieves
session.historyp
powerful-dog-59275
12/19/2025, 5:59 PMnode
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tall-airline-16756
12/19/2025, 6:00 PMThanks — you're using Node. Responding to your question about a reconnection event and how to handle it.
Yes — Agent/Room sessions emit reconnection events in Node:
•
AgentSessionEventTypes.ReconnectingAgentSessionEventTypes.Reconnected Copy code
import { voice } from '@livekit/agents';
// session is your AgentSession instance
session.on(voice.AgentSessionEventTypes.Reconnecting, () => {
console.log('Agent is reconnecting...');
// optional: mark state, pause UI, persist in-memory history
});
session.on(voice.AgentSessionEventTypes.Reconnected, async () => {
console.log('Agent has reconnected');
// example recovery steps:
// 1) retrieve persisted chat history from your backend/cache
// 2) create or obtain new RealtimeModel if OpenAI session was replaced
// 3) re-inject recent/summarized messages into the model context
// 4) resume TTS/audio if needed
});session.historysession.historyp
powerful-dog-59275
12/19/2025, 6:03 PMis this event available in specific agent nodejs version?
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tall-airline-16756
12/19/2025, 6:03 PMShort answer: reconnection events (Reconnecting / Reconnected) are available in current LiveKit client/agent Node.js builds, but I need your package version to confirm precisely.
Please tell me the exact version(s) from your package.json for:
•
@livekit/agents@livekit/rtc-node@livekit/clientp
powerful-dog-59275
12/19/2025, 6:04 PMv1.0.24
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tall-airline-16756
12/19/2025, 6:04 PMThanks — with v1.0.24 you’re good.
• The
ReconnectingReconnectedReconnected Copy code
import { voice } from '@livekit/agents';
// `session` is your AgentSession instance
session.on(voice.AgentSessionEventTypes.Reconnecting, () => {
console.log('Reconnecting — snapshot session.history to cache');
// snapshot: persist session.history to your cache/backend
});
session.on(voice.AgentSessionEventTypes.Reconnected, async () => {
console.log('Reconnected — restore OpenAI context if needed');
// 1) retrieve persisted history
// 2) create/obtain new RealtimeModel for OpenAI if session replaced
// 3) re-inject recent/summarized messages into the model before resuming TTS
});session.history