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salmon-belgium-62133

12/22/2025, 9:35 AM

how to clean ghost agents and rooms??

tall-airline-16756

12/22/2025, 9:35 AM

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

tall-airline-16756

12/22/2025, 9:36 AM

Thanks — I’m happy to help with cleaning up “ghost” agents and rooms. Do you mean LiveKit rooms/agents left open after sessions end, or a different system? If you mean LiveKit, a few quick options that clean up or prevent ghosts: • Delete the room when it’s no longer needed using the API (

deleteRoom

) to force-disconnect participants and agents. • Ensure your agent calls

shutdown()

at session end (use

drain=True

if you want pending speech to finish). • Rely on automatic room closure: rooms close when the last non-agent participant leaves and agents disconnect. • Add explicit cleanup in agent logic (for example, delete the room after an agent finishes a task), and handle SIP/egress teardown if used. If you’re seeing persistent orphaned entities, tell me: • Are these LiveKit rooms/agents? • How are agents created/managed (server SDK, agent jobs, SIP, etc.)? • Any logs or errors when you try to shut down or delete rooms? Give those details and I’ll provide exact commands/code snippets to remove them. Sources: Job lifecycle | LiveKit docs | Server lifecycle | LiveKit docs | Survey Calling Agent | LiveKit docs

salmon-belgium-62133

12/22/2025, 9:45 AM

is there any option to check is the agent is continually in single mode, like lustering for log time, or like idle??

tall-airline-16756

12/22/2025, 9:46 AM

You're asking if you can detect when an agent stays in one state (e.g., long

listening

idle

). Yes — track the AgentSession state-change events and measure durations in your app. How to do it: • Listen for

agent_state_changed

events on the

AgentSession

. • On each state change, record the timestamp for the new state. • If the same state persists, have a timer or periodic check compare now − state_start_time to your threshold (e.g., 30s) and trigger an alert/action if exceeded. Example logic (pseudocode): 1. on `agent_state_changed(ev)`: ◦ set

current_state = ev.new_state

◦ set

state_start = now()

◦ clear any previous state timer 1. start a timer that checks

now() - state_start

every few seconds: ◦ if

current_state == 'listening'

and duration > threshold → take action ◦ if

current_state == 'idle'

and duration > threshold → take action I can provide concrete Python or TypeScript sample code that ties into your existing agent session events. Which language and what threshold would you like to use? Sources: Turns overview | LiveKit docs | Agent session | LiveKit docs

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