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in the agent code - where to  start the recording if it is telephony call - do we call post ctx.connect or when?

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Thanks — great question. Regarding when to start recording a telephony call in agent code:

• If you use automatic recording via SIP auto‑egress (recommended), configure it in your SIP dispatch rule and you don’t need to manually start recording.
• If you start recording manually, do it after the room and session are active — i.e., start the agent session, call `await ctx.connect()`, then initiate the egress/recording request. The room must be connected and participants present for recording to work.
• Note: enabling `record=True` when calling `session.start(...)` enables agent observability recording and doesn’t require separate timing.
Would you like the exact code snippet for manual egress start in your agent?
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