Thanks — I’m responding to your question about whether

await session.start()

guarantees the OpenAI Realtime websocket is fully connected and ready for immediate

update_chat_ctx()

/

generate_reply()

calls. Short answer: No. Reason: The startup flow creates the realtime session and schedules its

_main_task()

(which runs

_create_ws_conn()

and starts `_send_task`/`_recv_task`) with

asyncio.create_task(...)

but does not await it. The docs do not state that

session.start()

waits for the websocket handshake or for send/recv tasks to be running, so a message sent immediately after

session.start()

can race with the connection and risk timeouts like the 5s

update_chat_ctx()

window. If you want, I can suggest safe patterns to ensure readiness (e.g., an explicit ready event or polling strategy). Which would you prefer? Sources: Agent session | LiveKit Documentation | Realtime models overview | LiveKit Documentation, with interactive elements