Update realtime protocol docs for the latest realtime.proto - #32
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe realtime protocol documentation adds VAD controls, turn identifiers, playback tracking, lifecycle events, context metadata, and WebSocket examples for text, audio, speech progress, snapshots, and response completion. ChangesRealtime protocol updates
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The updated realtime documentation may cause clients to attribute text or audio output to the wrong turn when turn IDs are omitted. Align the fallback guidance with the protocol contract before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant RealtimeSession
participant VADPipeline
participant Playback
Client->>RealtimeSession: Send TriggerInference or Ping
RealtimeSession->>VADPipeline: Flush buffered VAD audio when requested
VADPipeline-->>RealtimeSession: Emit VAD state or telemetry
RealtimeSession-->>Client: Send Pong or VAD event
RealtimeSession-->>Client: Stream turn-tagged text and audio
Playback->>RealtimeSession: Send per-turn PlaybackPositionReport
RealtimeSession-->>Client: Send InferenceComplete, ResponseEnd, and TurnSnapshot
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In `@api-reference/realtime.proto`:
- Around line 941-942: Update the comment describing audio packet completion to
use the correct possessive wording: replace “a turns content” with “a turn's
content.”
- Around line 560-561: Declare PlaybackPositionReport.turn_id as an optional
uint32 so the server can distinguish an omitted field from an explicitly
reported turn 0; preserve the existing field number and wire compatibility, and
use presence to enable the elapsed-time fallback for clients that do not send
turn_id.
- Line 681: Update the ModelAudioChunk turn_id contract: either document that
the server always populates turn_id and ensure the playback example handles its
presence accordingly, or add an explicit client fallback before constructing
PlaybackPositionReport. Do not rely on removing optional alone, since that does
not enforce population.
In `@websocket.mdx`:
- Around line 168-172: Update websocket.mdx lines 168-172 around playAudio and
its helper to retain each audio buffer’s turnId and report drained bytes per
turn using PlaybackPositionReport. Update websocket.mdx lines 592-594 so the
complete example queues audio with its turnId and sends corresponding playback
reports, keeping supportsPlaybackReporting enabled; ensure both JavaScript
examples preserve the ModelAudioChunk turn association.
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In `@api-reference/realtime.mdx`:
- Line 330: Update the turn_id sentence in the realtime API documentation to
replace the ungrammatical “while on” phrasing with “whereas ModelTextFragment
and ModelAudioChunk carry an optional turn_id,” preserving the existing turn-ID
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| | `extra_instructions` | string | Optional extra instructions to guide the inference | | ||
| | `flush_vad` | bool | When `true`, flush whatever the VAD pipeline has buffered and append it as a user audio message before triggering inference. Defaults to `false`. | | ||
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| Use `flush_vad` to commit speech the VAD has not released yet, when the trigger comes from an external signal such as a push-to-talk button or a wake word rather than from natural end-of-speech detection. It is a no-op when the buffer is empty or the deployment runs no VAD pipeline. |
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All deployments that act on TriggerInference run a VAD pipeline, I don't think we need to document the "no vad pipeline case", because that would be a misconfigured deployment
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| | `bytes_played` | uint64 | Cumulative number of audio bytes played by the client | | ||
| | `bytes_played` | uint64 | Number of audio bytes the client has played for `turn_id` | | ||
| | `turn_id` | uint32? | Optional. Which assistant turn these bytes belong to | |
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I don't think we should mark it as "Optional" here. The note below already documents that its effectively not, and every new client should send it. On the protocol it is technically optional
| Omitting `turn_id` is not the same as sending `0`. Turn IDs are 0-based, so a report without one is read as coming from a client written before turn correlation existed, and the server applies it to the current response instead of the turn you meant. | ||
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| Reports are honoured whenever they arrive. Setting `supports_playback_reporting` in `InitializeSessionRequest` is a hint about your intent, not a prerequisite. |
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That is indeed the current behavior, but I'd like to not guarantee it as such. Generally, one should set supports_playback_reporting when intending to send position reports
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addressed in 2147e8f
this also occurred in other places, fixed them up as well
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330-330: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winAlign omitted
turn_idbehavior withapi-reference/realtime.proto.
ModelTextFragment.turn_idexplicitly cannot use current-turn fallback. Remove that fallback fromapi-reference/realtime.mdx#L330,api-reference/realtime.mdx#L361, andwebsocket.mdx#L153.ModelAudioChunk.turn_idis optional, but the protobuf contract defines no fallback, so do not document audio fallback as a protocol rule atwebsocket.mdx#L346unless the contract adds it.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@api-reference/realtime.mdx`:
- Line 330: Align the documented omitted-turn_id behavior with the protobuf
contract: in api-reference/realtime.mdx lines 330-330 and 361-361, remove any
current-turn fallback for ModelTextFragment.turn_id; in websocket.mdx lines
346-346, remove the ModelAudioChunk.turn_id fallback unless the protocol
contract is updated to define one.
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