{“message”: “failed to perform clear buffer rpc”, “level”: “ERROR”, “name”: “livekit.agents”, “exc_info”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\n File "****\venv\Lib\site-packages\livekit\agents\voice\avatar\_datastream_io.py", line 179, in _clear_buffer_task\n await self._room.local_participant.perform_rpc(\n File "****\venv\Lib\site-packages\livekit\rtc\participant.py", line 328, in perform_rpc\n raise RpcError._from_proto(cb.perform_rpc.error)\nlivekit.rtc.rpc.RpcError: Connection timeout”, “timestamp”: “2026-02-05T16:08:03.478562+00:00”}
{“time”:“2026-02-05 21:38:03,503”,“level”:“WARNING”,“module”:“livekit.agents”,“event”:“didn’t receive playback finished event after clear buffer, marking playout as done arbitrarily”}
{“message”: “didn’t receive playback finished event after clear buffer, marking playout as done arbitrarily”, “level”: “WARNING”, “name”: “livekit.agents”, “timestamp”: “2026-02-05T16:08:03.503887+00:00”}
I am getting this error in Simli Avatar. Does this error belong to Livekit or Simli service?, or am I doing something bad in simli intergrations?
What I am doing for Simli Intergration in agent session>>
avatar = simli.AvatarSession(
*simli_config*=simli.SimliConfig(
*api_key*=os.getenv("SIMLI_API_KEY"),
*face_id*="b9e5fba3-071a-4e35-896e-211c4d6eaa7b",
*emotion_id*="7a65257c-25b3-4dc1-889d-ff8a3d51ee01",
),
*avatar_participant_name*="Aditi",
)
*await* avatar.start(session, *room*=*ctx*.room)
I did this As documented in LK docs.
Thanks a lot in advance