Hello, I see in Livekit 1.8.8 Python Livekit Inference is supposed to Support GPT Live but I keep getting HTTP 503.

Good catch, it’s HIPAA related. Your workspace is marked as HIPAA required, but I checked the code as the source of truth and the model is not served to HIPAA-compliant workspaces. The ‘official’ list is HIPAA Eligible Products and Services | LiveKit . I see internal discussions that the team are…

I tested your full agent.py unchanged using livekit-agents==1.8.8 and our LiveKit project credentials. The agent connected to the room and received test audio, but inference.DuplexModel(model="openai/gpt-live-1") failed to connect after retries. I also captured the underlying handshake response: {…

Could it be a ZDR HIPAA thing that is enabled on my account?

Yes I think a better error code would be helpful. Was banging my head trying to figure out what I was doing wrong! Hopefully will be compliant soon!

[image] chase fagen: Yes I think a better error code would be helpful. Non-compliant pipeline models DO give a helpful error, it’s just realtime models that do not (hence my confusion earlier). So, we need to address that.

GPT Live 1 Livekit Inference Not Working?

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darryncampbell (Darryn) October 19, 2026, 3:38pm 2

I just tested with the attached, and it seems to work:

agent.py (5.8 KB)

There haven’t been any outages that could explain the 503, which I assume would have been an issue between our backend and OpenAI.

Did you specify inference.DuplexModel ?

GPT-Live 1: diagnosing an early AgentSession startup error before session.started (Python SDK 1.8.8)

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GPT Live 1 Livekit Inference Not Working?

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