feat(realtime): support OpenAI transcription sessions via intent=transcription - #750
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OpenAI transcription sessions dial wss://.../v1/realtime?intent=transcription
and reject a model query parameter in that mode ("transcription model cannot
be used as the realtime session model" / "Passing a transcription session
update to a realtime session is not allowed"). The relay always forwarded
model and dropped intent, so streaming STT could not work through the gateway.
Forward the intent query parameter end to end (handler -> router -> provider)
and, when it equals "transcription", dial the intent-only URL. The requested
model keeps doing everything else it does today: routing, model access checks,
rate limits, budget, and usage attribution.
Verified live against api.openai.com through the relay: session.updated,
per-word transcription deltas, and a correct final transcript.
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 4 included reviews per hour; 0 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe realtime request path now carries transcription intent through routing. The OpenAI provider uses a dedicated transcription URL. The server pins the authorized model in session frames and records transcription token or duration usage. ChangesRealtime transcription support
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The transcription session path can bypass model authorization and usage attribution for certain event payloads, fail to record completed usage for some transcripts, and alter malformed session data before forwarding it. These current correctness and security risks make the PR not merge-ready until addressed. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant RealtimeService
participant Router
participant OpenAIRealtimeTarget
participant RealtimeProxy
participant UsageTracker
Client->>RealtimeService: request realtime transcription session
RealtimeService->>Router: forward trimmed intent and resolved model
Router->>OpenAIRealtimeTarget: resolve transcription target URL
OpenAIRealtimeTarget->>RealtimeProxy: establish websocket relay
Client->>RealtimeProxy: send session.update
RealtimeProxy->>OpenAIRealtimeTarget: send frame with pinned model
OpenAIRealtimeTarget-->>RealtimeProxy: send transcription completion
RealtimeProxy->>UsageTracker: extract token or duration usage
RealtimeProxy-->>Client: relay upstream event
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In `@internal/server/realtime_service.go`:
- Around line 118-125: Add a realtime_service handler test covering the
RealtimeTarget request construction: send an intent query value with surrounding
whitespace, then verify the router receives the trimmed intent while preserving
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Confidence Score: 4/5Not merge-safe until realtime transcription duration is passed through the configured per-second pricing path. There is exactly one accepted P1 finding, and it is a non-security billing and accounting defect; the scoring table therefore yields 4. Files Needing Attention: internal/usage/realtime.go
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Review follow-ups for the transcription-intent support: - The relay forwarded client frames verbatim, so a caller authorized (and billed) for one transcription model could select another in session.update (greptile P1). The relay's copyFrames tap generalizes into a frame mapper, and transcription sessions now pass a client->upstream mapper that rewrites session.update to carry the gateway-routed model (GA shape, plus the legacy beta field only when the client sent it). Model access, rate limits, and usage attribution become correct by construction, and clients may omit the model from session.update entirely. Verified live: session.update asking for whisper-1 came back from OpenAI as session.updated with the routed gpt-4o-transcribe. - Transcription sessions never emit response.done, so they were unmetered. The usage tap now also parses conversation.item.input_audio_transcription .completed events: token usage prices like other realtime traffic, and whisper-style duration usage is recorded in rawData for visibility. - Handler test covering the intent query translation (trimmed, forwarded with the resolved model), as requested by review. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VV48RBH3hiB57Gqf1VK15S
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internal/server/realtime_service.go (1)
235-252: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winFall back to transcription extraction after a response-marker collision.
Line 235 scans the complete frame, not the event type. A valid transcription completion frame can contain
"response.done"in its transcript. The code then callsExtractFromRealtimeResponseDone, receivesnil, and skipsExtractFromRealtimeTranscriptionCompleted. The completed transcription usage is not recorded.Try transcription extraction when response extraction returns
niland the transcription marker is present. Add a regression payload with a transcript containing"response.done".Proposed fix
isResponseDone := bytes.Contains(frame, responseDoneMarker) - if !isResponseDone && !bytes.Contains(frame, transcriptionUsageMarker) { + isTranscriptionCompleted := bytes.Contains(frame, transcriptionUsageMarker) + if !isResponseDone && !isTranscriptionCompleted { return } ... if isResponseDone { entry = usage.ExtractFromRealtimeResponseDone(frame, route.requestID, route.model, route.providerType, pricing) - } else { + } + if entry == nil && isTranscriptionCompleted { entry = usage.ExtractFromRealtimeTranscriptionCompleted(frame, route.requestID, route.model, route.providerType, pricing) }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@internal/server/realtime_service.go`:
- Around line 145-146: Gate the transcription branch in the realtime service
using a provider capability that indicates whether transcription model pinning
is supported, and invoke pinTranscriptionModel with route.selector.Model only
for supported providers. Preserve the existing transcription intent handling for
OpenAI while leaving xAI, Azure, and Bailian session updates unchanged; add
regression coverage for the affected provider contracts.
In `@internal/server/realtime_transcription.go`:
- Around line 25-30: Remove the raw sessionUpdateMarker pre-check in the frame
handling logic and decode the JSON before evaluating event["type"], so escaped
representations such as \u002e are recognized as session.update and receive
model pinning. Add a regression test covering an escaped event type.
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In `@internal/server/realtime_service.go`:
- Around line 235-252: Update the realtime usage extraction flow around
isResponseDone so that when the frame contains the transcription completion
marker and ExtractFromRealtimeResponseDone returns nil, it falls back to
ExtractFromRealtimeTranscriptionCompleted. Add a regression payload covering a
transcription containing “response.done” and verify the completed transcription
usage is recorded.
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Two review findings on the transcription-model pinning:
- The raw byte-marker gate could be bypassed with JSON string escapes
("session.update" decodes to session.update upstream but misses the
marker), reopening the model bypass the mapper closes. Pinning now decodes
every client frame to find its type; a few audio frames per second is well
below the relay's transport cost. Regression test with the escaped type.
- intent=transcription enabled the mapper for every realtime provider, though
only OpenAI honors the intent; other providers would have had OpenAI-shaped
transcription config injected into their conversation sessions. The provider
that leaves the model out of the upstream URL now declares the pin instead:
RealtimeTarget.PinSessionModel names the model to force into session.update,
set by OpenAI transcription targets and empty everywhere else, so the server
maps frames only when the provider asked for it and needs no provider
knowledge.
Re-verified live against api.openai.com: session.update selecting whisper-1
still comes back pinned to the routed gpt-4o-transcribe, and a full
transcription session (deltas + final transcript) works through the relay.
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Duration-based transcription completions are stored as duration_seconds, but the cost calculator's per-second audio pricing consumes audio_seconds. A realtime completion reporting 2.5 seconds with a configured $0.02 per-second input rate therefore persists with no input, output, or total cost, understating spend and weakening cost-based budget accounting. Store this duration under the canonical audio_seconds key, or explicitly treat duration_seconds as equivalent in the cost calculation path.
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Focused duration-cost reproduction test source
- Authored Go test invokes the realtime extraction and cost path plus a same-rate HTTP transcription control, showing the raw-key mismatch is the deciding condition.
Realtime duration usage has no cost
- Executed focused realtime test with 2.5 seconds and a $0.02 per-second input rate; it shows duration_seconds and nil costs, proving the undercharge.
HTTP duration control is priced
- Executed same-quantity HTTP transcription control; its assertion confirms the canonical audio_seconds path produces a $0.05 total, isolating the realtime key mismatch.
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Fixed in 6ba0526 — good catch, this one was real. Duration usage now goes into rawData under audio_seconds, the same key HTTP transcription responses use, so applyUsageCosts prices it with the configured PerSecondInput rate (the audio-unit pricing branch is not endpoint-gated, so realtime entries price identically). The duration test now asserts the computed cost: 2.5 s at $0.0001/s => $0.00025.
Whisper-style duration usage from realtime transcription sessions was stored under an ad-hoc duration_seconds key, which the cost calculator does not read, so per-second input pricing never applied and transcription spend was understated. Carry it as the audio_seconds rawData key — the same one HTTP transcription responses use — so applyUsageCosts prices it with the configured PerSecondInput rate. Duration test now asserts the computed cost. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VV48RBH3hiB57Gqf1VK15S
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internal/server/realtime_transcription.go (1)
50-56: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winPreserve malformed nested session fields.
If
session.audio,audio.input, oraudio.input.transcriptionis a non-object,childMapreplaces it with an object. This drops client data and changes a malformed frame before the upstream can reject it.Only create a map when the key is absent. If the key exists with a non-object value, return the original frame. Add regression cases for scalar and array nested values.
As per coding guidelines, add or update tests for behavior changes.
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In `@internal/server/realtime_transcription.go`:
- Around line 50-56: Update childMap to create and assign an empty map only when
key is absent; when the key exists with a non-map value, preserve it and
propagate an indication that the frame is invalid so callers leave the original
frame unchanged. Apply this behavior through the session.audio, audio.input, and
audio.input.transcription nesting paths, and add regression tests covering
scalar and array values.
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A non-object value where the transcription config nests (session.audio, audio.input, input.transcription) marks the frame malformed; forward it unchanged for the upstream to reject instead of overwriting the client's value with an empty object. Null still counts as absent and gets pinned. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VV48RBH3hiB57Gqf1VK15S
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Problem
OpenAI's realtime transcription sessions dial
wss://api.openai.com/v1/realtime?intent=transcriptionand reject amodelquery parameter in that mode:?model=gpt-4o-transcribe→"Model ... is a transcription model and cannot be used as the realtime session model"?intent=transcription&model=...→ also rejectedsession.updatewithtype: "transcription"on a conversation session →"Passing a transcription session update to a realtime session is not allowed"The relay always set
modelon the upstream URL and droppedintent(OpenAIRealtimeURL), so streaming STT could not work through the gateway at all.Fix
Forward the client's
intentquery parameter end to end — handler → router → provider — and when it equalstranscription(case-insensitive), dial the intent-only URL via a newOpenAIRealtimeTranscriptionURL.The requested model keeps doing everything else it does today: routing, model-access checks, rate limits, budget, and usage attribution — it is only omitted from the upstream URL, because in this mode OpenAI selects the transcription model through the client's
session.updateevent (which the relay already passes through verbatim).No behavior change for conversation sessions, attach-by-
call_id, or any other provider (xAI etc. ignore the field).Testing
modelparam leaks), OpenAI provider (intent routing, model-still-required, unknown intents unchanged), router (intent not dropped when re-shaping the request — this was an actual bug found during live testing).api.openai.comthrough the relay: connectedws://localhost:8099/v1/realtime?model=openai/gpt-4o-transcribe&intent=transcription, sent a transcriptionsession.update, streamed 3.2 s of PCM →session.updated, per-wordconversation.item.input_audio_transcription.deltaevents, and the correct final transcript.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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