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OpenAI voice agent reveals hidden bugs in real-world use

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A developer shared insights into unexpected bugs encountered while running a voice agent on OpenAI's Realtime API. These issues, including the agent repeating its system prompt, ignoring explicit call-ending commands, and providing inaccurate time information, were not caught by standard testing methods. The developer detailed fixes such as preventing the agent from confirming user input resembling system instructions, treating any negative response to a closing check as a definitive end, and ensuring injected time values are presented verbatim. AI

IMPACT Highlights the challenges of deploying AI agents in real-world scenarios and the importance of production log analysis for bug detection.

RANK_REASON Developer shares practical insights on using a specific API, detailing bugs and fixes.

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OpenAI voice agent reveals hidden bugs in real-world use

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/authentic_developer ·

    Shipped a voice agent on the Realtime API. Went through production call logs and found 7 behavioral bugs that no amount of scripted testing would have caught

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Been running a voice agent on the Realtime API in production for a few months, business use case, not consumer-facing. This week I sat down and read through a batch of live call transcripts hunting for weird behavior instead of relying on eval sc…

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