Add first interim STT latency metric - #6535
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| elif ev.type == stt.SpeechEventType.INTERIM_TRANSCRIPT: | ||
| if self._first_interim_time is None and self._speech_start_time is not None: |
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This marks an interim as received before checking that it contains any text. Deepgram v1 forwards non-final Results even when alt["transcript"] is empty, so the first blank result wins the timestamp and the metric no longer measures first transcript latency; gate this on ev.alternatives[0].text.
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closes #6533 — STT time-to-first-partial metric (#6533)
Summary
Adds
first_interim_delay: the elapsed time from VAD detecting speech onset to the first interim (partial) STTtranscript for a user turn.
The metric is:
EOUMetricslk.agents.turn.first_interim_delayOpenTelemetry histogramA missing interim transcript is represented as unavailable in the turn report and
0.0in the existingEOUMetricsevent convention.
Tests