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EgressInfo.fileResults is empty on egress completion - result.file (deprecated) still required to get file location #625

@Tanmay-Deshmukh-Neon

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@Tanmay-Deshmukh-Neon

Select which package(s) are affected

livekit-server-sdk

Describe the bug

When polling listEgress() after a file egress completes, EgressInfo.fileResults (the non-deprecated replacement for result.file) is always an empty array even when status === EGRESS_COMPLETE. The only way to retrieve the output file location is via the deprecated result.file field (egress.result.value.location).

The @livekit/protocol types mark EgressInfo.result (cases file, stream, segments) as @deprecated in favour of fileResults, streamResults, and segmentResults respectively, but fileResults is never populated, making the migration impossible in practice.

Reproduction

const egresses = await egressClient.listEgress({ roomName });
const egress = egresses[0];

console.log(egress.status);       // EgressStatus.EGRESS_COMPLETE
console.log(egress.fileResults);  // [] — always empty
console.log(egress.result);       // { case: 'file', value: { location: 's3://...', ... } }

Polling until EGRESS_COMPLETE and checking fileResults.length > 0 will never resolve. Using egress.result?.case === 'file' and reading egress.result.value.location works, despite being deprecated.

Logs

EgressInfo {
  egressId: 'EG_zVMHov2jXiFC',
  roomId: 'RM_igGNyycjLFf9',
  roomName: 'room-e1574719-d2ef-4c73-a508-a7730ebb439f',
  sourceType: 0,
  status: 3,
  startedAt: 1773081804987396000n,
  endedAt: 1773081840286217000n,
  updatedAt: 1773081840286217000n,
  details: 'End reason: Source closed',
  error: '',
  errorCode: 0,
  request: {
    case: 'roomComposite',
    value: RoomCompositeEgressRequest {
      roomName: 'room-e1574719-d2ef-4c73-a508-a7730ebb439f',
      layout: '',
      audioOnly: true,
      audioMixing: 0,
      videoOnly: false,
      customBaseUrl: '',
      output: [Object],
      options: [Object],
      fileOutputs: [Array],
      streamOutputs: [],
      segmentOutputs: [],
      imageOutputs: [],
      webhooks: []
    }
  },
  result: {
    case: 'file',
    value: FileInfo {
      filename: 'path/file.ogg',
      startedAt: 1773081806034656368n,
      endedAt: 1773081839923884232n,
      duration: 33889227864n,
      size: 362298n,
      location: '{s3link}/file.ogg'
    }
  },
  streamResults: [],
  fileResults: [],
  segmentResults: [],
  imageResults: [],
  manifestLocation: '{s3bucketlink}/EG_zVMHov2jXiFC.json',
  backupStorageUsed: false
}

System Info

System:
    OS: macOS 26.3.1
    CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M5
    Memory: 64.94 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 22.21.1 - /Users/tanmaydeshmukh/.nvm/versions/node/v22.21.1/bin/node
    npm: 10.9.4 - /Users/tanmaydeshmukh/.nvm/versions/node/v22.21.1/bin/npm
  npmPackages:
    @livekit/agents: 1.0.43 => 1.0.43
    @livekit/agents-plugin-cartesia: 1.0.43 => 1.0.43
    @livekit/agents-plugin-deepgram: 1.0.43 => 1.0.43
    @livekit/agents-plugin-openai: 1.0.43 => 1.0.43
    @livekit/agents-plugin-silero: 1.0.43 => 1.0.43
    livekit-server-sdk: 2.15.0 => 2.15.0

LiveKit server version

LiveKit cloud

Severity

annoyance

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