# livekit v1.13.4

- Product: livekit (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/livekit)
- Vendor: livekit
- Date: 2026-07-18
- Version: v1.13.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/livekit/livekit/releases/tag/v1.13.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/livekit/releases/v1.13.4

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- **added** — Add mocking function for SIP dialing methods
- **added** — Add signal tests to test-server
- **added** — Add option to exclude local IPv6 candidates
- **added** — Add a method to get forward stats via API method
- **added** — Add drop-on-close signal test scenario
- **added** — Log soft validation errors
- **added** — Add redaction flag in Job
- **changed** — Implement simpler mock protocol
- **changed** — Make IsConnectionCanceled available at LocalParticipant interface
- **changed** — Update actions/checkout action to v7
- **changed** — Update protocol
- **changed** — Export migration to LocalParticipant interface
- **changed** — Record final RTC state as success/failure
- **changed** — Omit rtx/out-of-order packets from forwarding delay measurement
- **changed** — Move ForwardStats aggregation off the packet forwarding path
- **changed** — Update protocol deps to get parallel exec alloc reduction
- **changed** — Update pion/ice to deal with hang on close
- **changed** — Add more details to unreliable data channel drop error
- **changed** — Record rtc_success prom as soon as RTC connects
- **changed** — Use proto logger to get named enums in the logs
- **fixed** — Bound data-track buffering under downlink congestion (targetLatency)
- **fixed** — Guard against nil TC qdisc stats to prevent SIGSEGV
- **fixed** — Fix goroutine leak from orphaned signal relay streams

###### Added

- added mocking function for SIP dialing methods (#4642)
- Add signal tests to test-server (#4653)
- Add option to exclude local IPv6 candidates. (#4657)
- Add a method to get forward stats via API method. (#4664)
- Add drop-on-close signal test scenario (#4669)
- Log soft validation errors. (#4671)
- add redaction flag in Job (#4650)

###### Changed

- simpler mock protocol (#4641)
- Make IsConnectionCanceled available at LocalParticipant interface. (#4643)
- Update actions/checkout action to v7 (#4646)
- Update protocol. (#4648)
- Export migration to LocalParticipant interface. (#4652)
- Record final RTC state as success/failure. (#4658)
- Omit rtx/out-of-order packets from forwarding delay measurement. (#4659)
- Move ForwardStats aggregation off the packet forwarding path (#4660)
- protocol deps to get parallel exec alloc reduction (#4662)
- Update pion/ice to deal with hang on close. (#4672)
- Add more details to unreliable data channel drop error. (#4673)
- Record `rtc_success` prom as soon as RTC connects. (#4677)
- Use proto logger to get named enums in the logs. (#4679)
- Propagate spreader threshold to RED receivers. (#4683)
- Prefer QDisc.Stats till go-tc addresses QDisc.Stats2 parsing (#4685)
- Bump protocol version to fix call to Validate. (#4686)

###### Fixed

- bound data-track buffering under downlink congestion (targetLatency) (#4667)
- Guard against nil TC qdisc stats to prevent SIGSEGV (#4668)
- Fix goroutine leak from orphaned signal relay streams (#4674)
- don't undercount data channel bitrate over idle gaps (#4676)
- Fix receiver load balance threshold initialization (#4678)
- rtc: guard against nil subscriber in TransportManager.HandleAnswer (#4680)
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 42: Incorrect conversion between integer types (#4684)