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title: "Can an OpenAI Realtime session recover cleanly after a network drop?"  
description: "Can an OpenAI Realtime session recover cleanly after a network drop?"  
author: "Khoa Vu"  
published: 2026-10-21  
updated: 2026-10-21  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162615/can-an-openai-realtime-session-recover-cleanly-after-a-network-drop  
category: "OpenAI Realtime API"  
tags: ["OpenAI", "Realtime API", "Voice apps", "API connections"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can an OpenAI Realtime session recover cleanly after a network drop?

I’m building a voice feature with the OpenAI Realtime API, and I’m unsure what the client should do if the connection drops mid-conversation. Is there a supported way to resume the same session, or should I start a new one and send back the recent context?

I’m especially interested in avoiding duplicate audio or tool actions when reconnecting. If you’ve handled this in a real app, what state did you keep on the client, and what did you let the server own?


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Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162615/can-an-openai-realtime-session-recover-cleanly-after-a-network-drop

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