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title: Realtime audio through the AI Gateway
type: new_feature
date: '2026-09-15'
description: >-
  Relay OpenAI Realtime and Gemini Live sessions while recording usage and
  estimated cost in Logfire traces.
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# Realtime audio through the AI Gateway

Connect a realtime client through an AI Gateway provider. Logfire records a session span with the model, duration, close status, cumulative token usage, and estimated cost, plus a child span for each metered response.

Configured input guardrails inspect supported text-bearing frames. Spoken audio itself is not inspected by the realtime guardrail path.

*Where to find it*: choose a realtime model in **Gateway → Connect** for a ready-to-run snippet. See the [AI Gateway guide](https://pydantic.dev/docs/logfire/manage/ai-gateway/).