Changelog

We have added Armenian as a new Nova-3 language and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages. These updates expand language coverage and enhance transcription quality for both batch and streaming workloads.

We have released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for the following languages. These updates enhance transcription quality and accuracy for both batch and streaming workloads.

🌏 Nova-3 monolingual models now support Punjabi and Nepali with the following language codes:

• Punjabi: pa, pa-IN
• Nepali: ne

Batch and streaming models are both available for these languages.

Access this model by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.

We have released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for the following languages. These updates enhance transcription quality and accuracy for both batch and streaming workloads.

UpdateListen: switch model and language mid-session

UpdateListen now accepts model and language changes, so you can switch speech-to-text models and languages without restarting the session. Previously the provider identity had to match the current session.

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{
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  "type": "UpdateListen",
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  "listen": {
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    "provider": {
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      "type": "deepgram",
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      "version": "v1",

Deepgram Self-Hosted July 2026 Release (260728)

Container Images (release 260728)

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260728

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:1.192.12-1

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:release-260728

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:3.123.0-1

  • Minimum required NVIDIA driver version: >=570.172.08

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:release-260728

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:1.13.2

We have released new Nova-3 monolingual models for the following languages. These additions expand language coverage for both batch and streaming workloads.

🆕 Numeral Formatting for Flux

Flux now supports the numerals feature, which converts numbers from written format to numerical format (for example, “nine hundred” becomes “900”). Numerals are available on both Flux models:

• Flux English (model=flux-general-en) — full numeral formatting.
• Flux Multilingual (model=flux-general-multi) — numeral formatting for English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, and Dutch. Numeral formatting is not currently supported for Hindi or Japanese.

We have released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for the following languages. These updates enhance transcription quality and accuracy for both batch and streaming workloads.

Deepgram Self-Hosted July 2026 Release (260714)

Container Images (release 260714)

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260714

  • Equivalent image to:
    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:1.192.5-1

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:release-260714

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:3.119.1-3

  • Minimum required NVIDIA driver version: >=570.172.08

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:release-260714

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:1.10.2

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:release-260714

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:1.13.1

InjectAgentMessage: behavior field and new interrupt mode

The InjectAgentMessage message now accepts a behavior field that controls how an injected message interacts with any in-progress user or agent turn. The default and queue behaviors were previously documented; the new interrupt behavior is introduced with this release.

🆕 Word-Level Timestamps Now Available in Flux

Flux now includes word-level timestamps in its responses. Each word in the words array carries start and end times (type double) alongside the existing word and confidence values.

Example response:

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{
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  "event": "EndOfTurn",
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  "turn_index": 0,
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  "transcript": "Hello, how can I help you?",
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  "words": [
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    {

claude-sonnet-5 is now available as a managed Anthropic LLM in the Voice Agent API. This Advanced tier model delivers improved reasoning and conversational quality for your voice agents.

Set the model in your agent configuration:

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{
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  "agent": {
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    "think": {
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      "provider": {
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        "type": "anthropic",
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        "model": "claude-sonnet-5",

Deepgram Self-Hosted June 2026 Release (260630)

Container Images (release 260630)

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260630

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:1.192.3-1

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:release-260630

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:3.119.1-1

  • Minimum required NVIDIA driver version: >=570.172.08

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:release-260630

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:1.10.1-2

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:release-260630

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:1.13.0

🆕 Redaction: Expanded Language Coverage & Flux Support

• Number redaction (numbers, true, aggressive_numbers) now supports these languages on the Hosted API: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, German (Swiss), Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
• On multilingual models, number redaction applies the correct rules to each detected language within a transcript.
• Entity redaction (pci, pii, phi, or specific entities) remains English-only. Number redaction on non-English redacts only numerals.
• Number redaction (numbers and aggressive_numbers) is now available on the Flux API (/v2/listen), for both flux-general-en and flux-general-multi. Entity types and redaction groups (pci, pii, phi, and specific entities) are not supported on Flux at this time; requesting them returns a 400 error.

Australia Endpoint Now Generally Available

The Deepgram Australia endpoint (api.au.deepgram.com) is now generally available for customers requiring data processing within Australia.

Supported APIs

The Australia endpoint supports the following Deepgram APIs:

You can now update the Listen configuration during a conversation without restarting the session. Send an UpdateListen message to tune:

• eot_threshold — end-of-turn confidence threshold
• eager_eot_threshold — eager end-of-turn confidence threshold
• eot_timeout_ms — hard timeout for turn completion
• keyterms — keyword boost list
• language_hints — language bias for multilingual models

Deepgram Self-Hosted June 2026 Release (260611)

Container Images (release 260611)

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260611

  • Equivalent image to:
    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:1.191.0-1

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:release-260611

  • Equivalent image to:

    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:3.118.0-1

  • Minimum required NVIDIA driver version: >=570.172.08

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:release-260611

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:1.10.1-1

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:release-260611

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:1.13.0

🆕 Improved Nova-3 Medical Batch Model Released

We’ve released an upgraded Nova-3 Medical batch model with improved medical term recognition.

Key Improvements:

• Expands the model’s medical vocabulary with new medical terms
• Boosts medical term recognition to 97.20% KRR
• Maintains WER parity with no observed regression on common or conversational terms

Deepgram Self-Hosted May 2026 Release (260528)

Container Images (release 260528)

• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260528

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:1.188.1

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    • quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:3.117.0

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• quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:release-260528

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