[OpenAI Agents JS Realtime WebRTC < 0.4.8] first turn ignores instructions/tools because connect() resolved before session.updated; newer versions may fail with 'Connection closed before session conf…

Cause (Maintainer-confirmed cause): Release note 1228138 (0.4.8): connect() previously resolved immediately after sending session config, so 'the server would silently use defaults instead'; it now waits for session.updated. Fix status: released_fix (fixed in @openai/agents-realtime 0.4.8) Misleading approaches: - Rewriting prompts/instructions because the first answer ignores them — config simply was not applied yet. Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor): - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/openai-agents-js/fdaf0a66ca6e9d89498909ad7cf64745630e8afb/packages/agents-realtime/CHANGELOG.md (changelog, unknown, released_fix): 0.4.8 release note 1228138: 'wait for session.updated ack before resolving connect()' — previously audio could flow before instructions, tools, and modalities were applied and the server silently used defaults; now 5-second hard timeout. - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/openai-agents-js/fdaf0a66ca6e9d89498909ad7cf64745630e8afb/packages/agents-realtime/src/openaiRealtimeWebRtc.ts (github_issue, unknown, documented_behavior): Source: connect() waits for the session.updated acknowledgement and fails with Error('Connection closed before session config was acknowledged') if the connection goes away first. Search phrasings: openai realtime webrtc ignores instructions first turn; Connection closed before session config was acknowledged; agents-realtime session.updated race tools not applied Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.