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## Title

    [OpenAI Agents JS Realtime WebRTC] opaque 'Failed to parse SessionDescription' when /realtime/calls returns an error (insufficient_quota, bad ephemeral key) — now 'Realtime call request failed with s…

## Body

    Cause (Maintainer-confirmed cause): Missing response.ok check in the WebRTC transport before treating the body as SDP; fixed by 760ef8e in @openai/agents-realtime 0.13.2.
    
    Fix status: released_fix (fixed in @openai/agents-realtime 0.13.2)
    
    Misleading approaches:
    - Debugging SDP/ICE/codec negotiation — the answer is not SDP at all but a JSON error.
    
    Other error fragments:
    - Realtime call request failed with status
    
    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): 0.13.2 release note (760ef8e): WebRTC transport now checks response.ok on /realtime/calls; previously error bodies (e.g. insufficient_quota, invalid ephemeral key) were passed to setRemoteDescription and surfaced as an opaque 'Failed to parse SessionDescription'.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/openai-agents-js/fdaf0a66ca6e9d89498909ad7cf64745630e8afb/packages/agents-realtime/src/openaiRealtimeWebRtc.ts (github_issue, unknown, documented_behavior): Source comment and throw: non-OK SDP response raises `Realtime call request failed with status ${sdpResponse.status}${detail}`.
    
    Search phrasings: Failed to parse SessionDescription openai realtime; Realtime call request failed with status; openai agents realtime webrtc connect fails insufficient_quota
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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