@framers/agentos 0.1.108 → 0.1.110

package/dist/voice-pipeline/HeuristicEndpointDetector.js

@@ -6,14 +6,30 @@
  * finished speaking. Suitable for low-latency deployments where an LLM-based
  * semantic detector would add unacceptable round-trip overhead.
  *
- * Detection strategy:
- *   1. On `speech_end`, if the accumulated final transcript ends with `.`, `?`, or `!`,
- *      fire `turn_complete` immediately with reason `'punctuation'`.
- *   2. Otherwise, start a silence timer (default 1 500 ms). If speech does not
- *      resume before the timer fires, emit `turn_complete` with reason `'silence_timeout'`.
- *   3. Backchannel phrases (e.g. "uh huh", "yeah") are recognised, suppressed from
- *      accumulation, and re-emitted as `'backchannel_detected'` events so the
- *      pipeline can decide whether to suppress an agent response.
+ * ## Detection strategy
+ *
+ * 1. On `speech_end`, if the accumulated final transcript ends with `.`, `?`,
+ *    or `!`, fire `turn_complete` immediately with reason `'punctuation'`.
+ *    This provides the lowest-latency turn handoff for well-punctuated speech.
+ *
+ * 2. Otherwise, start a silence timer (default 1,500 ms). If speech does not
+ *    resume before the timer fires, emit `turn_complete` with reason
+ *    `'silence_timeout'`. The timeout acts as a safety net for STT providers
+ *    that don't produce terminal punctuation reliably.
+ *
+ * 3. Backchannel phrases (e.g. "uh huh", "yeah") are recognised, suppressed
+ *    from accumulation, and re-emitted as `'backchannel_detected'` events so
+ *    the pipeline can decide whether to suppress an agent response.
+ *
+ * ## Why heuristic over acoustic-only?
+ *
+ * Pure silence timeout adds up to 1.5 s of unnecessary latency on every turn
+ * when the user ends a sentence cleanly. By checking for terminal punctuation,
+ * this detector can fire turn_complete immediately, cutting perceived latency
+ * by more than half for typical conversational speech.
+ *
+ * @see {@link AcousticEndpointDetector} for the purely acoustic alternative.
+ * @see {@link IEndpointDetector} for the interface contract.
  */
 import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -21,15 +37,41 @@ import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /**
  * Default silence duration (ms) after speech stops before firing `turn_complete`.
+ *
+ * 1,500 ms was chosen as a balance between:
+ * - Too short (< 800 ms): Fires mid-sentence when the user pauses to think.
+ * - Too long (> 2,000 ms): Adds noticeable latency, making the agent feel slow.
+ *
+ * This value is consistent with research on conversational turn-taking gaps
+ * (Stivers et al., 2009: modal gap ~200 ms, but STT adds 200-500 ms latency,
+ * and users expect the agent to wait slightly longer than a human would).
  */
 const DEFAULT_SILENCE_TIMEOUT_MS = 1500;
 /**
- * Terminal punctuation characters that signal sentence completion.
+ * Regular expression matching terminal punctuation characters that signal
+ * sentence completion. Only tested against the final character of the
+ * accumulated transcript text.
+ *
+ * We deliberately exclude semicolons, colons, and ellipses because they
+ * rarely indicate turn completion in spoken language.
  */
 const TERMINAL_PUNCTUATION = /[.?!]$/;
 /**
  * Normalised backchannel phrases that indicate the listener is acknowledging
  * but not taking a full conversational turn. Compared after `.trim().toLowerCase()`.
+ *
+ * These 13 phrases were selected because:
+ * - They are the most common English-language backchannel markers in the
+ *   Switchboard and Fisher telephone conversation corpora.
+ * - They are short enough that STT providers reliably produce them as
+ *   standalone final transcripts (longer phrases like "I see" risk being
+ *   part of a larger utterance).
+ * - Including both spellings of common variants (e.g. "mm hmm", "mmhmm",
+ *   "mm-hmm", "mhm") ensures robust matching across STT providers that
+ *   normalise differently.
+ *
+ * The set is intentionally conservative -- adding phrases like "I see" or
+ * "go on" risks false positives when the user is genuinely taking a turn.
  */
 const BACKCHANNEL_PHRASES = new Set([
     'uh huh',
@@ -53,18 +95,25 @@ const BACKCHANNEL_PHRASES = new Set([
  * Heuristic endpoint detector that uses terminal punctuation and a silence
  * timeout to decide when the user's turn is complete.
  *
- * Emits:
- * - `'turn_complete'` ({@link TurnCompleteEvent}) — user turn has ended.
- * - `'backchannel_detected'` (`{ text: string }`) — a backchannel phrase was
- *   recognised; accumulation is suppressed for this utterance.
+ * ## Events emitted
+ *
+ * | Event                    | Payload                  | Description                        |
+ * |--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
+ * | `'turn_complete'`        | {@link TurnCompleteEvent}| User turn has ended.               |
+ * | `'backchannel_detected'` | `{ text: string }`       | Backchannel phrase was recognised.  |
+ *
+ * @see {@link IEndpointDetector} for the interface contract.
+ * @see {@link AcousticEndpointDetector} for the purely acoustic alternative.
  *
  * @example
  * ```typescript
  * const detector = new HeuristicEndpointDetector({ silenceTimeoutMs: 1000 });
  * detector.on('turn_complete', (event) => console.log('Turn done:', event));
+ *
+ * // Simulate a punctuated sentence followed by speech_end
  * detector.pushTranscript({ text: 'Hello there.', isFinal: true, confidence: 0.95, words: [] });
  * detector.pushVadEvent({ type: 'speech_end', timestamp: Date.now(), source: 'vad' });
- * // → 'turn_complete' fires immediately with reason 'punctuation'
+ * // -> 'turn_complete' fires immediately with reason 'punctuation'
  * ```
  */
 export class HeuristicEndpointDetector extends EventEmitter {
@@ -74,80 +123,118 @@ export class HeuristicEndpointDetector extends EventEmitter {
     /**
      * Create a new {@link HeuristicEndpointDetector}.
      *
-     * @param options — Optional configuration overrides.
+     * @param options - Optional configuration overrides.
      */
     constructor(options = {}) {
         super();
         /**
          * Active detection strategy label.
-         * Typed as `'hybrid'` to satisfy {@link IEndpointDetector.mode}; consumers
-         * that need to distinguish heuristic detectors may inspect `instanceof`.
+         * Always `'heuristic'` for this implementation.
+         *
+         * @see {@link IEndpointDetector.mode}
          */
         this.mode = 'heuristic';
-        /** The latest final transcript text accumulated for the current turn. */
+        /**
+         * The latest final transcript text accumulated for the current turn.
+         * Only updated by final (non-interim) transcript events.
+         * Reset to empty string after each `turn_complete` emission.
+         */
         this.accumulatedText = '';
-        /** Whether the VAD currently reports active speech. */
+        /**
+         * Whether the VAD currently reports active speech. Set to `true` on
+         * `speech_start` and `false` on `speech_end`. Used to prevent the
+         * silence timer from starting while the user is still speaking.
+         */
         this.speechActive = false;
-        /** Handle to a pending silence timeout, or `null` if none is running. */
+        /**
+         * Handle to a pending silence timeout, or `null` if none is running.
+         * Cleared when speech resumes or when the detector is reset.
+         */
         this.silenceTimer = null;
-        /** Wall-clock timestamp (ms) when the current turn's speech started. */
+        /**
+         * Wall-clock timestamp (ms) when the current turn's speech started.
+         * Used to compute `durationMs` in the emitted {@link TurnCompleteEvent}.
+         * `null` when no speech has been detected in the current turn.
+         */
         this.turnStartMs = null;
-        /** Confidence of the most recent final transcript. */
+        /**
+         * Confidence of the most recent final transcript. Forwarded into the
+         * emitted {@link TurnCompleteEvent}. Defaults to 1 (perfect confidence)
+         * and is updated with each final transcript event.
+         */
         this.lastConfidence = 1;
         this.silenceTimeoutMs = options.silenceTimeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_SILENCE_TIMEOUT_MS;
     }
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // IEndpointDetector — pushTranscript
+    // IEndpointDetector -- pushTranscript
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
      * Ingest a transcript event from the upstream STT session.
      *
      * Only final events (`isFinal: true`) affect internal state. Interim results
-     * are silently ignored — they may arrive very frequently and their text is
-     * unstable.
+     * are silently ignored because:
+     * 1. They arrive very frequently (10-50 per second) and would trigger
+     *    excessive punctuation checks.
+     * 2. Their text is unstable -- a word ending with "." may be revised in
+     *    the next interim result, causing false turn-completion signals.
      *
-     * If the final text is a recognised backchannel phrase the detector emits
-     * `'backchannel_detected'` and returns without accumulating the text, so that
-     * a subsequent `speech_end` event does not trigger `turn_complete`.
+     * If the final text is a recognised backchannel phrase, the detector emits
+     * `'backchannel_detected'` and returns WITHOUT accumulating the text. This
+     * prevents a subsequent `speech_end` event from triggering `turn_complete`
+     * for what was merely an acknowledgement, not a real conversational turn.
      *
-     * @param transcript — Transcript event from the STT session.
+     * @param transcript - Transcript event from the STT session.
      */
     pushTranscript(transcript) {
         if (!transcript.isFinal) {
-            // Ignore partial/interim hypotheses — they will be superseded.
+            // Ignore partial/interim hypotheses -- they will be superseded by
+            // a subsequent final result or revised interim.
             return;
         }
         const text = transcript.text;
         const normalised = text.trim().toLowerCase();
-        // Detect backchannel acknowledgements before accumulating.
+        // Check for backchannel phrases BEFORE accumulating. This ensures that
+        // "uh huh" followed by speech_end does NOT produce a turn_complete.
         if (BACKCHANNEL_PHRASES.has(normalised)) {
             this.emit('backchannel_detected', { text });
             return;
         }
         // Accumulate the final transcript and store the confidence score.
+        // We overwrite (not append) because each final event from the STT
+        // provider represents the complete hypothesis for the current utterance.
         this.accumulatedText = text;
         this.lastConfidence = transcript.confidence;
     }
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // IEndpointDetector — pushVadEvent
+    // IEndpointDetector -- pushVadEvent
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
      * Ingest a VAD (voice activity detection) event.
      *
-     * - `speech_start`: marks the turn as active and cancels any pending silence
-     *   timer (the user resumed speaking before the timeout elapsed).
-     * - `speech_end`: if accumulated text is available, either fires
-     *   `turn_complete` immediately (punctuation) or starts the silence timer.
-     * - `silence`: heartbeat events are ignored; only explicit `speech_end`
-     *   drives the timeout logic.
+     * Event handling by type:
+     *
+     * - **`speech_start`**: Marks the turn as active and cancels any pending
+     *   silence timer (the user resumed speaking before the timeout elapsed).
+     *   This is critical for avoiding false turn-completion when the user
+     *   takes a brief pause mid-sentence.
+     *
+     * - **`speech_end`**: If accumulated text is available, either fires
+     *   `turn_complete` immediately (when text ends with terminal punctuation)
+     *   or starts the silence timer (when no punctuation is detected).
+     *
+     * - **`silence`**: Periodic heartbeat events are ignored. The silence timer
+     *   (started on `speech_end`) already handles delayed turn-completion
+     *   independently of heartbeat cadence.
      *
-     * @param event — VAD transition event.
+     * @param event - VAD transition event.
      */
     pushVadEvent(event) {
         switch (event.type) {
             case 'speech_start': {
                 this.speechActive = true;
+                // Cancel any pending silence timer -- the user is speaking again
                 this._clearSilenceTimer();
+                // Record turn start only once (first speech_start in this turn)
                 if (this.turnStartMs === null) {
                     this.turnStartMs = event.timestamp;
                 }
@@ -156,33 +243,41 @@ export class HeuristicEndpointDetector extends EventEmitter {
             case 'speech_end': {
                 this.speechActive = false;
                 if (!this.accumulatedText) {
-                    // Nothing to flush — no transcript arrived yet.
+                    // No transcript has arrived yet -- nothing to flush.
+                    // This can happen when the VAD detects a very short burst of
+                    // noise that doesn't produce any STT output.
                     break;
                 }
                 if (TERMINAL_PUNCTUATION.test(this.accumulatedText)) {
-                    // Sentence-terminal punctuation → fire immediately.
+                    // Sentence-terminal punctuation detected -> fire immediately.
+                    // This is the fast path that eliminates the 1.5 s silence wait.
                     this._emitTurnComplete('punctuation', event.timestamp);
                 }
                 else {
-                    // No punctuation → wait for silence timeout.
+                    // No terminal punctuation -> start the silence timer.
+                    // If the user doesn't resume speaking within silenceTimeoutMs,
+                    // we'll fire turn_complete with reason 'silence_timeout'.
                     this._startSilenceTimer(event.timestamp);
                 }
                 break;
             }
             case 'silence': {
-                // Periodic heartbeat — no action required; the silence timer already
-                // handles the delayed fire if one is pending.
+                // Periodic heartbeat -- no action required. The silence timer
+                // (if running) handles delayed turn-completion independently.
                 break;
             }
         }
     }
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // IEndpointDetector — reset
+    // IEndpointDetector -- reset
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
      * Reset all internal state, cancel pending timers, and prepare the detector
-     * for the next user turn. Should be called by the pipeline after each
-     * `turn_complete` event before audio for the next turn begins to arrive.
+     * for the next user turn.
+     *
+     * Called by the pipeline after each `turn_complete` event (both internally
+     * and by the orchestrator's flush_complete handler) to ensure clean state
+     * before audio for the next turn begins to arrive.
      */
     reset() {
         this._clearSilenceTimer();
@@ -198,11 +293,17 @@ export class HeuristicEndpointDetector extends EventEmitter {
      * Emit `turn_complete` with the currently accumulated transcript and then
      * reset internal state so the detector is ready for the next turn.
      *
-     * @param reason — The semantic reason driving this completion.
-     * @param speechEndTimestamp — Unix epoch ms timestamp of the `speech_end` event,
-     *   used to compute `durationMs`.
+     * The reset happens BEFORE the emit to ensure that any re-entrant listeners
+     * (e.g. an endpoint detector handler that immediately calls pushVadEvent)
+     * see clean state.
+     *
+     * @param reason - The semantic reason driving this completion.
+     * @param speechEndTimestamp - Unix epoch ms timestamp of the `speech_end` event,
+     *   used to compute `durationMs` as `speechEndTimestamp - turnStartMs`.
      */
     _emitTurnComplete(reason, speechEndTimestamp) {
+        // Compute speech duration. Falls back to 0 if no speech_start was recorded
+        // (defensive: should not happen in normal operation).
         const durationMs = this.turnStartMs !== null ? speechEndTimestamp - this.turnStartMs : 0;
         const event = {
             transcript: this.accumulatedText,
@@ -216,9 +317,14 @@ export class HeuristicEndpointDetector extends EventEmitter {
     }
     /**
      * Start the silence-timeout timer. If the user does not resume speaking
-     * within {@link silenceTimeoutMs} ms the detector fires `turn_complete`.
+     * within {@link silenceTimeoutMs} ms, the detector fires `turn_complete`
+     * with reason `'silence_timeout'`.
+     *
+     * Any previously running silence timer is cleared first to prevent
+     * double-fires from rapid speech_end -> speech_start -> speech_end sequences.
      *
-     * @param speechEndTimestamp — Timestamp passed through to `_emitTurnComplete`.
+     * @param speechEndTimestamp - Timestamp passed through to {@link _emitTurnComplete}
+     *   for duration calculation.
      */
     _startSilenceTimer(speechEndTimestamp) {
         this._clearSilenceTimer();
@@ -229,6 +335,7 @@ export class HeuristicEndpointDetector extends EventEmitter {
     }
     /**
      * Cancel a pending silence timer without any side effects.
+     * Safe to call when no timer is active (no-op).
      */
     _clearSilenceTimer() {
         if (this.silenceTimer !== null) {

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package/dist/voice-pipeline/SoftFadeBargeinHandler.d.ts

@@ -1,36 +1,91 @@
 /**
  * @module voice-pipeline/SoftFadeBargeinHandler
  *
- * Implements a three-tier soft-fade barge-in policy.
+ * Implements a three-tier soft-fade barge-in policy that maps detected speech
+ * duration to one of three actions: ignore, pause (with fade-out), or cancel.
  *
- * Very short speech detections (< `ignoreMs`) are dismissed as noise.
- * Medium-length detections trigger a fade-out pause so the user can speak
- * without an abrupt cut. Long detections (>= `cancelMs`) stop playback
- * outright and inject a conversation marker.
+ * ## Three-tier logic
+ *
+ * The handler divides the speech duration axis into three regions:
+ *
+ * ```
+ *   0 ms                ignoreMs              cancelMs
+ *   |-------- ignore --------|-------- pause --------|-------- cancel -------->
+ *          (noise)              (fade-out)              (hard stop)
+ * ```
+ *
+ * | Region                          | Action   | Rationale                                     |
+ * |---------------------------------|----------|-----------------------------------------------|
+ * | `speechDurationMs < ignoreMs`   | `ignore` | Too short to be intentional (noise, breath).  |
+ * | `ignoreMs <= speech < cancelMs` | `pause`  | Probably intentional; fade out gracefully.     |
+ * | `speechDurationMs >= cancelMs`  | `cancel` | Definitely intentional; stop immediately.      |
+ *
+ * ## Configurable thresholds
+ *
+ * - **`ignoreMs`** (default 100 ms): The noise floor. Anything shorter than
+ *   this is dismissed. Set lower in quiet environments, higher in noisy ones.
+ *
+ * - **`cancelMs`** (default 2,000 ms): The hard-stop ceiling. By this point,
+ *   the user has clearly been speaking for a while and wants to take over.
+ *   The pipeline should stop TTS immediately rather than fading.
+ *
+ * - **`fadeMs`** (default 200 ms): The duration of the audio fade-out applied
+ *   during a `'pause'` action. Shorter fades (100 ms) feel snappier; longer
+ *   fades (300+ ms) feel smoother but delay the user's ability to be heard.
+ *
+ * ## When to use soft-fade vs hard-cut
+ *
+ * Soft-fade is preferred when:
+ * - The environment is noisy and false barge-in detections are common.
+ * - The conversation is measured/educational and abrupt cuts feel jarring.
+ * - The TTS voice has long trailing prosody that benefits from a fade.
+ *
+ * Use {@link HardCutBargeinHandler} when:
+ * - The conversation is fast-paced (customer support, command interfaces).
+ * - Audio quality is high and false positives are rare.
+ * - Minimal interruption latency is critical.
+ *
+ * @see {@link HardCutBargeinHandler} for the binary hard-cut alternative.
+ * @see {@link IBargeinHandler} for the interface contract.
  */
 import type { BargeinAction, BargeinContext, IBargeinHandler } from './types.js';
 /**
  * Construction options for {@link SoftFadeBargeinHandler}.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```typescript
+ * const handler = new SoftFadeBargeinHandler({
+ *   ignoreMs: 80,
+ *   cancelMs: 1500,
+ *   fadeMs: 150,
+ * });
+ * ```
  */
 export interface SoftFadeBargeinHandlerOptions {
     /**
      * Speech duration threshold in milliseconds below which the barge-in is
-     * treated as accidental noise and ignored.
+     * treated as accidental noise and ignored. This is the lower boundary
+     * of the "pause" region.
      *
      * @defaultValue 100
      */
     ignoreMs?: number;
     /**
      * Speech duration threshold in milliseconds at or above which the barge-in
-     * triggers an immediate cancel rather than a fade-out pause. Must be greater
-     * than `ignoreMs` for the fade region to exist.
+     * triggers an immediate cancel rather than a fade-out pause. This is the
+     * upper boundary of the "pause" region. Must be greater than {@link ignoreMs}
+     * for the pause (fade) region to exist.
      *
      * @defaultValue 2000
      */
     cancelMs?: number;
     /**
      * Duration of the TTS fade-out in milliseconds applied when the speech
-     * duration falls in the range `[ignoreMs, cancelMs)`.
+     * duration falls in the "pause" range `[ignoreMs, cancelMs)`.
+     *
+     * The fade-out is applied client-side; the server sends a `{ type: 'pause', fadeMs }`
+     * control message and the client's audio player reduces volume linearly
+     * over this duration.
      *
      * @defaultValue 200
      */
@@ -39,38 +94,40 @@ export interface SoftFadeBargeinHandlerOptions {
 /**
  * Barge-in handler that applies a three-tier soft-fade strategy.
  *
- * The handler maps the confirmed speech duration to one of three actions:
+ * The handler is stateless -- each {@link handleBargein} call is evaluated
+ * independently with no memory of previous barge-in events.
  *
- * | Speech duration          | Action                                      |
- * |--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
- * | `< ignoreMs`             | `ignore` — noise, continue TTS uninterrupted |
- * | `>= ignoreMs < cancelMs` | `pause` with `fadeMs` fade-out               |
- * | `>= cancelMs`            | `cancel` with `'[interrupted]'` marker       |
+ * @see {@link IBargeinHandler} for the interface contract.
+ * @see {@link HardCutBargeinHandler} for the binary hard-cut alternative.
  *
  * @example
- * ```ts
+ * ```typescript
  * const handler = new SoftFadeBargeinHandler({ ignoreMs: 80, cancelMs: 1500, fadeMs: 150 });
- * handler.handleBargein({ speechDurationMs: 500, ... }); // { type: 'pause', fadeMs: 150 }
- * handler.handleBargein({ speechDurationMs: 1600, ... }); // { type: 'cancel', injectMarker: '[interrupted]' }
- * handler.handleBargein({ speechDurationMs: 30, ... });  // { type: 'ignore' }
+ *
+ * handler.handleBargein({ speechDurationMs: 30, ... });   // -> { type: 'ignore' }
+ * handler.handleBargein({ speechDurationMs: 500, ... });  // -> { type: 'pause', fadeMs: 150 }
+ * handler.handleBargein({ speechDurationMs: 1600, ... }); // -> { type: 'cancel', injectMarker: '[interrupted]' }
  * ```
  */
 export declare class SoftFadeBargeinHandler implements IBargeinHandler {
     /**
      * The interruption strategy implemented by this handler.
-     * Always `'soft-fade'`.
+     * Always `'soft-fade'` -- TTS audio is faded out over a configurable window.
      */
     readonly mode: "soft-fade";
     /**
      * Speech duration below which the barge-in is dismissed as noise.
+     * @see {@link SoftFadeBargeinHandlerOptions.ignoreMs}
      */
     private readonly ignoreMs;
     /**
      * Speech duration at or above which the barge-in escalates to a full cancel.
+     * @see {@link SoftFadeBargeinHandlerOptions.cancelMs}
      */
     private readonly cancelMs;
     /**
      * Duration of the TTS audio fade-out applied during a `'pause'` action.
+     * @see {@link SoftFadeBargeinHandlerOptions.fadeMs}
      */
     private readonly fadeMs;
     /**
@@ -84,12 +141,20 @@ export declare class SoftFadeBargeinHandler implements IBargeinHandler {
      * Evaluate the barge-in context and return the pipeline action.
      *
      * Decision tree (evaluated in order):
-     * 1. `speechDurationMs < ignoreMs` → `{ type: 'ignore' }`
-     * 2. `speechDurationMs >= cancelMs` → `{ type: 'cancel', injectMarker: '[interrupted]' }`
-     * 3. Otherwise → `{ type: 'pause', fadeMs }`
+     *
+     * 1. `speechDurationMs < ignoreMs` -> `{ type: 'ignore' }`
+     *    Too short to be intentional. Likely a lip smack, breath, or noise burst.
+     *
+     * 2. `speechDurationMs >= cancelMs` -> `{ type: 'cancel', injectMarker: '[interrupted]' }`
+     *    The user has been speaking long enough that they clearly want to take over.
+     *    Stop TTS immediately and mark the conversation as interrupted.
+     *
+     * 3. Otherwise (ignoreMs <= speech < cancelMs) -> `{ type: 'pause', fadeMs }`
+     *    Probably intentional but not yet certain. Fade out TTS gracefully so the
+     *    user can be heard. If the speech stops, the pipeline can resume playback.
      *
      * @param context - Snapshot of the barge-in state at the moment of detection.
-     * @returns The pipeline action to execute.
+     * @returns The pipeline action to execute. Always synchronous (no Promise).
      */
     handleBargein(context: BargeinContext): BargeinAction;
 }

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