livekit/livekit · error

not implemented

Error message

not implemented

What it means

Stub error: RoomManager.ForwardParticipant always returns it — the participant-forwarding RPC is declared in the interface but not yet implemented on this server, so any ForwardParticipantRequest is unconditionally rejected.

Source

Thrown at pkg/service/roommanager.go:903

		Attributes: req.Attributes,
	}, true); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if req.Permission != nil {
		participant.GetLogger().Debugw(
			"updating participant permission",
			"permission", req.Permission,
		)

		participant.SetPermission(req.Permission)
	}

	return participant.ToProto(), nil
}

func (r *RoomManager) ForwardParticipant(ctx context.Context, req *livekit.ForwardParticipantRequest) (*livekit.ForwardParticipantResponse, error) {
	return nil, errors.New("not implemented")
}

func (r *RoomManager) MoveParticipant(ctx context.Context, req *livekit.MoveParticipantRequest) (*livekit.MoveParticipantResponse, error) {
	return nil, errors.New("not implemented")
}

func (r *RoomManager) PerformRpc(ctx context.Context, req *livekit.PerformRpcRequest) (*livekit.PerformRpcResponse, error) {
	room := r.GetRoom(ctx, livekit.RoomName(req.GetRoom()))
	if room == nil {
		return nil, ErrRoomNotFound
	}

	participant := room.GetParticipant(livekit.ParticipantIdentity(req.GetDestinationIdentity()))
	if participant == nil {
		return nil, ErrParticipantNotFound
	}

	resultChan := make(chan string, 1)

View on GitHub (pinned to ee45c3f0b1)

Solutions

1. Do not send ForwardParticipantRequest to a server that returns this error
2. Check for a server version that implements participant forwarding
3. Use an alternative mechanism (e.g. participant migration APIs) if available

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/service/roommanager.go:903 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of livekit/livekit@ee45c3f0b1 (2026-09-02). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f5f3c0115c8ab72b. Report an issue: GitHub.