From 06bfe9f3f151c0f16d88e6ff3447f2cd04bae178 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Denys Smirnov <denys@livekit.io>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 17:49:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Relax SIP codec validation.

Allow omitting codec sample rate. SIP server already sets it to a default value, if missing.
---
 .changeset/sip-codec-validation.md | 5 +++++
 livekit/sip.go                     | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/sip-codec-validation.md

diff --git a/.changeset/sip-codec-validation.md b/.changeset/sip-codec-validation.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88f4b27e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sip-codec-validation.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"github.com/livekit/protocol": patch
+---
+
+Relax SIP codec validation.
diff --git a/livekit/sip.go b/livekit/sip.go
index 256aa78fe..454bf00ae 100644
--- a/livekit/sip.go
+++ b/livekit/sip.go
@@ -1064,9 +1064,6 @@ func (p *SIPCodec) Validate() error {
 	if strings.Contains(p.Name, "/") {
 		return errors.New("codec name must not contain '/'")
 	}
-	if p.Rate == 0 {
-		return errors.New("invalid codec sample rate")
-	}
 	return nil
 }