---
title: "Deepgram Over-limit keyterm updates stop transcription: 2026-10-08 | Harbyn"
description: "Deepgram Over-limit keyterm updates stop transcription, announced Oct 8, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/deepgram/2026-10-08-correction-over-limit-configure-keyterm-updates-on-v1-listen"
last-updated: 2026-10-09
---

# Deepgram Over-limit keyterm updates stop transcription

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/deepgram/2026-10-08-correction-over-limit-configure-keyterm-updates-on-v1-listen>.

Behavior change - Deepgram. medium severity. In effect.

On /v1/listen, a Configure message with keyterms exceeding the 500-token limit stops transcription without returning an Error. After about 30 seconds, the server closes the stream with 1011 (NET-0000).

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Deepgram](https://harbyn.com/vendors/deepgram.md) |
| Kind | Behavior change |
| Severity | medium |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Deepgram, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://developers.deepgram.com/changelog.md> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-09 13:28 UTC, sha256 `8b7f6ea2be74740689206cdbc6a8922f805849476b2ca02002dcaacf91106a0e`)

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