diff --git a/dev-python/livekit-api/Manifest b/dev-python/livekit-api/Manifest
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+DIST livekit-api-1.2.1.gh.tar.gz 1194677 BLAKE2B f8a508ac07186f01c935e15dffd1cbe1ea75aac373d44a09c243e83a3bf06f513af61cfb3129b0b9ae6df878df3d4b661545fc865e05e00319aaa6bd5f78ec85 SHA512 1ab703371b19f92f29bfb6d8887dedb35eee1431d45390427ecdf4d7e1a880f42cd0c38fc29af3e472e764e4feb571e6d6c9da3248f95d738f953f858e9bf506
diff --git a/dev-python/livekit-api/livekit-api-1.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/livekit-api/livekit-api-1.2.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="LiveKit real-time and server SDKs for Python"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/
+	https://pypi.org/project/livekit-api/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/livekit/python-sdks/archive/api-v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+
+MY_TOPDIR="${WORKDIR}/python-sdks-api-v${PV}"
+S="${MY_TOPDIR}/livekit-api"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/pyjwt-2.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/aiohttp-3.9.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/protobuf-4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/types-protobuf-4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/livekit-protocol-1.1.27[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		${RDEPEND}
+		media-video/livekit[test-server] )"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
+	# This is a different subproject this package isn't installing
+	tests/rtc/ )
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	# fails
+	tests/api/test_livekitapi.py::test_sip_busy )
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	cd "${MY_TOPDIR}"
+
+	# Tests expect a running LiveKit mock server
+	exec 3< <(livekit-test-server)
+	local lk_pid=$!
+
+	# Wait until it's ready
+	while IFS= read -r line <&3; do
+		echo "$line"
+		[[ "$line" =~ "region-3 listening" ]] && break
+	done
+	cat <&3 &
+
+	nonfatal epytest
+	local epytest_result=$?
+
+	kill -INT $lk_pid
+	wait $lk_pid
+
+	(( epytest_result == 0 )) || die "pytest failed with ${EPYTHON}"
+}
diff --git a/dev-python/livekit-api/metadata.xml b/dev-python/livekit-api/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<name>Katalin Rebhan</name>
+		<email>kat@knifepoint.net</email>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">livekit-api</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">livekit/python-sdks</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>