WebRTC ICE connection fails immediately (checking → failed) on Python SDK (worked previously)

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Hello all, any help on this issue would be great, I am running out of ideas.

I am encountering consistent WebRTC connection failures using the Python inference-sdk streaming API. This setup previously worked without issue, and no intentional changes were made to my code or network configuration.

The failure occurs during ICE negotiation and never progresses to a stable connection. The session transitions from checking → failed almost immediately.

Another datapoint: I can run this just fine if I am leveraging a local inference server.

This issue persists across:

multiple networks (home LAN, direct router connection, mobile hotspot)
different RTSP sources (including Roboflow demo RTSP)
different configurations (including increased processing_timeout)

At this point, it appears to be either:

a regression in the WebRTC client stack (inference-sdk / aiortc / aioice)
or a backend-side change affecting WebRTC session establishment

Environment

aioice==0.10.2
aiortc==1.14.0
av==14.2.0
inference-sdk==1.2.0
pillow-avif-plugin==1.5.5

Reproducible Code

I am using the code from suggested deployment code from the Roboflow Web interface

from inference_sdk import InferenceHTTPClient
from inference_sdk.webrtc import RTSPSource, StreamConfig

client = InferenceHTTPClient.init(
    api_url="https://serverless.roboflow.com",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

source = RTSPSource("rtsp://demo.roboflow.com:8554")

config = StreamConfig(
    stream_output=[],
    data_output=["predictions"],
    processing_timeout=3600,
    requested_plan="webrtc-gpu-medium",
    requested_region="us"
)

session = client.webrtc.stream(
    source=source,
    workflow="detect-count-and-visualize-4",
    workspace="vigilare-ai",
    image_input="image",
    config=config
)

@session.on_data()
def on_data(data, metadata):
    print("received data")

session.run()```

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