diff --git a/.changeset/metal-hornets-wash.md b/.changeset/metal-hornets-wash.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cc4272c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/metal-hornets-wash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"livekit-plugins-cartesia": patch
+"livekit-plugins-deepgram": patch
+---
+
+fix log warnings & cartesia end of speech
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-cartesia/livekit/plugins/cartesia/tts.py b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-cartesia/livekit/plugins/cartesia/tts.py
index a40210b3b..c98de919d 100644
--- a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-cartesia/livekit/plugins/cartesia/tts.py
+++ b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-cartesia/livekit/plugins/cartesia/tts.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def _new_segment():
 
                     end_pkt = base_pkt.copy()
                     end_pkt["context_id"] = current_segment_id
-                    end_pkt["transcript"] = self._buf
+                    end_pkt["transcript"] = self._buf + " "
                     end_pkt["continue"] = False
                     await ws.send_str(json.dumps(end_pkt))
 
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-deepgram/livekit/plugins/deepgram/stt.py b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-deepgram/livekit/plugins/deepgram/stt.py
index 33cdecd26..5df542325 100644
--- a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-deepgram/livekit/plugins/deepgram/stt.py
+++ b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-deepgram/livekit/plugins/deepgram/stt.py
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ async def _run(self, max_retry: int) -> None:
 
                 await self._run_ws(ws)
             except Exception as e:
+                if self._session.closed:
+                    break
+
                 if retry_count >= max_retry:
                     logger.exception(
                         f"failed to connect to deepgram after {max_retry} tries"