diff --git a/.changeset/preserve-llm-response-telemetry.md b/.changeset/preserve-llm-response-telemetry.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57992201f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/preserve-llm-response-telemetry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@livekit/agents': patch
+---
+
+Preserve partial LLM response telemetry and generated function calls on every inference exit path.
diff --git a/agents/src/voice/generation.ts b/agents/src/voice/generation.ts
index 3d6a4c831..f19e2e47d 100644
--- a/agents/src/voice/generation.ts
+++ b/agents/src/voice/generation.ts
@@ -585,11 +585,6 @@ export function performLLMInference(
         // No need to check if chunk is of type other than ChatChunk or string like in
         // Python since chunk is defined in the type ChatChunk | string in TypeScript
       }
-
-      span.setAttribute(traceTypes.ATTR_RESPONSE_TEXT, data.generatedText);
-      if (data.ttft !== undefined) {
-        span.setAttribute(traceTypes.ATTR_RESPONSE_TTFT, data.ttft);
-      }
     } catch (error) {
       if (error instanceof DOMException && error.name === 'AbortError') {
         // Abort signal was triggered, handle gracefully
@@ -599,6 +594,21 @@ export function performLLMInference(
       logger.error({ error }, 'error in llm node');
       throw error;
     } finally {
+      span.setAttribute(traceTypes.ATTR_RESPONSE_TEXT, data.generatedText);
+      span.setAttribute(
+        traceTypes.ATTR_RESPONSE_FUNCTION_CALLS,
+        JSON.stringify(
+          data.generatedToolCalls.map(({ id, callId, name, args }) => ({
+            id,
+            call_id: callId,
+            name,
+            arguments: args,
+          })),
+        ),
+      );
+      if (data.ttft !== undefined) {
+        span.setAttribute(traceTypes.ATTR_RESPONSE_TTFT, data.ttft);
+      }
       llmStreamReader?.releaseLock();
       await llmStream?.cancel();
       await textWriter.close();
diff --git a/agents/src/voice/generation_telemetry.test.ts b/agents/src/voice/generation_telemetry.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7260662b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/src/voice/generation_telemetry.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 LiveKit, Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import {
+  InMemorySpanExporter,
+  type ReadableSpan,
+  SimpleSpanProcessor,
+} from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base';
+import { NodeTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node';
+import { ReadableStream } from 'node:stream/web';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { ChatContext, FunctionCall } from '../llm/chat_context.js';
+import type { ChatChunk } from '../llm/llm.js';
+import { ToolContext } from '../llm/tool_context.js';
+import { initializeLogger } from '../log.js';
+import { setTracerProvider, traceTypes } from '../telemetry/index.js';
+import { isFlushSentinel } from '../types.js';
+import type { ModelSettings } from './agent.js';
+import { type _LLMGenerationData, performLLMInference } from './generation.js';
+import type { LLMNode } from './io.js';
+
+function setupInMemoryTracing() {
+  const exporter = new InMemorySpanExporter();
+  const provider = new NodeTracerProvider();
+  provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
+  provider.register();
+  setTracerProvider(provider);
+  return { exporter, provider };
+}
+
+function spanByName(spans: ReadableSpan[], name: string) {
+  return spans.find((s) => s.name === name);
+}
+
+const modelSettings: ModelSettings = {};
+
+function createFunctionCallChunk(): ChatChunk {
+  return {
+    id: 'chunk-1',
+    delta: {
+      role: 'assistant',
+      toolCalls: [
+        FunctionCall.create({
+          callId: 'provider-call-id',
+          name: 'lookup_weather',
+          args: '{"city":"Paris"}',
+        }),
+      ],
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+async function drainGenerationStreams(data: _LLMGenerationData) {
+  const textReader = data.textStream.getReader();
+  const toolCallReader = data.toolCallStream.getReader();
+
+  const textParts: string[] = [];
+  const toolCalls: FunctionCall[] = [];
+
+  await Promise.all([
+    (async () => {
+      while (true) {
+        const { done, value } = await textReader.read();
+        if (done) break;
+        if (typeof value === 'string') {
+          textParts.push(value);
+        } else if (!isFlushSentinel(value)) {
+          throw new Error(`unexpected text stream chunk: ${String(value)}`);
+        }
+      }
+    })(),
+    (async () => {
+      while (true) {
+        const { done, value } = await toolCallReader.read();
+        if (done) break;
+        toolCalls.push(value);
+      }
+    })(),
+  ]);
+
+  return { text: textParts.join(''), toolCalls };
+}
+
+function expectFunctionCallTelemetry(span: ReadableSpan) {
+  expect(span.attributes[traceTypes.ATTR_RESPONSE_TEXT]).toBe('partial response');
+  expect(span.attributes[traceTypes.ATTR_RESPONSE_TTFT]).toEqual(expect.any(Number));
+  expect(span.attributes[traceTypes.ATTR_RESPONSE_FUNCTION_CALLS]).toBeDefined();
+  expect(JSON.parse(String(span.attributes[traceTypes.ATTR_RESPONSE_FUNCTION_CALLS]))).toEqual([
+    {
+      id: expect.stringMatching(/\/fnc_0$/),
+      call_id: 'provider-call-id',
+      name: 'lookup_weather',
+      arguments: '{"city":"Paris"}',
+    },
+  ]);
+}
+
+describe('performLLMInference response telemetry', () => {
+  initializeLogger({ pretty: false, level: 'silent' });
+
+  let provider: NodeTracerProvider;
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await provider?.shutdown();
+  });
+
+  it('records text, TTFT, and function calls on a completed stream', async () => {
+    const { exporter, provider: testProvider } = setupInMemoryTracing();
+    provider = testProvider;
+
+    const llmNode: LLMNode = async () =>
+      new ReadableStream<ChatChunk | string>({
+        start(controller) {
+          controller.enqueue('partial response');
+          controller.enqueue(createFunctionCallChunk());
+          controller.close();
+        },
+      });
+
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const [task, data] = performLLMInference(
+      llmNode,
+      ChatContext.empty(),
+      ToolContext.empty(),
+      modelSettings,
+      controller,
+    );
+
+    const [, drained] = await Promise.all([task.result, drainGenerationStreams(data)]);
+
+    expect(drained.text).toBe('partial response');
+    expect(drained.toolCalls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(drained.toolCalls[0]!.name).toBe('lookup_weather');
+
+    const span = spanByName(exporter.getFinishedSpans(), 'llm_node');
+    expect(span, 'llm_node span missing').toBeTruthy();
+    if (!span) {
+      throw new Error('expected llm_node span');
+    }
+
+    expectFunctionCallTelemetry(span);
+  });
+
+  it('records accumulated response telemetry when the stream aborts', async () => {
+    const { exporter, provider: testProvider } = setupInMemoryTracing();
+    provider = testProvider;
+
+    const chunks: Array<string | ChatChunk> = ['partial response', createFunctionCallChunk()];
+    let index = 0;
+
+    const llmNode: LLMNode = async () =>
+      new ReadableStream<ChatChunk | string>({
+        pull(controller) {
+          if (index < chunks.length) {
+            controller.enqueue(chunks[index]!);
+            index++;
+            return;
+          }
+          controller.error(new DOMException('cancelled', 'AbortError'));
+        },
+      });
+
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const [task, data] = performLLMInference(
+      llmNode,
+      ChatContext.empty(),
+      ToolContext.empty(),
+      modelSettings,
+      controller,
+    );
+
+    const textReader = data.textStream.getReader();
+    const toolCallReader = data.toolCallStream.getReader();
+    const taskErrorPromise = task.result.catch((error: unknown) => error);
+    const [[textResult, toolCallResult], taskError] = await Promise.all([
+      Promise.all([textReader.read(), toolCallReader.read()]),
+      taskErrorPromise,
+    ]);
+
+    expect(taskError).toBeInstanceOf(DOMException);
+    expect(taskError).toMatchObject({ name: 'AbortError', message: 'cancelled' });
+    expect(textResult).toEqual({ done: false, value: 'partial response' });
+    expect(toolCallResult.done).toBe(false);
+    expect(toolCallResult.value?.name).toBe('lookup_weather');
+
+    const span = spanByName(exporter.getFinishedSpans(), 'llm_node');
+    expect(span, 'llm_node span missing').toBeTruthy();
+    if (!span) {
+      throw new Error('expected llm_node span');
+    }
+
+    expectFunctionCallTelemetry(span);
+  });
+});