diff --git a/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Application/Services/WebSocketTurnFinalizationService.cs b/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Application/Services/WebSocketTurnFinalizationService.cs
index e2d3a49..596c0c8 100644
--- a/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Application/Services/WebSocketTurnFinalizationService.cs
+++ b/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Application/Services/WebSocketTurnFinalizationService.cs
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ public sealed class WebSocketTurnFinalizationService(
                     (hotphrase.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.True || hotphrase.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.False))
                 {
                     turnState.ListenHotphrase = hotphrase.GetBoolean();
+                    turnState.HotphraseEmptyTurnCount = 0;
                 }
 
                 if (data.TryGetProperty("intent", out var intent) && intent.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.String)
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ public sealed class WebSocketTurnFinalizationService(
         turnState.SawListen = false;
         turnState.SawContext = false;
         turnState.ListenHotphrase = false;
+        turnState.HotphraseEmptyTurnCount = 0;
         turnState.ListenRules = [];
         turnState.ListenAsrHints = [];
     }
@@ -364,6 +366,32 @@ public sealed class WebSocketTurnFinalizationService(
             return [];
         }
 
+        if (ShouldIgnoreInitialEmptyHotphraseTurn(finalizedTurn, turnState))
+        {
+            turnState.HotphraseEmptyTurnCount += 1;
+            turnState.AwaitingTurnCompletion = true;
+            return
+            [
+                new WebSocketReply
+                {
+                    Text = JsonSerializer.Serialize(new
+                    {
+                        type = "OPENJIBO_TURN_PENDING",
+                        data = new
+                        {
+                            sessionId = session.SessionId,
+                            transID = session.LastTransId,
+                            bufferedAudioBytes = turnState.BufferedAudioBytes,
+                            bufferedAudioChunks = turnState.BufferedAudioChunkCount,
+                            awaitingAudio = turnState.BufferedAudioBytes == 0,
+                            awaitingTranscriptHint = turnState.BufferedAudioBytes > 0 && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(turnState.AudioTranscriptHint),
+                            finalizeAttempts = turnState.FinalizeAttemptCount
+                        }
+                    })
+                }
+            ];
+        }
+
         if (ShouldTreatEmptyHotphraseTurnAsGreeting(finalizedTurn))
         {
             finalizedTurn = WithSyntheticTranscript(finalizedTurn, "hello");
@@ -689,6 +717,33 @@ public sealed class WebSocketTurnFinalizationService(
             .Any(static rule => string.Equals(rule, "launch", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
     }
 
+    private static bool ShouldIgnoreInitialEmptyHotphraseTurn(TurnContext turn, WebSocketTurnState turnState)
+    {
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(turn.NormalizedTranscript) || !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(turn.RawTranscript))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var messageType = ReadMessageType(turn);
+        if (messageType is not ("CLIENT_ASR" or "CLIENT_NLU"))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!ReadBoolAttribute(turn, "listenHotphrase"))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (turnState.HotphraseEmptyTurnCount > 0)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return ReadRules(turn, "listenRules")
+            .Any(static rule => string.Equals(rule, "launch", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+    }
+
     private static TurnContext WithSyntheticTranscript(TurnContext turn, string transcript)
     {
         var attributes = new Dictionary<string, object?>(turn.Attributes, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
diff --git a/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Domain/Models/WebSocketTurnState.cs b/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Domain/Models/WebSocketTurnState.cs
index 3456d00..2935c1b 100644
--- a/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Domain/Models/WebSocketTurnState.cs
+++ b/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Domain/Models/WebSocketTurnState.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ public sealed class WebSocketTurnState
     public string? TransId { get; set; }
     public string? ContextPayload { get; set; }
     public bool ListenHotphrase { get; set; }
+    public int HotphraseEmptyTurnCount { get; set; }
     public string? AudioTranscriptHint { get; set; }
     public string? LastSttError { get; set; }
     public DateTimeOffset? LastSttErrorUtc { get; set; }
diff --git a/OpenJibo/tests/Jibo.Cloud.Tests/WebSockets/JiboWebSocketServiceTests.cs b/OpenJibo/tests/Jibo.Cloud.Tests/WebSockets/JiboWebSocketServiceTests.cs
index ac77709..b79d1ff 100644
--- a/OpenJibo/tests/Jibo.Cloud.Tests/WebSockets/JiboWebSocketServiceTests.cs
+++ b/OpenJibo/tests/Jibo.Cloud.Tests/WebSockets/JiboWebSocketServiceTests.cs
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ public sealed class JiboWebSocketServiceTests
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public async Task EmptyHotphraseTurn_BecomesGreetingAndKeepsFollowUpOpen()
+    public async Task SecondEmptyHotphraseTurn_BecomesGreetingAndKeepsFollowUpOpen()
     {
         await _service.HandleMessageAsync(new WebSocketMessageEnvelope
         {
@@ -584,6 +584,18 @@ public sealed class JiboWebSocketServiceTests
             Text = """{"type":"LISTEN","transID":"trans-empty-hotphrase","data":{"hotphrase":true,"rules":["launch","globals/global_commands_launch"]}}"""
         });
 
+        var firstReplies = await _service.HandleMessageAsync(new WebSocketMessageEnvelope
+        {
+            HostName = "neo-hub.jibo.com",
+            Path = "/listen",
+            Kind = "neo-hub-listen",
+            Token = "hub-empty-hotphrase-token",
+            Text = """{"type":"CLIENT_ASR","transID":"trans-empty-hotphrase","data":{}}"""
+        });
+
+        Assert.Single(firstReplies);
+        Assert.Equal("OPENJIBO_TURN_PENDING", ReadReplyType(firstReplies[0]));
+
         var replies = await _service.HandleMessageAsync(new WebSocketMessageEnvelope
         {
             HostName = "neo-hub.jibo.com",