[Python] Google Speech returning all words ever spoken, instead of just the words from the...

Using Google Speech in Python, I'm able to get a transcript for each phrase spoken using result.alternatives[0].transcript, but when I try to look at the words for the phrase, result.alternatives[0].words always returns an array of ALL of the words ever spoken, not just the words from the transcript... which seems wrong? Is this a bug, or is there some way to filter out/reset the words array, since I'm only interested in the words in the spoken phrase.

My code:

if not response.results:
continue

result = response.results[0]
if not result.alternatives:
continue

transcript = result.alternatives[0].transcript
confidence = result.alternatives[0].confidence
words = result.alternatives[0].words

if result.is_final:
print("*******************")
sensory_log.info(f"Final STT output: {transcript}")
print(f"Confidence: {confidence:.2f}")
self.process_input(transcript)

# Check for multiple speakers using words
if words:
print(words)
# Track unique speaker IDs using a list
speaker_ids = []
for word in words:
print(f"Word: {word.word} (speaker_tag: {word.speaker_tag})")
if word.speaker_tag not in speaker_ids:
speaker_ids.append(word.speaker_tag)

print(f"Detected {len(speaker_ids)} speakers")

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