# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot TTS voice routing fix on desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where desktop bot voice playback uses the active user profile's TTS voice rather than the bot's own configured TTS voice, and related fix attempts to route bot chat speech through the correct profile.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #117014. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117014 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-117014`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #100864: Desktop Bots: voice playback uses the active profile's TTS voice instead of the Bot's own profile TTS config

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117014: fix(desktop): Bot chats speak with the Bot's own profile TTS voice (#100864, salvage #101545)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/api/client.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/system.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-auto-speak-replies.owner.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-auto-speak-replies.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-voice-conversation.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/scope.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-client-direct.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-playback.routing.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-playback.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#101545: fix(desktop): route Bot voice TTS through the owner profile**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#117014`, `#101545`, `#100864`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117014 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.