# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop voice conversation speaks unintended history

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where desktop voice conversation reads out previously hydrated history instead of limiting speech to the current turn. The fixes scope unspoken turn speech to the current turn when a spoken anchor is absent.

## 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 #103611. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103611 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #102372: Desktop voice conversation speaks hydrated history when spoken anchor is absent

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103611: fix(desktop): voice conversation speaks only the current turn, not earlier replies (salvage #96622)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-voice.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/parts.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/spoken-reply.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/spoken-reply.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#103418: fix(desktop): bound unspoken turn speech to current turn when anchor is missing (#102372)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `288ef25d77`, `#103611`, `#96622`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103611 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.