# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway streaming TTS acknowledgment timing at tool boundaries

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where the gateway's streaming TTS speaks or delays acknowledgment phrases incorrectly relative to tool execution boundaries. Work involves flushing spoken acknowledgments at the right point in the tool call sequence.

## 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 #106526. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106526 (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-106526`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106115: \[Bug\]: Gateway streaming TTS delays or drops acknowledgments at tool boundaries

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106526: Gateway streaming TTS speaks the acknowledgment before the tool runs (#106115, salvage #106161)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/run_turn_runner.py`, `gateway/streaming_tts_consumer.py`, `tests/gateway/test_streaming_tts_consumer.py`
- **#106161: fix(gateway): flush spoken acknowledgments at tool boundaries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#106526`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106526 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.