# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WSL2 voice recording timeout bug and retry fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug report and related pull requests addressing intermittent voice recording failures in WSL2 caused by a cold ALSA-to-PulseAudio bridge timing out, with a proposed fix that warms the audio source and retries the stream start.

## 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 #110195. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110195 (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-110195`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109303: \[Bug\]: WSL2 voice recording intermittently fails with "Wait timed out \[PaErrorCode -9987\]" (cold ALSA→Pulse bridge)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110195: Voice recording retries a timed-out stream start once (#109303, redo of #109313)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_voice_mode.py`, `tools/voice_mode.py`
- **#109313: fix(voice): warm the WSLg pulse source and retry a timed-out stream start**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `50e5ffa34643`, `#110195`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110195 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.