# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Local STT CUDA failure mid-transcribe CPU fallback

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where local Whisper STT hard-fails on Windows when the CUDA runtime is unavailable mid-transcription, rather than falling back to CPU, along with fixes to add that retry/fallback behavior.

## 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 #112167. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112167 (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-112167`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111929: \[Bug\]: Local STT hard-fails on Windows without the CUDA runtime - mid-transcribe fallback never fires (v0.21.3)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112167: fix(stt): local whisper falls back to CPU when the CUDA runtime fails mid-transcribe (#111929, #105295, salvage #103848)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_tools.py`, `tools/transcription_tools.py`
- **#111933: fix(stt): retry lazy CUDA failures on CPU**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `a1cbed3592`, `#112167`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112167 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.