# NousResearch/hermes-agent · STT transcription client timeout and retry configuration

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address configurable timeout and retry settings for speech-to-text transcription clients, including a default timeout increase and handling of cold-start failures for self-hosted OpenAI-compatible STT providers.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115841. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115841 (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-115841`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #112939: feat(stt): transcription client timeout and retries are hardcoded (30s, 0); self-hosted OpenAI-compatible STT loses the voice message on every cold start

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115841: fix(stt): transcription client timeout and retries are configurable, default 60s/1 (#112939, salvage #112950)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-client-direct.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-client-direct.ts`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `gateway/platforms/qqbot/adapter.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/gateway/test_qqbot.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_tools.py`, `tools/transcription_cloud.py`, `tools/transcription_common.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/qqbot.md`
- **#112950: fix(stt): prevent cold-start transcription timeouts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `0830b7f741d4`, `#115841`, `#112939`, `#112950`
- **#112975: feat(stt): configurable transcription client timeout and retries (stt.openai, per-provider override)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `0830b7f741d4`, `#115841`, `#112939`, `#112950`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115841 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.