# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TTS sync pipeline plays wrong audio path bug

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the sync speaker pipeline plays the wrong audio artifact when the TTS provider writes to a different path than requested, causing sentences to be silently dropped or skipped. Multiple fix attempts and related issues address this same path mismatch problem.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116792. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116792 (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-116792`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #115029: \[Bug\]: sync speaker pipeline silently drops every sentence when the TTS provider writes a different path than requested

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116792: fix(tts): voice mode plays sentences whose audio the provider wrote at a different path (#115029, salvage #115046)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_tts_streaming.py`, `tools/tts_tool_speaker.py`
- **#115046: fix(tts): play the artifact the tool reported in the sync speaker pipeline**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `77fd944c57d2`, `#116792`, `#115029`, `#115046`
- **#115078: fix(tts): the sync speaker pipeline plays the artifact the provider reports (#115029)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `77fd944c57d2`, `#116792`, `#115029`, `#115046`
- **#115314: fix(tts): play the artifact text_to_speech_tool reports, not the requested stub**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `77fd944c57d2`, `#116792`, `#115029`, `#115046`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116792 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.