# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Wake-word capture recovery from transient mic errors

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where transient microphone stream read errors cause the wake-word listener to stop permanently. The work involves adding restart/backoff logic and fallback to blocking reads when non-blocking reads stall.

## 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 #127197. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127197 (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-127197`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118001: wake-word listener dies permanently on transient mic stream error (no restart/backoff)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127197: fix(wake): recover transient capture read failures and fall back to blocking reads when read_available stalls**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_wake_word.py`, `tests/tools/test_wake_word_stream_recovery.py`, `tools/wake_word.py`
- **#118015: fix(tools): re-open the wake-word capture after transient stream read errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#118011`, `#118001`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127197 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.