# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop wake word microphone access issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address problems with wake word detection failing on macOS desktop when using a remote gateway, including microphone access preflight checks and handling unresponsive client capture states.

## 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 #119107. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #119107 (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-119107`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119089: Wake word never fires on macOS Desktop with remote gateway client capture

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119107: fix(desktop): surface dead client wake capture instead of staying deaf forever**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/lib/wake-client-capture.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/wake-client-capture.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/wake-word-client-capture.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/wake-word.ts`
- **#119093: fix(desktop): preflight remote wake microphone access**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#119107`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #119107 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.