# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS support and fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #121082: \[Feature\]: Support Gemini 3.8 Flash / Flash-Lite TTS migration (metadata, voices, WAV)
- PR #121105: Support Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash-Lite TTS migration
- PR #122327: fix(tts): Gemini 3.8 Flash / Flash-Lite TTS speak only the transcript and decode WAV once (salvage #121105, fixes #121082)

These issues and pull requests concern adding and correcting support for Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash-Lite text-to-speech, including metadata, voice handling, and WAV decoding behavior.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #121082: \[Feature\]: Support Gemini 3.8 Flash / Flash-Lite TTS migration (metadata, voices, WAV)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121091: feat(tts): support Gemini 3.8 TTS**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122327`, `#121082`, `#122327`, `#122327`, `#121105`, `#121091`, `#122327`, `#121082`
- **#121105: Support Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash-Lite TTS migration**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122327`, `#122327`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_gemini.py`, `tools/tts_tool.py`, `tools/tts_tool_providers.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tts.md`
- **#122327: fix(tts): Gemini 3.8 Flash / Flash-Lite TTS speak only the transcript and decode WAV once (salvage #121105, fixes #121082)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `d923a5eb48`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_gemini.py`, `tools/tts_tool.py`, `tools/tts_tool_providers.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tts.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`