# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Edge-TTS worker hang blocking gateway session

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #126865: \[Bug\]: Hung edge-TTS worker freezes the gateway session forever — unbounded ThreadPoolExecutor shutdown on auto-TTS delivery
- PR #126877: fix(tts): abandon wedged edge-tts worker on timeout instead of joining it forever
- PR #126895: fix(gateway): deliver the final text before the auto voice reply instead of awaiting unbounded TTS

These items address a bug where a wedged or slow edge-TTS worker could block the gateway session indefinitely, with fixes to abandon timed-out workers and reorder final-text delivery relative to auto voice replies.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #126865: \[Bug\]: Hung edge-TTS worker freezes the gateway session forever — unbounded ThreadPoolExecutor shutdown on auto-TTS delivery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126877: fix(tts): abandon wedged edge-tts worker on timeout instead of joining it forever**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `e4f1090126`, `f97655e1e6`, `62133b93f5`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_edge_tts_timeout.py`, `tools/tts_tool.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tts.md`
- **#126895: fix(gateway): deliver the final text before the auto voice reply instead of awaiting unbounded TTS**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/run_voice.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_transport_matrix.py`, `tests/gateway/test_voice_reply_not_pinned.py`

## Fix status

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