# NousResearch/hermes-agent · voice.client_direct enabling on invalid or unreadable config

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #140123: \[Bug\]: \`voice.client_direct\` turns on for \`0\`, \`\[\]\` and when the config can't be read
- PR #140124: fix(voice): fall back to relay for invalid client-direct config
- PR #140816: fix(voice): fall back to relay when client_direct is unknown or the config can't be read

One bug report describes \`voice.client_direct\` turning on for values like \`0\` and \`\[\]\`, or when the config can't be read. Two pull requests propose falling back to relay in those invalid, unknown, or unreadable-config cases.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #140123: \[Bug\]: \`voice.client_direct\` turns on for \`0\`, \`\[\]\` and when the config can't be read

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#140124: fix(voice): fall back to relay for invalid client-direct config**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_voice_client_config.py`, `tools/voice_client_config.py`
- **#140816: fix(voice): fall back to relay when client_direct is unknown or the config can't be read**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_voice_client_config.py`, `tools/voice_client_config.py`

## Fix status

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