# NousResearch/hermes-agent · PortAudio error misreported as missing Python packages

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #18463: fix(voice): distinguish PortAudio runtime errors from missing Python packages

These items concern a bug where a missing PortAudio system library raises an OSError that is incorrectly surfaced as a missing Python package error in voice mode. The group includes the bug report and a fix to distinguish PortAudio runtime errors from Python dependency errors.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.45`: 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

- #18428: voice_mode OSError from missing PortAudio misreported as missing Python packages
- #18432: \[Bug\]: voice_mode OSError from missing PortAudio misreported as missing Python packages

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#18463: fix(voice): distinguish PortAudio runtime errors from missing Python packages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_voice_mode.py`, `tools/voice_mode.py`

## Fix status

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