# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS voice crash fix removing sounddevice

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #20002: \[Bug\]: MacOS Voice issues with using sounddevice library - suggested fix included

These items address a crash or segfault on macOS caused by sounddevice in voice playback paths. The proposed fix involves stripping or removing sounddevice from those paths to resolve the CoreAudio CFFI issue.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #20002: \[Bug\]: MacOS Voice issues with using sounddevice library - suggested fix included

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#20119: fix(voice): strip sounddevice from playback paths to fix macOS segfault**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#13291`
- **#30099: fix(voice): remove sounddevice from playback paths to fix CoreAudio CFFI crash (#20002)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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