# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WhatsApp media download fixes for audio and docs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs focus on downloading WhatsApp media attachments—particularly voice notes, documents, audio, and video—that were not being retrieved correctly. Voice note transcription and group message handling are also mentioned as affected areas.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #2978. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #2978 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-2978`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #2856: WhatsApp: voice notes broken (not downloaded, not transcribed) + group message handling issues

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#2978: fix(whatsapp): download documents, audio, and video media from messages**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/whatsapp.py`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.js`
- **#2865: fix(whatsapp-bridge): download voice notes for transcription**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#2818`, `#2978`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #2978 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-25`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `gateway`