# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Strip reasoning blocks from TTS preprocessing

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A feature request and related pull requests addressing the removal of <think>/<thinking> reasoning blocks from text before text-to-speech processing.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #73513. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73513 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #34213: Feature Request: Strip reasoning/<think> blocks from TTS preprocessing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#34354: fix(tts): strip <think>/<thinking> reasoning blocks from TTS preprocessing (#34213)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#34311`, `#34213`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#73513: feat(tts): unified spoken-text preprocessing + speed/instructions/provider tool params**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `cli.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `hermes_cli/voice.py`, `tests/gateway/test_base_topic_sessions.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_instructions.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_max_text_length.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_prepare_spoken.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_speed.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_text_normalize.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_xai_speech_tags.py`, `tests/tools/test_voice_cli_integration.py`, `tools/tts_text_normalize.py`, `tools/tts_tool.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tts.md` (+1 more)
- **#34311: fix(tts): strip <think> reasoning blocks from TTS text (#34213)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `4aac89b429`, `309b85e40e`, `#73513`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73513 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-28`.
- Subsystem: `agent`