# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI voice and audio playback UX fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address auto-playing audio from text-to-speech tool results in the CLI and a broader set of voice mode UX and environment fixes for the CLI/TUI interface.

## 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 #73520. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73520 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #38831: fix(cli): auto-play audio from agent's text_to_speech tool results

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73520: fix(voice): CLI/TUI voice mode UX and environment fixes (15 items)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/simonmmafs@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/voice.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_voice_wrapper.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tests/test_voice_max_recording_seconds.py`, `tests/tools/test_clipboard.py`, `tests/tools/test_termux_api_detection.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_macos_output.py`, `tests/tools/test_voice_cli_integration.py`, `tests/tools/test_voice_mode.py`, `tests/tools/test_voice_wsl_pipewire.py`, `tools/tts_tool.py`, `tools/voice_mode.py` (+4 more)
- **#38833: fix(cli): auto-play audio from agent's text_to_speech tool results**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e04c2a9ebd`, `#73520`, `#43131`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73520 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-28`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`