# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI PTT button interrupts TTS voice playback

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #40025: fix(tui): stop voice playback before recording

These items relate to stopping or interrupting text-to-speech output when the push-to-talk button is activated in the TUI. The work covers a feature request and related implementation changes around PTT cutting TTS and stopping voice playback before recording begins.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #125803. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #125803 (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-125803`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #40010: \[Feature\]: Stop TTS output while pressing PTT button in TUI?

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125803: feat(tui): /s alias for /steer, double-Esc interrupt, PTT cuts TTS**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-registry.json`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `tests/e2e/test_platform_commands.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_commands.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_voice.py`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/slashParity.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/useInputHandlers.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/core.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/useInputHandlers.ts`
- **#40025: fix(tui): stop voice playback before recording**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/voice.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_voice_wrapper.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #125803 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`