# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WhatsApp adapter missing send_voice() override

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple reports and proposed fixes for the WhatsApp adapter lacking a send_voice() method, causing voice messages to be sent incorrectly. Members include a bug report, duplicate issue variants, and several fix/feature implementations addressing the same gap.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 4 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.29`: 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

- #4979: \[Bug\]: WhatsApp adapter missing send_voice() override — voice messages sent as text
- #9236: WhatsApp adapter missing send_voice() override — voice messages sent as text path

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#4992: fix(whatsapp): add send_voice() override to send native audio messages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#13002`
- **#6305: fix: add missing send_voice() override to WhatsApp adapter**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#13002`
- **#9522: fix(gateway): add missing send_voice() override to WhatsApp adapter**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#6305`
- **#9687: fix(whatsapp): send voice replies as native audio attachments**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#13002`

## Fix status

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