# NousResearch/hermes-agent · VoiceMixer AudioSource inheritance bug and fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was reported and multiple fixes proposed for VoiceMixer not inheriting from discord.AudioSource, preventing voice_fx playback. One member describes a related feature for ambient audio and overlapping TTS in voice channels.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.40`: 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

- #50899: \[Bug\]: VoiceMixer does not inherit from discord.AudioSource — voice_fx fails to start

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#50904: fix(discord): inherit VoiceMixer from discord.AudioSource for voice_fx playback**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#44023`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#50942: fix(discord): inherit VoiceMixer from discord.AudioSource for vc.play() (#50899)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#44023`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#44023: fix(discord): inherit AudioSource in VoiceMixer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `b8c38a451a`, `#73517`
- **#50956: fix(discord): make voice mixer an audio source**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#44023`, `#50899`

## Fix status

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