# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Voice mic timing and TTS barge-in improvements

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address delays in microphone activation after TTS playback, removal of re-arm delays, and adding barge-in (interruption) support for streaming conversational TTS across surfaces.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #69602. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69602 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #51265: TTS playback completion delays microphone activation by 7-8 seconds

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69511: feat(voice): streaming, conversational TTS with barge-in across all surfaces**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-voice-conversation.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/submit.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-barge-in.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-playback.ts`, `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_speak_stream.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_tools.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_streaming.py`, `tests/tools/test_voice_cli_integration.py`, `tests/tools/test_voice_mode.py`, `tools/transcription_tools.py`, `tools/tts_streaming.py`, `tools/tts_tool.py`, `tools/voice_mode.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/voice-mode.md`
- **#69602: feat(voice): tell the model when the user interrupts its spoken reply**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-voice-conversation.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/submit.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-playback.ts`, `cli.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_streaming.py`, `tools/tts_streaming.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/voice-mode.md`
- **#54067: fix(desktop): remove the voice mic re-arm delay**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `93e9061f15`, `#69511`, `#69602`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69602 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-22`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`