# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Voice reply transcription during pending clarify prompts

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where voice message replies to pending clarify prompts were being handled as raw filenames rather than transcribed text. The work focuses on ensuring transcription occurs before clarify resolution and related routing logic.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #73518. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73518 (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-73518`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #52998: Voice message replies to pending clarify are sent as filename, not transcript

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73518: fix(gateway): transcribe voice replies before clarify resolution and busy steering**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_busy_session_ack.py`, `tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_voice_v0_regressions.py`, `tests/gateway/test_unknown_command.py`
- **#50925: fix(gateway): transcribe voice replies to a pending clarify prompt**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#53020: fix(gateway): transcribe voice replies before resolving clarify prompts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ea80b557ae`, `ebe57ca7fe`, `#73518`
- **#56743: fix(gateway): transcribe voice messages during pending clarify**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#56743`, `#50925`, `#53020`, `#50925`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73518 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-28`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`