# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Groq STT model config not read correctly

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the speech-to-text system ignores the provider-specific Groq model setting in config.yaml, along with related fixes to ensure that setting is read before falling back to environment variables.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #73067. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73067 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #58734: \[Bug\]: Groq STT ignores provider-specific model in config.yaml

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73067: feat(stt): unify language resolution across all STT providers (wrong-language transcription class fix)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/tools/test_stt_language_resolution.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_tools.py`, `tools/transcription_tools.py`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tts.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/voice-mode.md`
- **#58765: fix(stt): read Groq model from stt.groq.model config before env fallback**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a10bd49ddd`, `#73067`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73067 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-28`.
- Subsystem: `agent`