# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop: unwanted auto-speak on session switch

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #59024: fix(desktop): stop stale auto-speak playback on session switch
- PR #64390: fix(desktop): avoid replaying speech on session switch

Multiple reports and fix attempts address a bug where switching chat sessions in the desktop app unintentionally triggers automatic voice playback of the newly selected session's last assistant message.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.34`: 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

- #59014: fix(desktop): switching chat session triggers auto-speak of the new session's last reply
- #64367: Desktop app: voice auto-reads last assistant message when selecting a session from sidebar

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#59024: fix(desktop): stop stale auto-speak playback on session switch**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-auto-speak-replies.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-auto-speak-replies.ts`
- **#59120: fix(desktop): switching chat session triggers auto-speak of the new session's last reply**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#59024`, `#59014`
- **#64390: fix(desktop): avoid replaying speech on session switch**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fcdc05c891`, `003ff53fb4`, `f9949049071e`, `#64390`, `#64367`, `#374151`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-auto-speak-replies.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-auto-speak-replies.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-voice.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`