# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Interrupt TTS playback on new input or reply

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #63697: \[Feature Request\] Interrupt current TTS playback when a new reply starts
- PR #64086: fix(voice): interrupt current TTS playback when a new reply starts (#63697)

These items concern a feature request and related fix for interrupting ongoing text-to-speech playback when a new reply begins or the user speaks or presses a key.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.45`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #63697: \[Feature Request\] Interrupt current TTS playback when a new reply starts

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #59637: \[Feature Request\] TTS voice should be interruptible when user speaks / presses a key

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#64086: fix(voice): interrupt current TTS playback when a new reply starts (#63697)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `4aac89b429`, `e04c2a9ebd`, `b744c094211b`, `#40025`, `#65192`, `#49884`, `#50257`, `#50650`, `#51227`, `#64086`, `#40010`, `#49883`, `#63697`, `#15334`, `#15387`, `#18220`, `#18598`, `#73513`, `#32712`, `#32713`, `#69653`, `#43131`, `#73520`, `#50050`, `#50127`, `#50604`, `#51147`, `#54419`, `#56446`
  - files: `hermes_cli/voice.py`

## Fix status

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