# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Inbound voice note handling across chat gateways

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address classification and routing of inbound voice messages across multiple chat platforms, with specific attention to how voice notes are handled in WhatsApp when speech-to-text is unavailable.

## 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 #73515. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73515 (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-73515`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #64831: WhatsApp (Baileys bridge): inbound voice notes arrive as \`\[ptt received\]\` placeholder when STT provider is unavailable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73515: fix(gateway): inbound voice classification/routing for Feishu, DingTalk, LINE, QQ, Photon, WhatsApp, Weixin**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/Zioywishing@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/zgzczzw@users.noreply.github.com`, `gateway/platforms/qqbot/adapter.py`, `gateway/platforms/weixin.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `plugins/platforms/dingtalk/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/feishu/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/line/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/photon/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/whatsapp/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_dingtalk.py`, `tests/gateway/test_feishu.py`, `tests/gateway/test_feishu_voice_message_type.py`, `tests/gateway/test_line_plugin.py`, `tests/gateway/test_qqbot.py`, `tests/gateway/test_stt_config.py` (+6 more)
- **#66626: fix(whatsapp): preserve voice notes when STT fails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c911a5f10f`, `#73515`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73515 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-28`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`