# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop mic error messaging for insecure HTTP contexts

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #70778: Desktop: mic fails with "runtime does not support microphone recording" when UI is loaded over HTTP (DEV_SERVER / remote dist)
- PR #70819: fix(desktop): clarify insecure-context microphone failures
- PR #134108: fix(desktop): specific secure-context error for insecure-origin microphone failures (#70778)

These items address unclear or generic error messages shown when microphone access fails because the desktop UI is loaded over HTTP rather than a secure context. The work focuses on surfacing a more specific, actionable error in that scenario.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #70778: Desktop: mic fails with "runtime does not support microphone recording" when UI is loaded over HTTP (DEV_SERVER / remote dist)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70819: fix(desktop): clarify insecure-context microphone failures**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fbe260396edf`, `#70778`, `#70819`, `#374151`
  - files: `apps/desktop/README.md`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-mic-recorder.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-mic-recorder.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar_diagnostics.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant_diagnostics.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`
- **#134108: fix(desktop): specific secure-context error for insecure-origin microphone failures (#70778)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b3e0d2f04194867a5a9bbbe89b6cc57fc682a968`
  - files: `apps/desktop/README.md`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-mic-recorder.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-mic-recorder.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-mic-recorder.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar_diagnostics.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en_notifications.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja_notifications.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types_notifications.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant_diagnostics.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh_notifications.ts`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`

## Fix status

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