# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Screen reader over-announcement of elapsed timers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address screen readers continuously re-announcing elapsed timer values and turn status updates due to their placement inside aria-live regions on desktop. The work involves silencing or restructuring these elements to reduce unwanted announcements.

## 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 #121656. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121656 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #71657: a11y: per-second elapsed timers are announced continuously by screen readers — the value is rendered inside aria-live regions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121656: fix(desktop): stop screen readers re-announcing the turn status row (#46225)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/voice-activity.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/voice-activity.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/status.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/status.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/turn-gap-indicator.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/activity-timer-text.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/stable-text.tsx`
- **#71753: fix(desktop): silence elapsed timers inside live regions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `66b31fc781`, `#121656`, `#46225`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121656 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`