# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TTS endpoint sample rate detection and handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to using the sample rate reported by OpenAI-compatible TTS endpoints rather than a hardcoded value. The work spans a feature request and at least two implementation or fix attempts addressing streaming playback at the correct sample rate.

## 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 #115840. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115840 (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-115840`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #76466: \[Feature\]: Use the sample rate returned by OpenAI-compatible TTS endpoints.

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115840: fix(tts): OpenAI-compatible streaming TTS plays at the endpoint's reported sample rate (#76466, salvage #76501)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/streaming_tts_consumer.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/audio.py`, `tests/gateway/test_streaming_tts_consumer.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_speak_stream.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_streaming.py`, `tools/tts_streaming.py`, `tools/tts_tool_speaker.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tts.md`
- **#76501: feat(tts): use endpoint-returned sample rate (#76466)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d6ff3bcfeeb9`, `#115840`, `#76466`, `#76501`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115840 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `agent`