# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auto-TTS incorrectly vocalizing MEDIA file path directives

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #76620: \[Bug\]: Auto-TTS reads MEDIA file paths before attachment extraction
- PR #76330: fix(gateway): stop the auto voice reply from speaking MEDIA delivery directives

A bug where the auto-TTS feature reads raw MEDIA directives or file paths aloud, along with related fixes to strip those directives from TTS input before processing.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #76620: \[Bug\]: Auto-TTS reads MEDIA file paths before attachment extraction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76330: fix(gateway): stop the auto voice reply from speaking MEDIA delivery directives**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `8a92051f20`, `d026b58762`, `#5719`
  - files: `gateway/run_voice.py`, `gateway/streaming_tts_consumer.py`, `tests/gateway/test_auto_voice_media_strip.py`
- **#76626: fix(gateway): strip media directives before auto-TTS**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#76330`
- **#76699: fix(gateway): strip MEDIA directives from auto-TTS input (#76620)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#76330`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`