# NousResearch/hermes-agent · STT model selector and transcription fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address exposing the turbo/faster-whisper model in speech-to-text model pickers and fixing transcription behavior for long recordings across cloud providers and local setups.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #134135. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #134135 (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-134135`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #79629: \[Feature\]: expose faster-whisper turbo in the STT model selectors (config docs already list it)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133825: fix(stt): long recordings transcribe on every cloud provider; every model picker lists the real catalog (salvage #118788, #120123)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/remote-update-marker-programs.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/constants.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/helpers.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-client-direct.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-client-direct.ts`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config_providers.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/chat_ws.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_config.py`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_stt_picker.py`, `tests/tools/test_stt_language_resolution.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_chunking.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_plugin_dispatch.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_tools.py`, `tests/tools/test_voice_client_config.py`, `tests/tools/test_voice_mode.py`, `tools/transcription_chunking.py` (+10 more)
- **#134135: fix(stt): local turbo model is selectable in every STT picker (salvage #79671)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/constants.ts`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config_post_setup.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_config.py`, `skills/autonomous-ai-agents/hermes-agent/references/configuration.md`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_stt_picker.py`, `tools/transcription_common.py`, `tools/transcription_local.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tts.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/voice-mode.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/tts.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/voice-mode.md`
- **#79671: fix(stt): expose turbo in model selectors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9de894da21`, `#134135`, `#133825`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #134135 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-07`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`