# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Re-probe STT/TTS packages without restart after install

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #81235: Gateway doesn't re-detect newly installed TTS/STT Python packages without a manual launchctl kickstart

These items address a limitation where newly installed STT or TTS provider packages are not detected until the service is manually restarted. Fixes involve re-probing provider packages during status checks or post-startup so new installs are picked up automatically.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #81235: Gateway doesn't re-detect newly installed TTS/STT Python packages without a manual launchctl kickstart

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81536: fix(voice): re-probe STT packages on status check so new installs need no restart**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#128575: fix(stt,tts): re-probe provider packages so post-startup installs are detected**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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