# NousResearch/hermes-agent · STT local config device and compute_type ignored

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where local Whisper STT runtime settings (device, compute_type) from config.yaml are overridden by hardcoded fallbacks. Work spans diagnosing the misconfiguration and improving provider robustness around device handling, CUDA fallbacks, and related container normalization.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #73510. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73510 (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-73510`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #8319: \[Bug\]: STT local device/compute_type config not respected — hardcoded fallback overrides user config

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73510: fix(stt): provider robustness — device config, CUDA fallbacks, container normalization (SILK/m4a), lazy-install recovery**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_stt_config.py`, `tests/tools/test_managed_media_gateways.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_command_providers.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_plugin_dispatch.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_tools.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_pythonpath_fallback.py`, `tests/tools/test_voice_mode.py`, `tools/lazy_deps.py`, `tools/transcription_tools.py`, `tools/tts_tool.py`, `tools/voice_mode.py`
- **#8587: fix(stt): honor configured local whisper runtime settings**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `#8319`
- **#9249: fix(stt): respect device and compute_type from config.yaml**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c0c5dac531`, `#73510`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73510 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-28`.
- Subsystem: `agent`