# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop voice silence duration config not honored

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the desktop voice conversation loop uses a hardcoded silence threshold instead of the user-configured voice.silence_duration setting, along with related fix attempts addressing this behavior.

## 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 #125551. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #125551 (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-125551`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #83518: \[Bug\]: Desktop voice conversation ends turn on ~1.25s silence — hardcoded silenceMs ignores voice.silence_duration config

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125551: fix(desktop): honour a user-set voice.silence_duration in the voice loop**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-voice-conversation.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-hermes-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-barge-in.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/voice-prefs.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/voice-prefs.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`
- **#83572: fix(desktop): honor voice.silence_duration in voice conversation mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #125551 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`