# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix duplicate auto-TTS playback of replies on desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where the desktop auto-speak feature reads the same reply aloud twice. The work focuses on deduplication logic to prevent repeated playback after a turn commits or after playback finishes.

## 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 #89815. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #89815 (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-89815`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #86601: \[Bug\]: Desktop auto-TTS reads the same reply again right after playback finishes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89815: fix(desktop): keep auto-speak silent across the stream-id rewrite (supersedes #75649)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-voice.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/spoken-reply.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/spoken-reply.ts`
- **#86637: fix(desktop): dedupe auto-spoken replies by text, surviving the id rewrite**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#89815`
- **#88642: fix(desktop): auto-speak reads each reply aloud twice after the turn commits**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#89815`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #89815 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-19`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`