# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TTS provider config override by model schema

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #90109: tts.provider is not authoritative; tool schema lets the model pick another backend
- PR #90120: fix(tts): make tts.provider the authoritative backend selector

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the configured tts.provider setting is not treated as authoritative because the tool schema allows the model to select a different backend. The fixes aim to enforce the configured provider and remove the schema-level override.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #131898. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131898 (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-131898`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #90109: tts.provider is not authoritative; tool schema lets the model pick another backend

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131898: fix(tts): make tts.provider the authoritative backend selector \[risk 0.30\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_tts_provider_authority.py`, `tools/tts_tool.py`
- **#90120: fix(tts): make tts.provider the authoritative backend selector**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_tts_provider_authority.py`, `tools/tts_tool.py`
- **#91292: fix(tts): keep configured tts.provider authoritative; drop model schema override**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#90120`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131898 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.
- Subsystem: `agent`