# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Edge TTS SSL/CA trust fixes for corporate environments

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #95368: \[Bug\]: Edge TTS ignores HERMES_CA_BUNDLE / SSL_CERT_FILE behind corporate TLS interception
- PR #95390: fix(tts): restore Edge TTS behind custom corporate CA trust
- PR #122671: fix(tts): use platform trust for Edge TTS on older Python

These items address Edge TTS failing to respect custom CA bundles or platform trust stores when operating behind corporate TLS interception proxies. The work targets SSL certificate handling across different Python versions and environment configurations.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95368: \[Bug\]: Edge TTS ignores HERMES_CA_BUNDLE / SSL_CERT_FILE behind corporate TLS interception

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95390: fix(tts): restore Edge TTS behind custom corporate CA trust**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b30fde8806aaa58103f546810055b3929d38a7ed`
  - files: `agent/ssl_verify.py`, `pyproject.toml`, `tests/tools/test_tts_edge_ssl.py`, `tools/lazy_deps.py`, `tools/tts_tool_providers.py`
- **#122671: fix(tts): use platform trust for Edge TTS on older Python**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `.github/workflows/tests.yml`, `pyproject.toml`, `tests/tools/test_tts_deepinfra.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_edge_platform_trust.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_importers.py`, `tests/tools/test_tts_mistral.py`, `tools/tts_tool.py`, `tools/tts_tool_providers.py`

## Fix status

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