From 39a77431e245d8d7ae33fcda3b9d89b2113b025f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 0xbyt4 <35742124+0xbyt4@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:03:12 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use shutdown() instead of cancel() on CLI exit to
 release persistent audio stream

---
 cli.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index beb242aef..e7e89d938 100755
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -5678,12 +5678,13 @@ class HermesCLI:
                     self.agent.flush_memories(self.conversation_history)
                 except Exception:
                     pass
-            # Cancel active voice recording
-            if hasattr(self, '_voice_recorder') and self._voice_recorder and self._voice_recording:
+            # Shut down voice recorder (release persistent audio stream)
+            if hasattr(self, '_voice_recorder') and self._voice_recorder:
                 try:
-                    self._voice_recorder.cancel()
+                    self._voice_recorder.shutdown()
                 except Exception:
                     pass
+                self._voice_recorder = None
             # Clean up old temp voice recordings
             try:
                 from tools.voice_mode import cleanup_temp_recordings