Add base_url/api_key overrides for auxiliary tasks and delegation so users can
route those flows straight to a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint without
having to rely on provider=main or named custom providers.
Also clear gateway session env vars in test isolation so the full suite stays
deterministic when run from a messaging-backed agent session.
Allow cron runs to keep using send_message for additional destinations, but
skip same-target sends when the scheduler will already auto-deliver the final
response there. Add prompt/tool guidance, docs, and regression coverage for
origin/home-channel resolution and thread-aware comparisons.
Add a hands-on guide for using voice mode with Hermes, fix and expand the main voice-mode docs, surface /voice in messaging docs, and improve discoverability from the homepage and learning path.
Document the expanded skills hub functionality, including:
- skills.sh source usage
- well-known endpoint discovery
- check/update commands
- real install/inspect examples
- accurate --force semantics and trust policy behavior
Also verified the docs site with a successful Docusaurus production build.
Document the new global-only SOUL behavior, add a dedicated use guide, update personality/context/config docs, and fix docs language that still described cwd-local SOUL loading.
Expand the MCP feature docs with filtering and capability-aware registration details, add a practical 'Use MCP with Hermes' tutorial, add a config reference page, and wire the new docs into the sidebar and landing page.
Remove web UI gateway (web.py, tests, docs, toolset, env vars, Platform.WEB
enum) per maintainer request — Nous is building their own official chat UI.
Fix 1: Replace sd.wait() with polling pattern in play_audio_file() to prevent
indefinite hang when audio device stalls (consistent with play_beep()).
Fix 2: Use importlib.util.find_spec() for faster_whisper/openai availability
checks instead of module-level imports that trigger heavy native library
loading (CUDA/cuDNN) at import time.
Fix 3: Remove inspect.signature() hack in _send_voice_reply() — add **kwargs
to Telegram send_voice() so all adapters accept metadata uniformly.
Fix 4: Make session loading resilient to removed platform enum values — skip
entries with unknown platforms instead of crashing the entire gateway.
Merge main's faster-whisper (local, free) with our Groq support into a
unified three-provider STT pipeline: local > groq > openai.
Provider priority ensures free options are tried first. Each provider
has its own transcriber function with model auto-correction, env-
overridable endpoints, and proper error handling.
74 tests cover the full provider matrix, fallback chains, model
correction, config loading, validation edge cases, and dispatch.
- Use hmac.compare_digest for timing-safe token comparison (3 endpoints)
- Default bind to 127.0.0.1 instead of 0.0.0.0
- Sanitize upload filenames with Path.name to prevent path traversal
- Add DOMPurify to sanitize marked.parse() output against XSS
- Replace add_static with authenticated media handler
- Hide token in group chats for /remote-control command
- Use ctypes.util.find_library for Opus instead of hardcoded paths
- Add force=True to 5 interrupt _vprint calls for visibility
- Log Opus decode errors and voice restart failures instead of swallowing
Code fixes:
- STT model, Groq base URL, and OpenAI STT base URL are now
configurable via env vars (STT_GROQ_MODEL, STT_OPENAI_MODEL,
GROQ_BASE_URL, STT_OPENAI_BASE_URL) instead of hardcoded
- Gateway and Discord VC now read stt.model from config.yaml
(previously only CLI did this — gateway always used defaults)
Doc fixes:
- voice-mode.md: move Web UI troubleshooting to web.md (was duplicated)
- voice-mode.md: simplify "How It Works" for end users (remove NaCl,
DAVE, RTP internals)
- voice-mode.md: clarify STT priority (OpenAI used first if both keys
set, Groq recommended for free tier)
- voice-mode.md: document new STT env overrides in config reference
- web.md: remove duplicate Quick Start / Step 1-3 sections
- web.md: add mobile HTTPS mic workarounds (moved from voice-mode.md)
- web.md: clarify STT fallback order
- voice-mode.md: Discord sends native voice bubbles (OGG/Opus flags=8192),
not MP3 file attachments. Falls back to file only if voice API fails.
- discord.md: Bot requires @mention by default in server channels
(DISCORD_REQUIRE_MENTION=true). Previous text incorrectly said no
mention needed.
- index.md: Fix broken ASCII architecture diagram alignment after
adding Web adapter box.
- macOS firewall may block LAN access to Web UI
- Mobile browsers require HTTPS for microphone API
- Document workarounds: Android Chrome flag, mkcert self-signed cert,
Caddy reverse proxy, SSH tunnel for iOS
- Document DM vs server channel interaction modes
- Explain @mention requirement and how to select bot user vs role
- Add DISCORD_REQUIRE_MENTION and DISCORD_FREE_RESPONSE_CHANNELS config
- Add troubleshooting entry for bot not responding in server channels
- Auto-TTS: voice messages get spoken response (audio first, then text)
- STT: Groq Whisper fallback when VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY not set
- Futuristic UI: glassmorphism, centered container, purple theme, glow effects
- Voice bubble: custom waveform player with seek and progress
- Invisible TTS playback via play_tts() method (no audio file in chat)
- Add hermes-web toolset with full tool access
- Register Platform.WEB in toolset/config maps
- Update docs for voice conversation feature
Cover CLI voice mode, Telegram/Discord auto voice reply, and Discord
voice channel support. Include setup guide with bot permissions, OAuth2
invite URL, privileged intents, system dependencies, and Python packages.
Update discord.md voice messages section with correct STT key reference.
- add ACP user and developer docs covering setup, lifecycle, callbacks,
permissions, tool rendering, and runtime behavior
- add developer guides for agent loop, provider runtime resolution,
prompt assembly, context caching/compression, gateway internals,
session storage, tools runtime, trajectories, and cron internals
- refresh architecture, quickstart, installation, CLI reference, and
environments docs to link the new implementation pages and ACP support
- add code-derived reference pages for slash commands, tools, toolsets,
bundled skills, and official optional skills
- document the skin system and link visual theming separately from
conversational personality
- refresh quickstart, configuration, environment variable, and messaging
docs to match current provider, gateway, and browser behavior
- fix stale command, session, and Home Assistant configuration guidance
* fix: Home Assistant event filtering now closed by default
Previously, when no watch_domains or watch_entities were configured,
ALL state_changed events passed through to the agent, causing users
to be flooded with notifications for every HA entity change.
Now events are dropped by default unless the user explicitly configures:
- watch_domains: list of domains to monitor (e.g. climate, light)
- watch_entities: list of specific entity IDs to monitor
- watch_all: true (new option — opt-in to receive all events)
A warning is logged at connect time if no filters are configured,
guiding users to set up their HA platform config.
All 49 gateway HA tests + 52 HA tool tests pass.
* docs: update Home Assistant integration documentation
- homeassistant.md: Fix event filtering docs to reflect closed-by-default
behavior. Add watch_all option. Replace Python dict config example with
YAML. Fix defaults table (was incorrectly showing 'all'). Add required
configuration warning admonition.
- environment-variables.md: Add HASS_TOKEN and HASS_URL to Messaging section.
- messaging/index.md: Add Home Assistant to description, architecture
diagram, platform toolsets table, and Next Steps links.
* fix(terminal): strip provider env vars from background and PTY subprocesses
Extends the env var blocklist from #1157 to also cover the two remaining
leaky paths in process_registry.py:
- spawn_local() PTY path (line 156)
- spawn_local() background Popen path (line 197)
Both were still using raw os.environ, leaking provider vars to background
processes and interactive PTY sessions. Now uses the same dynamic
_HERMES_PROVIDER_ENV_BLOCKLIST from local.py.
Explicit env_vars passed to spawn_local() still override the blocklist,
matching the existing behavior for callers that intentionally need these.
Gap identified by PR #1004 (@PeterFile).
* feat(delegate): add observability metadata to subagent results
Enrich delegate_task results with metadata from the child AIAgent:
- model: which model the child used
- exit_reason: completed | interrupted | max_iterations
- tokens.input / tokens.output: token counts
- tool_trace: per-tool-call trace with byte sizes and ok/error status
Tool trace uses tool_call_id matching to correctly pair parallel tool
calls with their results, with a fallback for messages without IDs.
Cherry-picked from PR #872 by @omerkaz, with fixes:
- Fixed parallel tool call trace pairing (was always updating last entry)
- Removed redundant 'iterations' field (identical to existing 'api_calls')
- Added test for parallel tool call trace correctness
Co-authored-by: omerkaz <omerkaz@users.noreply.github.com>
* feat(stt): add free local whisper transcription via faster-whisper
Replace OpenAI-only STT with a dual-provider system mirroring the TTS
architecture (Edge TTS free / ElevenLabs paid):
STT: faster-whisper local (free, default) / OpenAI Whisper API (paid)
Changes:
- tools/transcription_tools.py: Full rewrite with provider dispatch,
config loading, local faster-whisper backend, and OpenAI API backend.
Auto-downloads model (~150MB for 'base') on first voice message.
Singleton model instance reused across calls.
- pyproject.toml: Add faster-whisper>=1.0.0 as core dependency
- hermes_cli/config.py: Expand stt config to match TTS pattern with
provider selection and per-provider model settings
- agent/context_compressor.py: Fix .strip() crash when LLM returns
non-string content (dict from llama.cpp, None). Fixes#1100 partially.
- tests/: 23 new tests for STT providers + 2 for compressor fix
- docs/: Updated Voice & TTS page with STT provider table, model sizes,
config examples, and fallback behavior
Fallback behavior:
- Local not installed → OpenAI API (if key set)
- OpenAI key not set → local whisper (if installed)
- Neither → graceful error message to user
Co-authored-by: Jah-yee <Jah-yee@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix: handle YAML null values in session reset policy + configurable API timeout
Two fixes from PR #888 by @Jah-yee:
1. SessionResetPolicy.from_dict() — data.get('at_hour', 4) returns None
when the YAML key exists with a null value. Now explicitly checks for
None and falls back to defaults. Zero remains a valid value.
2. API timeout — hardcoded 900s is now configurable via HERMES_API_TIMEOUT
env var. Useful for slow local models (llama.cpp) that need longer.
Co-authored-by: Jah-yee <Jah-yee@users.noreply.github.com>
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Co-authored-by: omerkaz <omerkaz@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jah-yee <Jah-yee@users.noreply.github.com>
