I use my voice PE to set kitchen timers constantly. It's worked very reliably for months. I've noticed in the past week or so that it's gotten significantly worse though.
I haven't changed any settings around my voice pipeline. Has anyone else seen this? Did I miss something in the changelogs that I should have updated recently? Haha
Here's my current pipeline config:
And below is a full recent run where the detected audio was: "Set the timer for six minutes." but it still didn't handle it locally and sent it to the LLM to handle 
Full run output
stage: done
run:
pipeline: 01gzkzge0e2q66aj1cxxccbwfn
language: en
conversation_id: 01KT990N52KT5Q0E9546MN4ZA1
satellite_id: assist_satellite.home_assistant_voice_090de2_assist_satellite
tts_output:
token: LgIH8BuVRWGIkxoY7r21sQ.flac
url: /api/tts_proxy/LgIH8BuVRWGIkxoY7r21sQ.flac
mime_type: audio/flac
stream_response: false
events:
- type: run-start
data:
pipeline: 01gzkzge0e2q66aj1cxxccbwfn
language: en
conversation_id: 01KT990N52KT5Q0E9546MN4ZA1
satellite_id: assist_satellite.home_assistant_voice_090de2_assist_satellite
tts_output:
token: LgIH8BuVRWGIkxoY7r21sQ.flac
url: /api/tts_proxy/LgIH8BuVRWGIkxoY7r21sQ.flac
mime_type: audio/flac
stream_response: false
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:20.498912+00:00"
- type: stt-start
data:
engine: stt.parakeet
metadata:
language: en
format: wav
codec: pcm
bit_rate: 16
sample_rate: 16000
channel: 1
audio_processing:
requires_external_vad: true
prefers_auto_gain_enabled: true
prefers_noise_reduction_enabled: true
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:20.499283+00:00"
- type: stt-vad-start
data:
timestamp: 9340
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:29.842232+00:00"
- type: stt-vad-end
data:
timestamp: 12240
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:32.720955+00:00"
- type: stt-end
data:
stt_output:
text: Set the timer for six minutes.
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:33.233033+00:00"
- type: intent-start
data:
engine: conversation.gemma_4_26b_a4b_it_2
language: en
intent_input: Set the timer for six minutes.
conversation_id: 01KT990N52KT5Q0E9546MN4ZA1
device_id: 93fa98ff09e8db20d49e6f20e303d181
satellite_id: assist_satellite.home_assistant_voice_090de2_assist_satellite
prefer_local_intents: true
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:33.233332+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
role: assistant
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.495913+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: I
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.496055+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: "'"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.519532+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: m
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.545116+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: " sorry"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.571044+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: ","
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.597340+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: " but"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.623314+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: " I"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.649483+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: " don"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.675779+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: "'"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.701239+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: t
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.727769+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: " have"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.753475+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: " the"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.779608+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: " ability"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.805872+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: " to"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.832004+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: " set"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.858085+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: " timers"
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.884337+00:00"
- type: intent-progress
data:
chat_log_delta:
content: .
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.910653+00:00"
- type: intent-end
data:
processed_locally: false
intent_output:
response:
speech:
plain:
speech: I'm sorry, but I don't have the ability to set timers.
extra_data: null
card: {}
language: en
response_type: action_done
data:
success: []
failed: []
conversation_id: 01KT990N52KT5Q0E9546MN4ZA1
continue_conversation: false
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.937470+00:00"
- type: tts-start
data:
engine: tts.kokoro_tts
language: en
voice: null
tts_input: I'm sorry, but I don't have the ability to set timers.
acknowledge_override: false
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.937622+00:00"
- type: tts-end
data:
tts_output:
media_id: media-source://tts/-stream-/LgIH8BuVRWGIkxoY7r21sQ.flac
token: LgIH8BuVRWGIkxoY7r21sQ.flac
url: /api/tts_proxy/LgIH8BuVRWGIkxoY7r21sQ.flac
mime_type: audio/flac
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.939080+00:00"
- type: run-end
data: null
timestamp: "2026-06-04T12:17:40.939277+00:00"
started: 2026-06-04T12:17:20.498Z
stt:
engine: stt.parakeet
metadata:
language: en
format: wav
codec: pcm
bit_rate: 16
sample_rate: 16000
channel: 1
audio_processing:
requires_external_vad: true
prefers_auto_gain_enabled: true
prefers_noise_reduction_enabled: true
done: true
stt_output:
text: Set the timer for six minutes.
intent:
engine: conversation.gemma_4_26b_a4b_it_2
language: en
intent_input: Set the timer for six minutes.
conversation_id: 01KT990N52KT5Q0E9546MN4ZA1
device_id: 93fa98ff09e8db20d49e6f20e303d181
satellite_id: assist_satellite.home_assistant_voice_090de2_assist_satellite
prefer_local_intents: true
done: true
processed_locally: false
intent_output:
response:
speech:
plain:
speech: I'm sorry, but I don't have the ability to set timers.
extra_data: null
card: {}
language: en
response_type: action_done
data:
success: []
failed: []
conversation_id: 01KT990N52KT5Q0E9546MN4ZA1
continue_conversation: false
tts:
engine: tts.kokoro_tts
language: en
voice: null
tts_input: I'm sorry, but I don't have the ability to set timers.
acknowledge_override: false
done: true
tts_output:
media_id: media-source://tts/-stream-/LgIH8BuVRWGIkxoY7r21sQ.flac
token: LgIH8BuVRWGIkxoY7r21sQ.flac
url: /api/tts_proxy/LgIH8BuVRWGIkxoY7r21sQ.flac
mime_type: audio/flac
finished: 2026-06-04T12:17:40.939Z