diff --git a/gateway/run.py b/gateway/run.py
index 3d2d9fa5549..a3ecc49a964 100644
--- a/gateway/run.py
+++ b/gateway/run.py
@@ -15902,14 +15902,19 @@ class GatewayRunner(GatewayAuthorizationMixin, GatewayKanbanWatchersMixin, Gatew
             )
             return False
 
-        # Dedup: agent already called TTS tool
+        # Dedup: agent already called TTS tool in THIS turn only
+        last_user_idx = None
+        for i, msg in enumerate(reversed(agent_messages)):
+            if msg.get("role") == "user":
+                last_user_idx = len(agent_messages) - 1 - i; break
+        turn_messages = agent_messages[last_user_idx:] if last_user_idx is not None else agent_messages
         has_agent_tts = any(
             msg.get("role") == "assistant"
             and any(
                 (tc.get("function") or {}).get("name") == "text_to_speech"
                 for tc in (msg.get("tool_calls") or [])
             )
-            for msg in agent_messages
+            for msg in turn_messages
         )
         if has_agent_tts:
             return False
@@ -18058,6 +18063,8 @@ class GatewayRunner(GatewayAuthorizationMixin, GatewayKanbanWatchersMixin, Gatew
                 list if every clip failed or STT is disabled. Callers can use
                 this to echo transcripts back to the user before the agent loop.
         """
+        seen = set()
+        audio_paths = [p for p in audio_paths if p not in seen and not seen.add(p)]
         if not getattr(self.config, "stt_enabled", True):
             notes = []
             for path in audio_paths: