Roo Code 2.2 Release Notes (2025-02-27)

This release cycle introduced Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, enabling custom tools, along with numerous settings for finer control over API requests, diff editing, auto-approval, and various QOL improvements and bug fixes.

Key Features & Enhancements

• Model Context Protocol (MCP) Support (v2.2.0):
  • Added support for MCP, enabling Roo Code to use custom tools like web search or GitHub tools.
  • Added an MCP server management tab.
  • Enabled Roo Code to dynamically create new MCP servers based on user requests.
• API Configuration Profiles (v2.2.45): Added the ability to save different API configurations to quickly switch between providers and settings. (thanks @samhvw8!)
• Configurable API Request Retries (v2.2.44): Allowed automatic retries for failed API requests with a configurable delay. (thanks @RaySinner!)
• Message Deletion (v2.2.43): Added functionality to delete single messages or all subsequent messages.
• Git Context Mentions (v2.2.42): Added a Git section to the context mentions.
• Diff Editing (Experimental & Improved) (v2.1.12 - v2.2.24):
  • Incorporated experimental support for editing through diffs. (thanks @JoziGila!)
  • Switched to search/replace diffs in experimental mode.
  • Made diff editing more robust and fixed various bugs (indentation, Windows line endings).
  • Added a setting for verbose diff debugging.
  • Defaulted diff editing to on for new installs.
  • Made fuzzy diff matching configurable (default off).
• Auto-Approval Settings:
  • Support for auto-approval of write operations and command execution. (v2.1.2)
  • Added checkboxes to auto-approve MCP tools. (v2.2.2)
  • Improved logic for auto-approving chained commands. (v2.2.31, v2.2.17)
  • Added configurable delay after auto-writes for diagnostics. (v2.2.29)

Provider Updates

• Glama Provider (v2.2.40): Added the Glama provider. (thanks @punkpeye!)
• DeepSeek Provider (v2.2.34): Added the DeepSeek provider.
• Amazon Nova & Meta Llama via Bedrock (v2.2.16): Added support for Amazon Nova and Meta Llama Models (3, 3.1, 3.2) via Bedrock. (thanks Premshay!)
• Gemini 2.0 (v2.1.20) & Flash Experimental (v2.2.22, v2.2.23): Added Gemini 2.0 and experimental Flash models, with context window fixes. (thanks student20880 for fix)

QOL Improvements & UI

• Disable Streaming (OpenAI-Compatible) (v2.2.41): Added a checkbox to disable streaming for OpenAI-compatible providers.
• MCP Prompt Toggle (v2.2.39): Added a toggle to enable/disable MCP-related sections of the system prompt. (thanks @daniel-lxs!)
• Terminal Output Lines Setting (v2.2.38): Added a setting to control the number of terminal output lines passed to the model.
• Browser Viewport & Screenshot Quality (v2.2.35): Allowed selection of multiple browser viewport sizes and adjusting screenshot quality. Added experimental 1280x800 browser. (v2.2.19)
• "Enhance prompt" Button (OpenRouter) (v2.2.33): Added "Enhance prompt" button (OpenRouter models only initially).
• List Models for OpenAI Compatible (v2.2.33): Supported listing models for OpenAI compatible providers. (thanks @samhvw8!)
• Current Time in System Prompt (v2.2.27): Added the current time to the system prompt. (thanks @libertyteeth!)
• Preferred Language Dropdown (v2.2.25): Added a preferred language dropdown, with tweaks. (thanks @yongjer for tweaks)
• Larger Text Area Input & Image Drag (v2.1.21): Implemented a larger text area input with image drag-and-drop capability.
• Copy Prompts from History (v2.1.16).
• Clearer Diff Editing Experimental Status (v2.1.15).
• Sound Effects (v2.1.10 & v2.1.13): Incorporated sound effects, with fixes for settings respect. (thanks @HeavenOSK!)
• .clinerules Instructions in Settings (v2.1.9).
• MCP Server Enable/Disable (v2.2.5).
• Cleaned Up Settings Screen (v2.2.3).

Bug Fixes

• @-Mention Parsing (v2.2.46): Only parse @-mentions in user input, not in files.
• Workspace Tracker Efficiency (v2.2.32).
• Auto-Approving Commands (v2.2.30).
• File Watcher for @-Mentions (v2.2.28): Used createFileSystemWatcher for more reliable updates.
• Gemini Chat Styling (v2.2.18).
• Diff write_to_file Rejection (v2.1.14): Automatically reject write_to_file commands leading to truncated output if diffs are enabled.

Misc Improvements

• Roo Cline Runs in All VSCode-Compatible Editors (v2.1.6).
• Roo Cline Side-by-Side with Cline (v2.1.4).
• Browser Action Approval (v2.1.3, v2.1.5): Allowed browser actions without approval when alwaysAllowBrowser is true, with fixes.
• Updated Extension Icon and Metadata (v2.1.7).