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Roo Code 3.28 Combined Release Notes

This version introduces Task Sync & Roomote Control for monitoring and controlling tasks from your phone, plus Roo Code Cloud integration features, enhanced chat editing, conversation preservation improvements, and multiple bug fixes.

Task Sync & Roomote Control​

Introducing our new cloud connectivity features that let you monitor and control long-running tasks from your phone - no more waiting at your desk! (#7799, #7805, #7850):

Important: Roo Code remains completely free and open source. Task Sync and Roomote Control are optional supplementary services that connect your local VS Code to the cloud - all processing still happens in your VS Code instance.

Roomote Control interface showing real-time task monitoring and control from browser

Task Sync (FREE for All Users):

  • Monitor from Anywhere: Check on long-running tasks from your phone while away from your desk
  • Real-time Updates: Live streaming of your local task messages and progress
  • Task History: Your tasks are saved to the cloud for later reference
  • Cloud Visibility: View your VS Code tasks from any browser

Roomote Control (14-Day Free Trial, then $20/month):

  • Continue Tasks Remotely: Keep tasks going from your phone - respond to prompts, fix errors, approve actions
  • Full Chat Control: Interact with the chatbox as though you were in your IDE
  • Start/Stop Tasks: Launch new tasks or terminate running ones from anywhere
  • Complete Control: Full bidirectional control of your local VS Code from anywhere

Task Sync enables monitoring your local development environment from any device. Add Roomote Control for full remote control capabilities - whether you're on another computer, tablet, or smartphone.

📚 Documentation: See Task Sync, Roomote Control Guide, and Billing & Subscriptions.

QOL Improvements​

  • Click-to-Edit Chat Messages: Click directly on any message text to edit it, with ESC to cancel and improved padding consistency (#7790)
  • Enhanced Reasoning Display: The AI's thinking process now shows a persistent timer and displays reasoning content in clean italic text (#7752)
  • Manual Auth URL Input: Users in containerized environments can now paste authentication redirect URLs manually when automatic redirection fails (#7805)
  • Active Mode Centering: The mode selector dropdown now automatically centers the active mode when opened (#7883)
  • Preserve First Message: The first message containing slash commands or initial context is now preserved during conversation condensing instead of being replaced with a summary (#7910)
  • Checkpoint Initialization Notifications: You'll now receive clear notifications when checkpoint initialization fails, particularly with nested Git repositories (#7766)

Bug Fixes​

  • Groq Context Window: Fixed incorrect display of cached tokens in context window (#7839)
  • Chat Message Operations: Resolved duplication issues when editing messages and "Couldn't find timestamp" errors when deleting (#7793)
  • UI Overlap: Fixed CodeBlock button z-index to prevent overlap with popovers and configuration panels (thanks A0nameless0man!) (#7783)
  • Temperature Parameter: Restored temperature parameter to fix crashes in TabbyApi and ExLlamaV2 backends (thanks drknyt!) (#7594)
  • Ollama Model Info: Fixed max context window display for Ollama models (thanks ItsOnlyBinary!) (#7679)
  • Image Preview Caching: This ensures the chat always displays the newly generated image instead of a cached version (#7860)

Provider Updates​

  • Vertex AI Models: Added support for 6 new models including DeepSeek-V3, GPT-OSS, and Qwen models, plus the us-south1 region (thanks ssweens!) (#7727)
  • DeepSeek Pricing: Updated to new unified rates effective September 5, 2025 - $0.56/M input tokens, $1.68/M output tokens (thanks NaccOll!) (#7687)

Misc Improvements​

  • Cloud Task Button: Added a new button for opening tasks in Roo Code Cloud with QR codes and shareable URLs (#7572)
  • Telemetry Default: Posthog telemetry is now enabled by default with easy opt-out options in settings (#7909)
  • Roo Code Cloud Announcement: Updated in-app announcements about Roo Code Cloud features, localized in 18 languages (#7914)
  • Merge Resolver Mode: Added GIT_EDITOR environment variable to prevent hanging during non-interactive rebase operations (#7819)
  • Updated dependency esbuild to v0.25.9 for improved build performance (#5455)
  • Updated dependency @changesets/cli to v2.29.6 (#7376)
  • Updated dependency nock to v14.0.10 (#6465)
  • Updated dependency eslint-config-prettier to v10.1.8 (#6464)
  • Updated dependency eslint-plugin-turbo to v2.5.6 (#7764)