Roo Code 3.3 Release Notes (2025-02-27)

This extensive release cycle brings a wealth of features including native VS Code code actions, mode-to-mode switching, enhanced Markdown editing for Ask/Architect modes, custom mode file restrictions, Bedrock AWS Profile support, the new "Debug" mode, experimental "Power Steering", project-specific custom modes, @terminal context mentions, improved API profile management, and a vast number of QOL improvements, provider updates, and bug fixes.

Key Features & Enhancements

• Native VS Code Code Actions: Implemented native VS Code code actions for quick fixes and refactoring options.
• Mode Switching Requests: Modes can now request to switch to other modes when needed.
• Enhanced Ask & Architect Modes: Ask and Architect modes can now edit Markdown files.
• Custom Mode File Restrictions: Custom modes can now be restricted to specific file patterns.
• "Debug" Mode: Added a new "Debug" mode specializing in diagnosing and fixing problems.
• Experimental "Power Steering": Introduced an experimental option to significantly improve adherence to role definitions and custom instructions.
• Project-Specific Custom Modes: Support for project-specific custom modes in a .roomodes file.
• @terminal Context Mention: Added the ability to mention @terminal to pull terminal output into the chat context. (thanks Cline!)
• Experimental Editing Tools: Introduced insert_content and search_and_replace tools. (thanks @samhvw8!)
• Context Window Usage Display: Made context window usage visible in the task header. (thanks @MuriloFP!)
• Auto-Approve Mode Switch: Added checkboxes to auto-approve mode switch requests. (thanks @MuriloFP!)
• New Task Tool: Added a new_task tool that allows Roo to start new tasks with an initial message and mode.
• Checkpoints (Experimental & Improved): Introduced experimental checkpoints using a shadow git repository, with subsequent fixes for Windows file locks and UI. (thanks Cline!)
• Per-Server MCP Network Timeout: Added per-server MCP network timeout configuration.
• Code Action Task Destination: Option to perform explain/improve/fix code actions in the existing task or a new one. (thanks @samhvw8!)

Provider Updates

• Bedrock AWS Profiles: Support for configuring the Bedrock provider with AWS Profiles.
• Mistral Models: Added more Mistral models. (thanks @d-oit, @bramburn!)
• Requesty Provider: Added the Requesty provider. (thanks @samhvw8!)
• Volcano Ark Platform: Support for Volcano Ark platform through the OpenAI-compatible provider.
• New Gemini Models: Added new Gemini models.
• o3-mini Models: Added o3-mini-high, o3-mini-low, and general o3-mini support. (thanks @shpigunov!)
• Perplexity/Sonar-Reasoning: Added support for perplexity/sonar-reasoning. (thanks @Szpadel!)
• Unbound Provider: Added the Unbound provider. (thanks @vigneshsubbiah16!)
• OpenRouter DeepSeek-R1 Integration: Improved integration by setting recommended temperature and displaying reasoning output. (thanks @Szpadel!)
• Custom OpenRouter Base URL: Allowed specifying a custom OpenRouter base URL. (thanks @dairui1!)

QOL Improvements & UI

• Improved Provider Settings UI: Clearer Save buttons and warnings for unsaved changes in Provider Settings. (thanks @System233!)
• Custom Preferred Languages: Added support for setting custom preferred languages on the Prompts tab, including Catalan. (thanks @alarno!)
• MCP Server Deletion: Added a button to delete MCP servers. (thanks @hannesrudolph!)
• API Config Dropdown for Modes: Added a dropdown to select API configuration for a mode in the Prompts tab.
• Nicer Nested Settings UI: Improved the UI for nested settings. (thanks @PretzelVector!)
• Autocomplete for Slash Commands.
• Open Tabs in @-Mentions: Added shortcuts to currently open tabs in @-mentions. (thanks @olup!)
• Improved Terminal Shell Detection. (thanks @canvrno, @nissa-seru!)
• Visual Improvements: Various visual fixes to dropdowns, mode lists, and chat input styling. (thanks @psv2522!)
• Include Message with Tool Approval/Rejection. (thanks @napter!)
• API Retries with Exponential Backoff & Rate Limiting.
• Help Button to Docs Site.
• Per-API Model Temperature Setting. (thanks @joemanley201!)
• Copy Button for Recent Tasks & System Prompt. (thanks @hannesrudolph, @mamertofabian!)
• Improved New API Profile UX.
• Terminal Context Menu. (thanks @samhvw8!)
• Sliding Window Truncation for Non-Caching Models. (thanks @nissa-seru!)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed numerous API profile switching bugs. (thanks @System233, @samhvw8!)
• Fixed AWS Bedrock region selection. (thanks @oprstchn!)
• Fixed custom instruction file read errors. (thanks @joemanley201!)
• Fixed .roomodes auto-creation.
• Fixed Mistral integration. (thanks @d-oit!)
• Fixed system prompt mode awareness.
• Fixed welcome screen API key race condition.
• Fixed file write aborts not reverting.
• Fixed disabled MCP server display. (thanks @MuriloFP!)
• Fixed Ollama/LMStudio URL input flicker.
• Fixed o1-mini pricing. (thanks @hesara!)
• Fixed context window size calculation. (thanks @MuriloFP!)
• Fixed o3-mini in Glama provider. (thanks @Punkpeye!)
• Fixed qwen-max and other OpenAI-compatible provider issues. (thanks @Szpadel!)
• Fixed terminal management creating unnecessary terminals. (thanks @evan-fannin!)
• Fixed saved API provider not selected after mode switch.

Misc Improvements

• Updated gpt-4o price. (thanks @marvijo-code!)
• Enabled streaming for OpenAI o1.
• Made Ask mode read-only for Markdown files.
• Added setting for open tabs context count.
• Honored VS Code theme for dialog backgrounds.
• Allowed clearing default custom instructions for built-in modes.
• Added OpenRouter usage stats retries. (thanks @jcbdev!)
• Prompt tweaks for custom mode creation.
• Improved DeepSeek R1 support. (thanks @Szpadel!)
• Sped up diff editing. (thanks @hannesrudolph, @KyleHerndon!)
• Thrown errors sooner for restricted file writes.
• New Roo Code community Discord.