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Roo Code 3.36.0 Release Notes (2025-12-04)

This release introduces non-destructive context management for reliable checkpoint restoration, adds reasoning visibility for supported models, and improves provider reliability across Roo, Minimax, Cerebras, and Vercel AI Gateway.

Roo Code v3.36.0 Release

Non-Destructive Context Management​

Context condensing and sliding window truncation now preserve your original messages internally rather than deleting them (#9665). When you rewind to an earlier checkpoint, the full conversation history is restored automatically. This applies to both automatic condensing and sliding window operations.

Provider Updates​

  • Reasoning Details Support: The Roo provider now displays reasoning details from models with extended thinking capabilities, giving you visibility into how the model approaches your requests (#9796)

  • Native Tools Default: All Roo provider models now default to native tool protocol for improved reliability and performance (#9811)

  • Minimax search_and_replace: The Minimax M2 model now uses search_and_replace for more reliable file editing operations (#9780)

  • Cerebras Token Optimization: Conservative 8K token limits prevent premature rate limiting (thanks sebastiand-cerebras!), plus deprecated model cleanup (#9804)

  • Vercel AI Gateway: More reliable model fetching for models without complete pricing information (#9791)

Bug Fixes​

  • Write Tool Validation: Resolved false positives where write_to_file incorrectly rejected complete markdown files containing inline code comments like # NEW: or // Step 1: (thanks Michaelzag!) (#9787)

  • Download Count Display: Fixed homepage download count to display with proper precision for million-scale numbers (#9807)

Misc Improvements​

  • Tool Consolidation: Removed the deprecated insert_content tool; use apply_diff or write_to_file for file modifications (#9751)

  • Experimental Settings: Temporarily disabled the parallel tool calls experiment while improvements are in progress (#9798)

  • Infrastructure: Updated Next.js dependencies for web applications (#9799)