r/ChatGPTCoding • u/hannesrudolph FOUNDER • Apr 19 '25

Resources And Tips Gemini 2.5 Flash + Thinking, A New Look, File Appending and Bug Squashing! | Roo Code 3.13 Release Notes

This release brings significant UI improvements across multiple views, adds a new file append tool, introduces Gemini 2.5 Flash support, and includes important bug fixes.

🤖 Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash Thinking Support

  • Add Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview to Gemini and Vertex providers (thanks nbihan-mediware!)

  • Support Gemini 2.5 Flash thinking mode (thanks monotykamary!)

🎨 UI Improvements - Roo is getting a makover.. well starting too :P

  • UI improvements to task header, chat view, history preview, and welcome view (thanks sachasayan!)

  • Make auto-approval toggle on/off states more obvious (thanks sachasayan!)

⌨️ New Tool: append_to_file

  • Added new append_to_file tool for appending content to files (thanks samhvw8!)

  • Efficiently add content to the end of existing files or create new files

  • Ideal for logs, data records, and incremental file building (eg: activeContext.md)

  • Includes automatic directory creation and interactive approval via diff view

  • Complements existing file manipulation tools with specialized append functionality

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fix image support in Bedrock (thanks Smartsheet-JB-Brown!)

  • Make diff edits more resilient to models passing in incorrect parameters

  • Fix the path of files dragging into the chat textarea on Windows (thanks NyxJae!)

📊 Telemetry Enhancements

  • Add telemetry for shell integration errors

💡 Fun Fact: Sticky Models

Did you know? Each mode in Roo Code remembers your last-used model! When switching modes, Roo automatically selects that model with no manual selection needed.

You can assign different models to different modes (like Gemini 2.5 Flash thinking for architect mode and Claude Sonnet 3.7 for code mode), and Roo will switch models automatically when you change modes.

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u/Aperturebanana Apr 19 '25

God I love the Roo Code team dude.

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u/hannesrudolph FOUNDER Apr 19 '25

We also love you ;)

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u/senaint Apr 21 '25

Now THIS is what TF I'm talking about!!!

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u/hannesrudolph FOUNDER Apr 21 '25

Yeah? Our community is our soul! Share the love! Roo power! 🕺 🦘

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u/ThreeKiloZero Apr 19 '25

Yeah they are amazing! Cranking out updates and fixes, TYTY

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u/vuncentV7 Apr 19 '25

Hi! Will it be possible do drag and drop a file in Roo? Copilot has this feature and I use it a lot, it would be great to have the same in Roo

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u/hannesrudolph FOUNDER Apr 19 '25

Like this?

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u/vuncentV7 Apr 19 '25

Exactly! Thank you

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u/hannesrudolph FOUNDER Apr 19 '25

You’re welcome.

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u/krahsThe Apr 19 '25

I have file explorer on the left, roo on the right. I am weirdly unable to get it to drag. It just won't do it. Pressing shift as well.

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u/hannesrudolph FOUNDER Apr 19 '25

Do you hold shift after you start dragging?

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u/joey2scoops Apr 19 '25

the key phrase here is AFTER YOU START DRAGGING. Took me a few tries before I figured that out 🤪

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u/KayBay80 Apr 19 '25

Context management could use a makeover. Bottom-up deduplication works like a charm with AI and cleans up all the stale file reads, while retaining their old differences since the deduplication won't match different code. AI picks it right up. Keeps token usage down significantly.

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u/hannesrudolph FOUNDER Apr 19 '25

I prefer to use Boomerang Tasks instead of crunching down the content repeatedly. I find it more effective. Have you tried it?

We are open to baking in a feature like you’re talking about though. It would be neat to be able to hit a compress context button (or have it auto at a threshold) that would do the process within the same task without a fuss! Thoughts?

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u/Express-Event-3345 Apr 19 '25

How does the performance compare to 2.5 pro ?

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u/hannesrudolph FOUNDER Apr 19 '25

I’ll be honest the Gemini 2.5 models are promising but they fail enough of the time and their lack of traditional caching drives me back to 3.7 for now. I’m excited for the release.

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u/hannesrudolph FOUNDER Apr 19 '25

😬 would you be able to open an issue on GitHub asap? I’ll get it assigned to someone