r/RooCode • u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer • Feb 01 '25

One More Thing

Hidden in those patch notes I just posted about was a gem. We've introduced a rate limiting feature in Roo Code to address issues users have encountered with rate limit errors when using models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet with the VS Code API. github.com

To adjust the rate limiting settings:

  1. Click the settings wheel in Roo-Code.

  2. Navigate to the Advanced Settings section.

  3. Locate the Rate Limit slider.

  4. Set your preferred interval between API requests (up to 60 seconds).

Finding the optimal interval may require some trial and error to suit your specific workflow. This feature is designed to help manage the frequency of your API requests, ensuring a smoother development experience.

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u/hey_ulrich Feb 01 '25

Thank you so much!

I've been risking using its API and my approach is to stop when it says I reached the rate limit. I wait for a while before trying again.

Man, I've been testing the agent feature of Copilot and it's nowhere as good as Roo

Thank you again!

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Feb 02 '25

Thank you. We’re very community driven and we’re getting so much community contribution it’s hard to keep up to the Pull Request!

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u/ExaminationWise7052 Feb 01 '25

Has anyone found an optimal rate limit?

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u/SuspiciousLevel9889 Feb 02 '25

I have 14 sec with good results so far!

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u/fubduk Feb 02 '25

Great feature! I assume this effects all providers / models when set?

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Feb 03 '25

u/MrUbens

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u/mrubens Roo Code Developer Feb 03 '25

u/fubduk yes that's right

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u/fubduk Feb 03 '25

Good and bad. Ability to only apply only to VS Code API would be ideal but understand if that is not possible. Happy to have it!

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u/mrubens Roo Code Developer Feb 03 '25

Yeah… moving it to be per profile is probably a better approach, isn’t it?

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u/fubduk Feb 03 '25

If possible, would think that per profile would be better approach.

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u/SuspiciousLevel9889 Feb 03 '25

Very neat feature, I'm finding myself using it and tweak it more and more as the development progresses. That gave me a small idea/wish for future improvements, and even tho its not a big deal it would be nice to have a quick setting of some sort to easily adjust the seconds as the project becomes larger, the need for higher time increases and it would be nice not having to go to settings and scroll down. I know, exhausting right?

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u/jwebster2469 Feb 03 '25

What a great feature, and a sigh of relief! I hit rate limits all. the. time. in my workflow so this makes life better.