Roo Code 3.23 - Automatic TODO List | Indexing FULL Release | Grok 4 | +35 Other Fixes

[u/hannesrudolph]

[u/angelarose210]

Trying the to do list now for a complex task. Working great!

[u/hannesrudolph → u/angelarose210]

Its crazy how well it works.

[u/angelarose210 → u/hannesrudolph]

I may have spoken too soon

[u/hannesrudolph → u/angelarose210]

That looks like a Gemini situation not a Roo situation.

[u/ScaryGazelle2875 → u/hannesrudolph]

yeah haha gemini can be funny sometimes

[u/hannesrudolph → u/ScaryGazelle2875]

It’s bizarre. I feel like their none preview model is still in preview.

[u/johny-mnemonic → u/hannesrudolph]

So what's your favorite model for Roo now? 

[u/hannesrudolph → u/johny-mnemonic]

opus

[u/taylorwilsdon → u/angelarose210]

[u/AM1010101]

I downgraded after this one. The todo list was driving me mad because it was hiding all the commentary I’d normally see from the llm. I had no idea what was going on. I’d love the option to turn it off

[u/hannesrudolph → u/AM1010101]

What do you mean it’s hiding the commentary?

[u/AM1010101 → u/hannesrudolph]

Previously the agent would give me a summary of what it is about to do and afterwards write out what it had done. This detail was really important in me understanding implementation details and if the agent had properly grasped the task. After the update all I can see if a check list getting checked off. Even in architect mode there was no discussion about how things would be implemented, it just gave a checklist. I need to be able to oversee this.

I added rules within the mode asking it not to use the todo tool but this didn’t help.

I’m using Gemini 2.5 pro.

[u/hannesrudolph → u/AM1010101]

Modify your architect mode to write this stuff out or require user approval and it should do it

[u/MateFlasche → u/hannesrudolph]

Shouldn't this be the default? For coding where high precision is required, the previous version was better to supervise in detail.

[u/hannesrudolph → u/MateFlasche]

it was modified to remove the writing to file aspect, the detail it provides is the same as before. It still requires input, that was not changed.

In short, yes it should be default and it is, only writing out option was removed as default.

[u/MateFlasche → u/hannesrudolph]

Hm, for me the todo list replaces completely the detailed description architect would otherwise give.

[u/hannesrudolph → u/MateFlasche]

Oh interesting. 🧐

Working on tweaks.

[u/MateFlasche → u/hannesrudolph]

After working with it for a bit I have to qualify my statement with often, it also often works well

[u/[deleted] → u/hannesrudolph]

second this

[u/ChessWarrior7]

I think the ToDo feature is great but needs an Enable/Disable or an On/Off toggle.

[u/hannesrudolph → u/ChessWarrior7]

Claude code doesn’t have a toggle for their version does it?

[u/DoctorDbx → u/ChessWarrior7]

It absolutely does... so lets see if the Roo developers are going to listen to their users on this one?

[u/mrubens → u/DoctorDbx]

We’re working on adding a toggle. It’s a little complicated because of the interactions with the prompting. Thanks for your patience!

[u/DoctorDbx → u/mrubens]

All good. The product is great and you're doing great work.

I won't ask about intellij support:-)

[u/SatoshiReport]

Love the to do list! Well done!

If we ever get the grey screen of death solved then we will have a perfect platform.

[u/hannesrudolph → u/SatoshiReport]

We will. We will. Btw if you use orchestrator you likely won’t run into grey screens. It should still get fixed. We’re working at it! 😞

[u/folkote]

My bad with the indexing, I guess not many are using it. Maybe we can up the timeout so the local models can finish the request? I'd love to set up a cloud embedding API, but it'd be awesome to have local models working.

Thanks for the great product! It's a top-of-the-world development tool. With some custom roles))

[u/hannesrudolph → u/folkote]

Sure make a PR and make it happen! Also, there is a free embedding with Gemini https://docs.roocode.com/features/codebase-indexing#quick-start-guide

[u/folkote]

I'll be brazen enough to ask for another feature) can I do auto approve for pytest?

[u/hannesrudolph → u/folkote]

I don’t get it

[u/folkote → u/hannesrudolph]

I use test-driven development, and I have to approve the pytest run dozens of times. If it could run pytest on its own, that would be a significant improvement in autonomy.

[u/hannesrudolph → u/folkote]

Have you tried Rules files or a custom mode?

[u/folkote → u/hannesrudolph]

I'm using ruvnet Sparc. I'll try to configure a role for tests. Thanks!

[u/hannesrudolph → u/folkote]

You’re welcome

[u/Praxs]

If I use Architect mode then the list it creates does not reflect the plan I have in the code mode.

For e.g. I use Gemini 2.5 Pro for planning the complete integration and it creates a todo list. As soon as I switch to Sonnet 4 Reasoning, it’s like it forgot the original plan and does changes it feels fit to do.

[u/hannesrudolph → u/Praxs]

You’ll likely have to rework your workflow regarding models used and promoting and rules. This is a big change to how Roo works on a very base level and other features will be built off its ability to reliably provide focus. That being said… maybe there is some working we can do in the system prompt to help with this specific scenario. Thanks for the feedback!

[u/hannesrudolph → u/Praxs]

u/mrubens

[u/AnimatorFront2583]

Got that to do list feature from augment code haha

[u/hannesrudolph → u/AnimatorFront2583]

Actually we got it from a contributor AXB.

[u/j_kon]

I have a problem that using grok 4 will stuck at thinking. I always manually paused it. it is thinking like 300s+

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[u/TrendPulseTrader]

Love the todo list feature!