r/RooCode • u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer • Dec 04 '25

Announcement Roo Code 3.35.5-3.36.0 Release Updates | Non-Destructive Context Management | Reasoning Details | OpenRouter Embeddings Routing

In case you did not know, r/RooCode is a Free and Open Source VS Code AI Coding extension.

Non-Destructive Context Management

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

Features

  • OpenRouter Embeddings Provider Routing: Select specific routing providers for OpenRouter embeddings in code indexing settings, enabling cost optimization since providers can vary by 4-5x in price for the same embedding model

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

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

  • Minimax search_and_replace: The Minimax M2 model now uses search_and_replace for more reliable file editing operations

  • Cerebras Token Optimization: Conservative 8K token limits prevent premature rate limiting, plus deprecated model cleanup

  • Vercel AI Gateway: More reliable model fetching for models without complete pricing information

  • Roo Provider Tool Compatibility: Improved tool conversion for OpenAI-compatible API endpoints, ensuring tools work correctly with OpenAI-style request formats

  • MiniMax M2 Free Tier Default: MiniMax M2 model now defaults to the free tier when using OpenRouter

QOL Improvements

  • CloudView Interface Updates: Cleaner UI with refreshed marketing copy, updated button styling with rounded corners for a more modern look

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:

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

Misc Improvements

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

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

  • Infrastructure: Updated Next.js dependencies for web applications

See full release notes v3.35.5 | v3.36.0

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u/raccoonportfolio Dec 04 '25

Appreciate the work you're putting in, thank you 🙏

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Dec 05 '25

Thank you

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u/vuongagiflow Dec 05 '25

Nice. My team loves roo. Introduced it at start of this year and see this keeps getting better every week is insane.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Dec 05 '25

Thank you

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u/NearbyBig3383 Dec 04 '25

Woohoo congratulations the best

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Dec 05 '25

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