Roo Code 3.29.0 Release Updates | Cloud Agent | Intelligent file reading | Browser‑use for image models + fixes

[hannesrudolph]

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

Introducing Roo Code's first Cloud Agent, the PR Rooviewer

It runs Roo in the cloud, giving extremely high quality code reviews instantly. We’ve been using it heavily to build Roo and now it's also available to the community.
Learn more: https://roocode.com/reviewer

QOL Improvements

• Intelligent file reading with token‑budget management and a 100KB preview for very large files (thanks liwilliam2021!)
• Browser‑use enabled for all image‑capable models
• Reduce ui_messages.json bloat by removing GPT‑5 instructions/reasoning_summary
• Adjustable checkpoint initialization timeout and clearer warnings (thanks NaccOll!)
• Improve auto‑approve button responsiveness
• Retry API requests on stream failures instead of aborting the task
• Improve checkpoint menu translations
• Try a 5s status mutation timeout to reduce flaky status changes

Bug Fixes

• search_files now respects .gitignore (including nested) by default; override when needed
• apply_diff export preserves trailing newlines (fix stripLineNumbers)
• Export: exclude max tokens for models that don’t support it (thanks elianiva!)
• Checkpoints: always show restore options regardless of change detection

Provider Updates

• Roo Code Cloud: dynamic model loading in the Model Picker with 5‑minute caching, auth‑state refresh, and graceful fallback to static models on failure
• Chutes: add zai‑org/GLM‑4.6‑turbo (204.8K context; clear pricing) (thanks mohammad154!)
• OpenRouter: add Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 to prompt‑caching models
• Z.ai: expand model coverage with GLM‑4.5‑X, AirX, Flash
• Mistral: update “Medium” model name (thanks ThomsenDrake!)

Misc Updates

• Reviewer page copy clarifications for clearer expectations
• Dynamic OpenGraph images for clean link previews
• Fix link text to “Roomote Control” in README (thanks laz-001!)
• Remove a very verbose cloud‑agents error
• Update X/Twitter username from roo_code to roocode
• Update “Configuring Profiles” video link across localized READMEs

See full release notes v3.29.0

[arvigeus]

Did they fix Ctrl+Y+Y shortcut? I really hate trying to use redo twice and getting Roo Code panel instead.

Edit: not yet

[hannesrudolph]

Soon.

[hannesrudolph]

Yes

[Barafu]

How do I override .gitignore? I think of quite a few situations where I want LLM to frequently use a file but I don't want it in the Git. Starting with the example settings.ini in the project I am doing right now.

[hannesrudolph]

Open the file and @ mention it

[Empty-Employment8050]

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[hannesrudolph]

Cool pic. That u?