chore: add changeset for v3.29.0

Author: mrubens

.changeset/v3.29.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+"roo-cline": minor
+---
+
+![3.29.0 Release - Intelligent File Reading](/releases/3.29.0-release.png)
+
+- Add token-budget based file reading with intelligent preview to avoid context overruns (thanks @daniel-lxs!)
+- Enable browser-use tool for all image-capable models (#8116 by @hannesrudolph, PR by @app/roomote!)
+- Add dynamic model loading for Roo Code Cloud provider (thanks @app/roomote!)
+- Fix: Respect nested .gitignore files in search_files (#7921 by @hannesrudolph, PR by @daniel-lxs)
+- Fix: Preserve trailing newlines in stripLineNumbers for apply_diff (#8020 by @liyi3c, PR by @app/roomote)
+- Fix: Exclude max tokens field for models that don't support it in export (#7944 by @hannesrudolph, PR by @elianiva)
+- Retry API requests on stream failures instead of aborting task (thanks @daniel-lxs!)
+- Improve auto-approve button responsiveness (thanks @daniel-lxs!)
+- Add checkpoint initialization timeout settings and fix checkpoint timeout warnings (#7843 by @NaccOll, PR by @NaccOll)
+- Always show checkpoint restore options regardless of change detection (thanks @daniel-lxs!)
+- Improve checkpoint menu translations (thanks @daniel-lxs!)
+- Add GLM-4.6-turbo model to chutes ai provider (thanks @mohammad154!)
+- Add Claude Haiku 4.5 to prompt caching models (thanks @hannesrudolph!)
+- Expand Z.ai model coverage with GLM-4.5-X, AirX, Flash (thanks @hannesrudolph!)
+- Update Mistral Medium model name (#8362 by @ThomsenDrake, PR by @ThomsenDrake)
+- Remove GPT-5 instructions/reasoning_summary from UI message metadata to prevent ui_messages.json bloat (thanks @hannesrudolph!)
+- Normalize docs-extractor audience tags; remove admin/stakeholder; strip tool invocations (thanks @hannesrudolph!)
+- Update X/Twitter username from roo_code to roocode (thanks @app/roomote!)
+- Update Configuring Profiles video link (thanks @app/roomote!)
+- Fix link text for Roomote Control in README (thanks @laz-001!)
+- Remove verbose error for cloud agents (thanks @cte!)
+- Try 5s status mutation timeout (thanks @cte!)

releases/3.29.0-release.png

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class ClineProvider
 
 	public isViewLaunched = false
 	public settingsImportedAt?: number
-	public readonly latestAnnouncementId = "sep-2025-code-supernova-1m" // Code Supernova 1M context window announcement
+	public readonly latestAnnouncementId = "oct-2025-v3.29.0-cloud-agents" // v3.29.0 Cloud Agents announcement
 	public readonly providerSettingsManager: ProviderSettingsManager
 	public readonly customModesManager: CustomModesManager
 

src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { VSCodeLink } from "@vscode/webview-ui-toolkit/react"
 
 import { Package } from "@roo/package"
 import { useAppTranslation } from "@src/i18n/TranslationContext"
-import { useExtensionState } from "@src/context/ExtensionStateContext"
 import { vscode } from "@src/utils/vscode"
 import { Dialog, DialogContent, DialogHeader, DialogTitle } from "@src/components/ui"
 import { Button } from "@src/components/ui"
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ interface AnnouncementProps {
 const Announcement = ({ hideAnnouncement }: AnnouncementProps) => {
 	const { t } = useAppTranslation()
 	const [open, setOpen] = useState(true)
-	const { cloudIsAuthenticated } = useExtensionState()
 
 	return (
 		<Dialog
@@ -42,55 +40,50 @@ const Announcement = ({ hideAnnouncement }: AnnouncementProps) => {
 					<DialogTitle>{t("chat:announcement.title", { version: Package.version })}</DialogTitle>
 				</DialogHeader>
 				<div>
-					<div className="mb-3">
-						<Trans
-							i18nKey="chat:announcement.stealthModel.feature"
-							components={{
-								bold: <b />,
-							}}
-						/>
+					{/* Regular Release Highlights */}
+					<div className="mb-4">
+						<p className="mb-3">{t("chat:announcement.release.heading")}</p>
+						<ul className="list-disc list-inside text-sm space-y-1">
+							<li>{t("chat:announcement.release.fileReading")}</li>
+							<li>{t("chat:announcement.release.browserUse")}</li>
+							<li>{t("chat:announcement.release.bugFixes")}</li>
+						</ul>
 					</div>
 
-					<p className="mt-3 text-sm text-vscode-descriptionForeground">
-						{t("chat:announcement.stealthModel.note")}
-					</p>
+					{/* Horizontal Rule */}
+					<hr className="my-4 border-vscode-widget-border" />
+
+					{/* Cloud Agents Section */}
+					<div>
+						<p className="mb-3">{t("chat:announcement.cloudAgents.heading")}</p>
+
+						<div className="mb-3">
+							<Trans
+								i18nKey="chat:announcement.cloudAgents.feature"
+								components={{
+									bold: <b />,
+								}}
+							/>
+						</div>
+
+						<p className="mb-3 text-sm text-vscode-descriptionForeground">
+							{t("chat:announcement.cloudAgents.description")}
+						</p>
 
-					<div className="mt-4">
-						{!cloudIsAuthenticated ? (
+						<div className="mt-4">
 							<Button
 								onClick={() => {
 									vscode.postMessage({
-										type: "cloudLandingPageSignIn",
-										text: "supernova",
+										type: "openExternal",
+										url: "https://roocode.com/reviewer?utm_source=roocode&utm_medium=extension&utm_campaign=announcement",
 									})
+									setOpen(false)
+									hideAnnouncement()
 								}}
 								className="w-full">
-								{t("chat:announcement.stealthModel.connectButton")}
+								{t("chat:announcement.cloudAgents.createAgentButton")}
 							</Button>
-						) : (
-							<>
-								<p className="mb-3">
-									<Trans
-										i18nKey="chat:announcement.stealthModel.selectModel"
-										components={{
-											code: <code />,
-										}}
-									/>
-								</p>
-								<Button
-									onClick={() => {
-										setOpen(false)
-										hideAnnouncement()
-										vscode.postMessage({
-											type: "switchTab",
-											tab: "settings",
-										})
-									}}
-									className="w-full">
-									{t("chat:announcement.stealthModel.goToSettingsButton")}
-								</Button>
-							</>
-						)}
+						</div>
 					</div>
 
 					<div className="mt-4 text-sm text-center">

webview-ui/src/components/chat/Announcement.tsx

@@ -305,6 +305,18 @@
 			"selectModel": "Select <code>roo/code-supernova</code> from the Roo Code Cloud provider in Settings to get started.",
 			"goToSettingsButton": "Go to Settings"
 		},
+		"release": {
+			"heading": "New in the Extension:",
+			"fileReading": "Intelligent file reading that avoids context overruns",
+			"browserUse": "Browser-use tool enabled for all image-capable models",
+			"bugFixes": "Many bug fixes and model updates"
+		},
+		"cloudAgents": {
+			"heading": "New in the Cloud:",
+			"feature": "Introducing Roo Code's first Cloud Agent, the <bold>PR Reviewer</bold>.",
+			"description": "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.",
+			"createAgentButton": "Try out PR Reviewer"
+		},
 		"socialLinks": "Join us on <xLink>X</xLink>, <discordLink>Discord</discordLink>, or <redditLink>r/RooCode</redditLink> 🚀"
 	},
 	"reasoning": {