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Roo Code 3.25.18 Release Notes (2025-08-19)

Update to Roo Code 3.25.18 to access Sonic — a stealth model from a major AI provider — with a massive 262,144‑token context and FREE 72‑hour access. This release also includes provider enhancements and reliability fixes.

Sonic (Stealth Model)​

Sonic is now available in Roo Code (#7207) (#7212) (#7218) — a stealth model from a major AI provider designed for long‑range, context‑rich work:

  • 262,144‑token context lets you work across very large codebases, logs, and transcripts in one session.
  • FREE for 72 hours so you can try Sonic with real tasks.

Important: Sonic is delivered via Roo Code Cloud. To get this model to work, you must connect your IDE to Roo Code Cloud. See Connect to Roo Code Cloud.

Prerequisites

  • Roo Code v3.25.18 or later
  • Connected to Roo Code Cloud account — see Connect to Roo Code Cloud

How to enable Sonic

  1. Open Settings → Providers and set Provider to Roo Code Router.
  2. In the model selector, choose Sonic.

📚 Documentation: See Connect to Roo Code Cloud and Roo Code Router.

Bug Fixes​

  • LM Studio models: prevents duplicate entries (case‑insensitive) (thanks fbuechler!) (#7185)
  • Reasoning usage: respects enableReasoningEffort setting, avoiding unintended reasoning costs (thanks ikbencasdoei!) (#7049)

Documentation Updates​