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Aider v0.66.0: PDF input for Sonnet and Gemini, configurable API timeout

Adds PDF support when using Sonnet and Gemini models, plus a --timeout option for API calls and --voice-input-device for selecting the recording device. Support for Dart was removed as broken.

PUBLISHED2024-12-01
OBSERVED2026-08-11
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  • PDF support for Sonnet and Gemini models
  • --timeout to configure API call timeouts
  • --voice-input-device selects the audio input device
  • Broken Dart support removed
  • Shell commands now run with cwd set to the repo root
  • Ctrl-Up/Down navigates per-message history
  • /drop supports substring matching for non-glob patterns
  • Better error handling for .gitignore writes, input-history file permissions, and analytics file access
  • Fixes: URL scraping from chat messages, --alias, __version__ import errors
  • Spurious VSCode pretty-output warning removed
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