release aidev SIG 2/5

Aider v0.71.0: bare /ask and /code switch chat mode, bigger history limit

Streaming output renders faster on long replies and now disables itself automatically for models that don't support streaming, which makes switching to and from /model o1 mid-session work. Bare /ask, /code and /architect now change the chat mode instead of requiring a message, and both the repomap and chat-history token budgets were raised.

PUBLISHED2025-01-10
OBSERVED2026-08-11
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  • Bare /ask, /code, /architect switch chat mode
  • Streaming auto-disables for models without streaming support; switching to/from /model o1 now works
  • Smoother, faster pretty streaming on long replies; pretty output stays on through triple-backtick fences
  • Max chat history tokens raised 4k → 8k; default repomap size increased
  • Extra prompting to keep DeepSeek coherent when alternating /ask and /code
  • Fancy input and file watching disabled on dumb terminals
  • Voice: custom format and input-device settings; automatic format conversion for large audio files
  • Token-count feedback when command output is added to chat
  • Fixes: nested spaced strings in lint command, git index/AssertionError/AttributeError handling, unicode console output with ASCII fallback, voice export path, model metadata typo
  • Streamlit email prompt disabled
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