# 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.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Aider |
| **Version** | v0.71.0 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2025-01-10 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | feature, fix |

## What changed


- 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


## Sources

- [github_release](https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.71.0) — retrieved 2026-08-11

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