# Aider v0.74.0: dynamic Ollama context window sizing

> Aider now resizes the Ollama context window to fit the current chat, and improves handling of o3-mini, DeepSeek V3/R1 and o1 models served through secondary API providers. Mostly bug fixes otherwise.

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|---|---|
| **Tool** | Aider |
| **Version** | v0.74.0 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2025-02-06 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | fix, feature, context-window, model-support |

## What changed


- Ollama context window is changed dynamically to hold the current chat
- Better support for o3-mini, DeepSeek V3 & R1, o1-mini and o1 via secondary API providers
- `<think>` tags stripped from R1 responses used for commit messages and other weak-model tasks
- `use_temperature: <float>` now accepted in model settings, not just true/false
- Docker: full container includes `boto3` for Bedrock; containers set `HOME=/app` so `~/.aider` persists
- File watching ignores top-level directories named in ignore files (e.g. `node_modules`) to avoid OS watch limits
- Improved .gitignore handling; `.env` checked only when present
- Yes/No prompts accept All/Skip as aliases for Y/N outside grouped confirmations
- Fixes: bogus filenames like `python`/`php`, `--timeout`, `/model` weak-model reporting, multi-line mode surviving ^C at confirmation prompts


## Sources

- [github_release](https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.74.0) — retrieved 2026-08-11

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