release aidev SIG 3/5

Aider v0.78.0: model-setting validation and per-role model switching commands

Aider now validates whether a model actually supports --reasoning-effort and --thinking-tokens and ignores them if not, gated by a new --check-model-accepts-settings flag. Adds /editor-model and /weak-model commands to switch model roles mid-session, thinking-token support for OpenRouter Sonnet 3.7, and a --git-commit-verify flag controlling whether git commit hooks are bypassed.

PUBLISHED2025-03-21
OBSERVED2026-08-11
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  • Model settings validation: --reasoning-effort and --thinking-tokens are ignored when the model doesn't support them
  • New --check-model-accepts-settings flag (default: true) to force unsupported model settings
  • Model settings data now annotates which models support reasoning_effort and thinking_tokens
  • New /editor-model and /weak-model commands to switch Editor Model and Weak Model
  • Thinking-token support for OpenRouter Sonnet 3.7
  • New --git-commit-verify flag (default: False) controls bypassing git commit hooks
  • --aiderignore now resolves both absolute and relative paths
  • AWS_PROFILE support for Bedrock models, as an alternative to explicit credentials
  • Added openrouter/google/gemma-3-27b-it
  • Fixed autocompletion for /ask, /code, /architect; vi-like Enter behaviour in multiline mode
  • Improved markdown code-block rendering (NoInsetMarkdown); dependency bump for a litellm Ollama fix

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