• New /ask <question> command to ask about your code, without making any edits.
• New /chat-mode <mode> command to switch chat modes:
  • ask: Ask questions about your code without making any changes.
  • code: Ask for changes to your code (using the best edit format).
  • help: Get help about using aider (usage, config, troubleshoot).
• Add file: CONVENTIONS.md to .aider.conf.yml to always load a specific file.
  • Or file: [file1, file2, file3] to always load multiple files.
• Enhanced token usage and cost reporting. Now works when streaming too.
• Filename auto-complete for /add and /drop is now case-insensitive.
• Commit message improvements:
  • Updated commit message prompt to use imperative tense.
  • Fall back to main model if weak model is unable to generate a commit message.
• Stop aider from asking to add the same url to the chat multiple times.
• Updates and fixes to --no-verify-ssl:
  • Fixed regression that broke it in v0.42.0.
  • Disables SSL certificate verification when /web scrapes websites.
• Improved error handling and reporting in /web scraping functionality
• Fixed syntax error in Elm's tree-sitter scm file (by @cjoach).
• Handle UnicodeEncodeError when streaming text to the terminal.
• Updated dependencies to latest versions.
• Aider wrote 45% of the code in this release.