Ability to ask Roo Code if there's an ongoing issue with Model API

[afinetooth]

I've experienced this more in Cline than Roo, but it would be amazing if, after receiving numerous errors in the course of the current task, like:

Error
Unexpected API Response: The language model did not provide any assistant messages. This may indicate an issue with the API or the model's output.

And trying things that don't work, like advising the model to try breaking down the task into smaller steps.

If I could ask Roo in the course of the current task to examine the Model/API connection for issues or errors and, ideally, any troubleshooting steps---or, even better, if it could perform a troubleshooting SOP itself.

This continually happens in Cline where I just get stuck in a loop of errors until I have to quit, and then, frustratingly, starting a new task works. In fact, often I'll start a new task just by asking: "Is there any issue with Anthropic/OpenRouter right now?" and get a thorough answer, like this:

And yet the previous task and all the context there are lost.

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If anyone else struggles with this and has any workarounds, I'd appreciate hearing what works for you.

[ChiefBzm]

After promt "I update powershell. Check it version" Why i recieved this error?
"Unexpected API Response: The language model did not provide any assistant messages. This may indicate an issue with the API or the model's output."
Model Deepseek r1
Filtered 6 providers
Vscode updatedd

Full reasoning text

Okay, the user asked me to check the PowerShell version after an update. I used the execute_command tool to run 'echo $PSVersionTable' which outputs the version details. The result shows PSVersion 5.1.19041.5486. I need to verify if this is the latest version. Since my knowledge cutoff is July 2024, PowerShell 7.4 is the latest stable version. The current version 5.1 is part of Windows PowerShell, which is different from the newer cross-platform PowerShell (version 7+). The user might have updated but is still seeing the old version because Windows PowerShell 5.1 is built into Windows and remains separate. To confirm, I should check if PowerShell 7 is installed. I can suggest installing it if not present, but according to the instructions, I need to ask for confirmation before making changes. I should inform the user about the version difference and ask if they want to proceed with installing PowerShell 7.\n
<execute_command>
pwsh --version
</execute_command>

Then he ask me proceed.
After preceed again wrote errors

And after second proceed he wrote "The current version of PowerShell is 5.1.19041.5486 (Windows PowerShell). To use PowerShell 7+, you need to install it separately from the official website. The update to version 5.1 is carried out through Windows Update."

What is going on?

[ChiefBzm]

Hi. I hope that suppot will answer. But they don't at any my request. Only their bot....

I think you actually made it further than I did in your investigation. From your example, it sounds like OpenRouter was able to switch models on your behalf---is that right?---so that got some more perspective / reasoning about the underlying technical issue?

No, model not switched. I just procced and it complete itself.

Ultimately, what I'm requesting as a feature is a built-in way to recover from a Task when it's in this error state in a way that lets me salvage the context. My theory on the cause is that the task's transcript becomes corrupted somehow. I say this because after a couple of cases, I lost access to the Task in my Task History altogether (it just disappeared). Though, more often I'm able to manually recover by copy-pasting context from the original Task's transcript into a new Task. That's the best I've got.

I have never had such a situation. They have a raw extension, but the support does not respond. They cannot finalize the functionality so that the product works normally, without errors, and then publish it. We use it to save time, and in the end we spend even more.

[afinetooth]

I understand. I find it hard to complain though since the tool is free, open source, and generally pretty amazing.

Given that this project forked from https://github.com/cline/cline, and did so partially due to the slower pace of development (ie. the rate of accepting PRs), I might recommend trying cline/cline as it is probably a little more stable? I can’t confirm that, but it stands to reason.

Good luck!

[ChiefBzm]

I have already tested it. And got other errors. It was also interesting to see that their thinking approaches are slightly different. And in comparison, Cline wins, then Roo Cline. Try running 2 windows side by side and send them the same requests. Test the free and paid versions. In Cline with the free deepseek API, I got an unexpected stop in executing requests. There are other interesting differences.

[ChiefBzm]

If you mean that. It is work

... english. Because need to improve configuration

[ChiefBzm]

I understand. I find it hard to complain though since the tool is free, open source, and generally pretty amazing.

Given that this project forked from https://github.com/cline/cline, and did so partially due to the slower pace of development (ie. the rate of accepting PRs), I might recommend trying cline/cline as it is probably a little more stable? I can’t confirm that, but it stands to reason.

Good luck!

Did you use old POWERSHELL in Roo for that the model can get information from it?