Roo Code 3.53.0 Adds Opus 4.7 on Vertex; Original Team Hands Off to Community

Roo Code v3.53.0 ships Claude Opus 4.7 via Vertex AI and GPT-5.5 via OpenAI Codex provider. Simultaneously, the original Roo Code team announced it is transitioning to a new project called Roomote, with a community team taking over the 3M-install VS Code plugin via official handoff.

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Roo Code 3.53.0 Adds Opus 4.7 on Vertex; Original Team Hands Off to Community

Roo Code released v3.53.0 adding Claude Opus 4.7 via Vertex AI and GPT-5.5 via the OpenAI Codex provider, alongside previous-checkpoint navigation in chat. More significantly, the original Roo Code development team announced it is moving on to a new project called Roomote, with the 3-million-install VS Code coding agent plugin being formally handed off to a community team via official governance transfer.

Why It Matters

With 3 million installs, Roo Code is one of the most widely deployed open-source coding agent plugins. The governance handoff introduces continuity risk for enterprise teams that have standardized on it. The addition of Opus 4.7 on Vertex confirms broad Vertex AI rollout of the newest Claude generation within the third-party plugin ecosystem.

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