CONTINUE IDE UPDATES: WIDER MODEL SUPPORT, PROMPT CACHING, COST ROUTING, AND STABILITY HARDENING
Continue shipped coordinated VS Code and JetBrains releases adding broader model support, caching, cost routing, and notable stability fixes. The JetBrains tra...
Continue shipped coordinated VS Code and JetBrains releases adding broader model support, caching, cost routing, and notable stability fixes.
The JetBrains track brings ai-sdk v6 integration, support for xAI and DeepSeek, turn-level prompt caching, and PostHog metrics, with live API smoke tests and better 429 detection for Gemini/Vertex AI. It also adds conversation message caching for Anthropic and various robustness fixes v1.0.64-jetbrains.
VS Code picks up a new ClawRouter provider for cost-optimized model routing, security fixes, and adapter hardening (DeepSeek token mapping, Gemini message ordering) shared across core and JetBrains v1.3.36-vscode. They also removed the Ollama template-based tool support gate, effectively enabling it by default (v1.3.37-vscode, v1.0.66-jetbrains). For teams needing compatibility, there’s an option to opt out of the Responses API v1.3.35-vscode.
Teams get a cleaner provider abstraction with ai-sdk, broader model choice, and cost-aware routing via ClawRouter.
Prompt caching and stability fixes reduce latency, spend, and IDE friction for daily AI-assisted development.
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Benchmark ClawRouter vs a fixed model on your prompts for latency, cost, and accuracy across xAI, DeepSeek, and Anthropic.
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Enable turn-level prompt caching and track cache hit rate, token use, and E2E latency on common coding flows.
Legacy codebase integration strategies...
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Upgrade extensions and verify JetBrains freeze fixes (remote config sync, sidebar JCEF chunking) on large workspaces.
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If existing tooling depends on old response shapes, set useResponsesApi off and test Gemini/DeepSeek adapters.
Fresh architecture paradigms...
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Adopt ai-sdk in Continue as the provider layer and route by cost/quality across xAI, DeepSeek, and Anthropic from day one.
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Use background bash tool execution to run longer scripts without blocking interactive sessions.