No Mode rules without Power Steering

[jeepshop]

App Version

3.25.17

API Provider

Ollama

Model Used

N/A

Roo Code Task Links (Optional)

No response

🔁 Steps to Reproduce

1. VSCode 1.103.1 - RooCode 3.25.17 - Ollama 0.11.5

2. Power Steering feature turned OFF

3. Custom Mode: Orchestrator - Similar to built-in but tuned

4. Custom Mode: Query-Documenter - With instructions in .roomodes as well as two other rules markdown files.

5. From custom Orchestrator mode, have it call Query-Documenter with simple instructions to document a single file.

6. After Mode switch and first complete API requests cancel the operation

7. Export the Task History (File A)

8. Terminate and return to Orchestrator

9. Power Steering feature turned ON

10. From custom Orchestrator mode, have it call Query-Documenter with simple instructions to document a single file.

11. After Mode switch and first complete API requests cancel the operation

12. Export the Task History (File B)

💥 Outcome Summary

File A from above enumerates the name of the Current Mode to the LLM, but none of the instructions or rules inside of the tag <environment_details>.

File B from above includes all Mode Instructions and Rules.

I expected that regardless of Power Steering, that Roo-Code would always include the Mode Instructions and Rules in the very first prompt to the LLM. Otherwise the LLM has no idea what is expected of the Mode.

File A.md

File B.md

📄 Relevant Logs or Errors (Optional)

[roomote]

I'm exploring a potential fix for the issue where mode instructions and rules are not included when Power Steering is disabled. I'll investigate the codebase and open a PR to share progress.

[roomote]

I've opened PR #7279 with a fix for this issue: #7279

The fix ensures that mode instructions and rules are always included in the environment details, regardless of the Power Steering setting. All CI checks have passed successfully.

The changes are minimal - simply removing the conditional check that was preventing mode instructions from being included when Power Steering was disabled.

[daniel-lxs]

Hey @jeepshop, even if the instructions are not visible in the task exports, those are included in the system prompt, since power steering adds them in some other places they are visible on the task export.

Let me know if you have any questions!