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Update 2: I've been using this model in both aider and cline and I've haven't gotten a diff matching error yet, even with some pretty difficult substitutions across different places in multiple files. The overall feel of this model is nice.

I don't have a formal benchmark but there's a notable improvement in code generation due to this alone.

I've had gemini chug away on plans that have taken ~1 hour to implement. (~80mln tokens spent) A good portion of that energy was spent fixing mistakes made by cline/aider/roo due to search/replace mistakes. If this model gets anywhere close to 100% on diffs then this is a BFD. I estimate this will translate to a 50-75% productivity boost on long context coding tasks. I hope the initial results i'm seeing hold up!

I'm surprised by the reaction in the rest of the thread. A lot unproductive complaining, a lot of off topic stuff, nothing talking about the model itself.

Any thoughts from anyone else using the updated model?

>>laborc+(OP)
Have you been using the Gemini 2.5 pro "Experimental" or "3-25" models in Cline? I've been using both over the last week and got quite a few diff errors, maybe 1/10 of edit so that 92% tracks for me.

Does this 2.5 pro "Preview" feel like an improvement if you had used the others?

>>espere+zJ
Yep i’ve been using the old and new models in cline. I can’t tell any difference outside of the improvement with diffs, but that’s good enough for me.

>>laborc+(OP)
Question; are you calling it with “aider -model gemini”? And if so do you see 05-04 listed or the old one?