Release v3.53.0 (#12171)

Co-authored-by: Roo Code <roomote@roocode.com>

Author: hannesrudolph

.changeset/v3.53.0.md

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+- **The Roo Code plugin is not going away.** You may have seen the [recent announcement](https://x.com/mattrubens/status/2046636598859559114) that Roo Code hit 3 million installs and the original team is going all-in on Roomote. We know that news was hard for a lot of you. This plugin means a lot to us and to you, and we hear you. The good news: a community team has stepped up to carry Roo Code forward, and we're working with them on an official handoff so the plugin you rely on keeps getting maintained and improved.
+- Add GPT-5.5 support via the OpenAI Codex provider (PR #12170 by @hannesrudolph)
+- Add Claude Opus 4.7 support on Vertex AI (#12134 by @saneroen, PR #12135 by @saneroen)
+- Add previous checkpoint navigation controls and i18n in chat (#12138 by @saneroen, PR #12139 by @saneroen)
+- Add Roomote banner (PR #12119 by @brunobergher)
+- Redesign Roomote announcement banner with violet branding on the web (PR #12161 by @roomote-v0)
+- Add sunsetting Roo Code blog post (PR #12160 by @roomote-v0)

README.md

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 > Your AI-Powered Dev Team, Right in Your Editor
 
-## What's New in v3.52.0
+## What's New in v3.53.0
 
-- Add Poe as an AI provider so you can access Poe models directly in Roo Code.
-- Improve the xAI provider with a Responses API migration, reusable transform utilities, and updated Grok-4.20 defaults.
-- Fix MiniMax model listings and context window handling for more reliable setup.
+> ### The Roo Code plugin is not going away.
+>
+> You may have seen the [recent announcement](https://x.com/mattrubens/status/2046636598859559114) that Roo Code hit 3 million installs and the original team is going all-in on Roomote. We know that news was hard for a lot of you. This plugin means a lot to us and to you, and we hear you.
+>
+> The good news: **a community team has stepped up to carry Roo Code forward**, and we're working with them on an official handoff so the plugin you rely on keeps getting maintained and improved.
+
+**What's new in this release:**
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+- Add GPT-5.5 support via the OpenAI Codex provider.
+- Add Claude Opus 4.7 support on Vertex AI.
+- Add previous checkpoint navigation controls in chat so you can step back through prior checkpoints more easily.
 
 <details>
   <summary>🌐 Available languages</summary>
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 - [简体中文](locales/zh-CN/README.md)
 - [繁體中文](locales/zh-TW/README.md)
 - ...
-  </details>
+    </details>
 
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