Releases

Keep up with the weekly Zed releases.

September 2026

1.19.1

Sep 04, 2026

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  • Fixed AltGr / diacritic input being swallowed by the integrated terminal on Windows. (#63762)
  • Fixed goToDefinition opening out-of-worktree entries (#63756)
  • Fixed dev container environment variables being logged in full (#63734)
  • Fixed OpenCode Go requests that could fail when Zed omitted the session header. (#63714)
  • Fixed containers becoming scrollable by a sub-pixel amount, with a phantom full-height scrollbar thumb, at fractional UI font sizes. (#63659)

1.19.0

Sep 02, 2026

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This week's release includes call hierarchy support, multi-select in the Git Panel, automatic language detection for untitled buffers, and project search on type by default.

Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

  • Added automatic language detection for untitled buffers. (#61412; thanks amtoaer)
  • Added support for rendering LSP 3.18 Markdown diagnostic messages from language servers. (#61030; thanks aviatesk)
  • Fixed searching for full SHA-256 commit hashes in the Git Graph. (#63371; thanks albertbogusz)

Learn about the Zed Guild.

Features

AI

  • Added support for effort-based reasoning when using OpenRouter models. (#61308; thanks codello)
  • Added support for renaming Terminal Threads from the Threads Sidebar. (#63494)
  • Added a button to cancel ChatGPT Subscription setup. (#63627)
  • Improved memory usage during long Agent sessions. (#63053; thanks Prohect)
  • Improved streaming for OpenAI-compatible providers. (#63520)
  • Improved support for Claude Fable 5.1. (#63571)

Git

  • Added multi-select to the Git Panel. (#60340; thanks justinschmitz97, and thanks jacobbinnie for an earlier implementation in #52935)
  • Added Open File on Remote and Copy Remote File URL options to file tabs and the Project Panel. (#62177; thanks JacobNWolf)
  • Improved performance when opening project diffs with many large merge conflicts. (#63394, #63395)

Vim / Helix

  • Added Helix mode support for closest-pair text objects with m i m and m a m. (#59201; thanks GoldStrikeArch)

Languages

  • Added call hierarchy support through call hierarchy: show incoming calls and call hierarchy: show outgoing calls, with default keybindings cmd-k cmd-h on macOS and ctrl-k ctrl-h on Linux and Windows. (#53239; thanks swiftcoder)
  • Added cmd-shift-v and cmd-k v on macOS and ctrl-shift-v and ctrl-k v on Linux and Windows to open the tabular data preview for CSV, TSV, SSV, and PSV files. (#63369; thanks HalavicH)
  • Added shell script language detection for .bash_login files. (#63466; thanks mnipritom)
  • Replaced the column filter icon in tabular data previews with a filter funnel. (#63266; thanks HalavicH)

Terminal

  • Added Visual Line selection with V in terminal vi mode. (#63251; thanks prnvbn)

Other

  • Added the outline_panel.multi_buffer_hide_symbols setting and outline panel: toggle symbols action to show only files and directories in the Outline Panel for multi-buffer views. (#63404; thanks FrantisekGazo)
  • Added the reveal_if_open setting to reveal buffers already open in another pane instead of opening them in the active pane. (#63306; thanks WoodyWoodsta)
  • Added the close_panel_on_toggle setting to the Settings UI and improved its documentation. (#63548; thanks mateioprea)
  • Added a folder_indicator setting for showing disclosure chevrons and folder icons together in the Project Panel, Outline Panel, and Git Panel. (#62393; thanks dongdong867)
  • Improved command palette ordering by sorting commands by recency of use and ranking previously used commands above unused commands while filtering. (#63388)
  • Improved data persistence when Zed quit, restarted after an update, or reloaded a workspace. (#63213)
  • Improved typing and rendering performance in projects that use .editorconfig files. (#63323)
  • Improved inline code to render with rounded backgrounds across all Markdown surfaces, matching the Markdown preview. (#63272)
  • Improved outline fonts and colors. (#63325)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed Gemini rejecting requests whose tool schemas could not be represented in Zed's restricted schema dialect. (#63342)
  • Fixed Helix mode surround commands failing to preserve selections after edits and performing slow textual boundary scans. (#59201; thanks GoldStrikeArch)
  • Fixed incorrect indentation after multiline comments and multiline paste. (#61669; thanks peakxy)
  • Fixed Ollama not appearing as an edit prediction provider and its model dropdown showing only the configured model instead of all available models. (#63519; thanks reinier-millo)
  • Fixed shallow diffs causing excessive computation. (#63024)
  • Fixed UI hangs when language model providers streamed large tool inputs. (#63241)
  • Fixed .dockerignore files displaying a generic icon instead of the Docker icon in the bundled icon theme. (#63398; thanks tech-dipesh)
  • Fixed Agent terminal tool calls leaking file descriptors on macOS. (#62978; thanks nertzy)
  • Fixed Anthropic "prompt is too long" errors reported with HTTP 400 not being recognized as context-window overflows. (#63596)
  • Fixed the Bookmarks tab failing to update when bookmarks were added or removed while it was open. (#56363; thanks saberoueslati)
  • Fixed the breakpoint list not showing breakpoints in single files. (#63348; thanks caseyavila)
  • Fixed completion menu labels overlapping documentation text for long completion items. (#63581; thanks itsfuad)
  • Fixed crashes that could occur when a multibuffer replaced a file’s contents while highlights, inlay hints, or other positions still referenced the old contents. (#62636)
  • Fixed CSV previews not appearing in project-less setups. (#63350)
  • Fixed diagnostics not being underlined when their range covered only a line terminator, such as for a missing : in Python. (#63125; thanks dmitriegorov16)
  • Fixed extension-provided language servers missing from settings schemas served by remote servers. (#62355; thanks vancez)
  • Fixed Zed failing to recognize Git remotes in partial clones. (#63331)
  • Fixed "Go Back" not returning to the Git Graph after opening a commit diff. (#63597; thanks reinier-millo)
  • Fixed a GPUI Web crash caused by synchronous executor blocking. (#63484)
  • Fixed inconsistent shortcut labels in Which Key on Windows. (#63349)
  • Fixed a crash with some language servers when finding all references. (#63372)
  • Fixed linked worktree names and creation paths for bare Git repositories. (#63351)
  • Fixed a Linux crash when reporting a Wayland connection error while standard error was unavailable. (#63159)
  • Fixed modals failing to preserve focus on the previously focused UI. (#63512; thanks mateioprea)
  • Fixed OAuth authentication failures with MCP servers that require non-default scopes to access MCP endpoints. (#63370; thanks blue42u)
  • Fixed project search retaining results from closed untitled buffers. (#61677; thanks pingpong74)
  • Fixed the settings migration prompt appearing when settings contained no deprecations, including context servers configured with only a url. (#62818; thanks porada)
  • Fixed stale Git commit templates being restored as pending commit message drafts. (#63604; thanks akramcodez)
  • Fixed a crash when converting a malformed ${ shell variable reference on Windows. (#63446; thanks 39ali)
  • Fixed Windows processes remaining alive after a background thread panic. (#63157)

Breaking Changes and Notices

  • Enabled project search on type by default; set { "search": { "search_on_type": false } } to restore the previous behavior. (#62506)
August 2026

1.18.0

Aug 26, 2026

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This week's release includes refreshed Markdown preview styling, inline debugger values for C and C++, and File Finder history that persists across workspace sessions.

Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

  • Fixed the inline assistant doing nothing when the model emitted reasoning before its tool call. (#61220; thanks aviatesk)
  • Fixed some Pyright and BasedPyright settings not being applied properly. (#62673; thanks lingyaochu)
  • Fixed bookmarks not disappearing from the gutter immediately after clearing all bookmarks. (#62847; thanks austincummings)
  • Fixed the LSP status tooltip to display the target script path for runtime-managed language servers. (#62919; thanks lingyaochu)

Learn about the Zed Guild.

Features

AI

  • Added support for GPT-5.6's 1M-token context window on Amazon Bedrock. (#63069; thanks 5herlocked)
  • Added Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite to the Google AI models. (#63129; thanks ArneshBanerjee)
  • Added Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.6 to the xAI models. (#63234)
  • Added the ability to reload a broken external agent connection from the Agent Panel without restarting Zed. (#62669; thanks gaojunran)
  • Added the configurable edit_predictions.<provider>.prediction_debounce setting for inline completions. (#61568; thanks ddeityy)
  • Added settings autocomplete for the OpenAI subscription language model provider. (#62989)
  • Improved language model connection errors by identifying the unreachable host. (#62990)

Git

  • Added permalink support for Tangled repositories. (#63051)
  • Added the git: toggle diff base action to toggle the diff base between HEAD and the default branch. (#62966)
  • Improved the Git Graph and Git history views to initially focus the search editor. (#63002)
  • Improved the Git Panel's “Discard Tracked Changes” option to affect only files within the directory where its context menu was opened. (#62872)

Debugger

  • Added inline values for C and C++ when debugging with CodeLLDB or GDB. (#46705; thanks xcb3d)
  • Added separate Continue Program and Continue Thread controls for debug adapters that support single-thread execution. (#63135)

Languages

  • Improved Markdown preview styling with better typography, spacing, and rounded inline code backgrounds. (#63118; thanks archcorsair)
  • Added support for configuring Bash Language Server through lsp.bash-language-server.settings. (#57487; thanks CathalMullan)
  • Improved the tabular data preview by moving its settings into a popover, freeing more vertical space for the table. (#62812; thanks HalavicH)

Terminal

  • Added terminal support for ctrl-alt-<letter> keystrokes. (#62891; thanks nbdd0121)

Linux

  • Improved rendering performance by prewarming font match caches. (#63158)
  • Improved rasterization performance by caching glyphs after measuring bounds. (#63209)

Other

  • Improved file finder history to include recently opened files from previous sessions. (#55034; thanks anilzeybek)
  • Improved text input in GPUI web applications on Android by adding support for Gboard. (#63201)
  • Added a Clear button to the Settings window's search field that clears the search and resets the navigation list. (#56033; thanks asgoode)
  • Added the in_preview keybinding context for editors in preview mode. (#61777; thanks krawitzzZ)
  • Improved responsiveness when closing projects that are loading large text files. (#62831; thanks 39ali)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where last-session workspace state was not preserved or restored after closing the last macOS window with the red close button when on_last_window_closed was set to "quit_app" and restore_on_startup was set to "last_session". (#60477; thanks Caleul)
  • Fixed a bug where the terminal panel failed to open in some circumstances and panels switched back to the restored panel during startup. (#62712)
  • Fixed a bug where Zed windows sometimes remained blank when first opened on X11. (#62081; thanks mTvare6)
  • Fixed Continue Program resuming only the selected thread with some debug adapters instead of all threads. (#63135)
  • Fixed global gitignore entries incorrectly matching directories outside the opened project and marking the entire project as ignored. (#62130; thanks floesche)
  • Fixed language model provider rejections being retried and displayed without their actionable provider message. (#63095)
  • Fixed performance issues caused by overly large LSP hovers. (#63022)
  • Fixed the UI freezing in fullscreen on some Wayland compositors. (#60690)
  • Fixed a bug where edits in GPUI web applications could be applied to stale text. (#63201)
  • Fixed a bug where keybindings in the Git Panel context menu changed after the first frame. (#63021)
  • Fixed a bug where the Debug Panel did not immediately reflect toggled breakpoints. (#63240; thanks caseyavila)
  • Fixed a crash when an OpenAI-compatible model sent a usage-only stream chunk with null cache token fields. (#62983; thanks enoch-robinson)
  • Fixed a crash when dispatching profiled GPUI actions in web applications. (#63183; thanks labcoder)
  • Fixed a panic when closing a window under X11. (#63089)
  • Fixed a bug where file names containing control characters, such as tabs and newlines, rendered unreadably in tabs, the Project Panel, the file finder, the tab switcher, and terminal tab titles. (#62875; thanks Taqinou)
  • Fixed a bug where the Agent Panel occasionally forgot the selected agent. (#61147; thanks tnayuki)
  • Fixed a bug where the Agent Panel selected an uninstalled external agent when opening a project or restoring an unsent draft, which prevented the thread from starting. (#62497; thanks white-hat)
  • Fixed a bug where the agent edits panel and review diff showed whole-file overwrites as entirely added lines with no removals. (#62267; thanks drawing)
  • Fixed a bug where the file finder jumped to the wrong file when the mouse hovered over another entry after pressing cmd-p. (#61716; thanks HuaGu-Dragon)
  • Fixed a bug where the Python run button did not appear in the gutter for if __name__ in ("__main__", ...)-style main guards. (#58911; thanks tlium)
  • Fixed a bug where the X11 urgency hint was never cleared, which left Zed showing a permanent attention indicator in taskbars and docks after the first notification. (#61619; thanks zquestz)
  • Fixed Anthropic billing, conflict, and timeout errors being handled incorrectly. (#62984)
  • Fixed duplicate file entries in the Project Panel on macOS when language servers returned definition paths whose casing differed from the worktree root. (#61392; thanks NeverDieOne)
  • Fixed environment variables defined in tasks.json not being applied when debugging Python tasks. (#63154; thanks andreyfedoseev)
  • Fixed extension tags obscuring action buttons on extension cards. (#63153; thanks joshkent94)
  • Fixed function bodies not folding when their arguments spanned multiple lines. (#62245; thanks anxyum)
  • Fixed handling of OpenAI overload errors. (#63238)
  • Fixed idle Wayland windows waking at the display's refresh rate. (#60690)
  • Fixed labels in Mermaid diagrams not soft-wrapping correctly. (#62931)
  • Fixed localized Windows Explorer context menu titles falling back to English. (#60634; thanks justjavac)
  • Fixed new windows opening partially off-screen on secondary Windows monitors with different DPI scaling. (#62859; thanks dineshyadav03)
  • Fixed opening remote paths from SCP-style SSH URLs with IPv6 hosts. (#62157; thanks cppcoffee)
  • Fixed overlapping range-formatting results duplicating text. (#62935)
  • Fixed read-only files being formatted or saved when format_on_save was enabled. (#62921; thanks mateioprea)
  • Fixed same-line regex replacements using lookahead or lookbehind. (#61900; thanks IbrahimKhan12)
  • Fixed streaming failing for Mistral-hosted models that omitted the object field in stream chunks, such as GLM 5.2. (#62517; thanks ummon-v)
  • Fixed terminal support for the alt-f5 keystroke. (#62891; thanks nbdd0121)
  • Fixed text being duplicated after moving the caret during composition in GPUI web applications. (#63201)
  • Fixed text wrapping so closing punctuation and slashes never began a wrapped line. (#62743; thanks alii)
  • Fixed the lsp_results_location setting being ignored by the editor: go to declaration and editor: go to type definition actions. (#61060; thanks xdBronch)
  • Fixed the “Discard Tracked Changes” option being enabled for files in the Git Panel's “Unstaged” section. (#62872)
  • Fixed the terminal panel dismissing an open modal when terminals finished restoring during startup. (#63097; thanks butvinm)
  • Fixed undoing a file rename leaving behind directories created by the rename. (#60082)
  • Fixed window-manager rules and taskbar grouping failing to recognize Zed under X11 and XWayland. (#62848; thanks HundredBillion)
  • Fixed Windows artifacts around color emoji glyphs. (#63225; thanks 39ali)
  • Fixed Zed overriding window-manager focus policies when activating windows. (#62081; thanks mTvare6)
  • Fixed macOS showing one-time code AutoFill suggestions in regular Zed text inputs. (#60116)

Breaking Changes and Notices

  • Improved debugger step keybindings across platforms to match VS Code defaults: f10 now steps over and f11 steps into while execution is paused, while fullscreen remains available outside paused sessions. (#58729; thanks Andrej730)
  • Removed Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite from Google AI, and made Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite the default and fast model. (#63131)
  • Removed GLib libraries from Linux release archives to prevent conflicts with system plugins. (#61593)

1.17.2

Aug 25, 2026

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  • Fixed a crash in the Git panel when collapsed sections were used in tree view. (#63168)

1.17.1

Aug 24, 2026

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  • Fixed a potential filesystem sandbox escape when running extensions. (#63144)
  • Fixed GitHub Copilot Chat authentication and API routing for GitHub Enterprise Cloud (#63141)
  • Fixed project-level language server settings being ignored by extensions built with extension API versions before and including v0.1.0. (#63082)
  • Disable ask_user tool by default (#63038)
  • Fixed an issue where Flatpak CLI launches would open unrelated/nonexistent files due to a bug in argument construction (#62958)

1.17.0

Aug 19, 2026

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This week's release includes tabular data previews for CSV, TSV, PSV, and SSV files with sortable and resizable columns, value-based row filtering, and right-click copying; new Git blame and stashing actions; and lower memory use when opening large files.

Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

  • Added support for low reasoning effort for DeepSeek V4 Flash and V4 Pro. (#62577; thanks lingyaochu)
  • Improved JetBrains keymap behavior with CamelHump-style subword navigation for alt-left, alt-right, shift-alt-left, and shift-alt-right in editors. (#51540; thanks loadingalias)
  • Improved Markdown table column sizing based on content. (#61773; thanks timvermeulen)
  • Improved filtering for language server completions. (#62433; thanks lingyaochu)
  • Fixed authentication prompts not dismissing automatically when using SSH security keys. (#61292; thanks tidely)
  • Fixed dock size resets only resetting the active panel when resize_all_panels_in_dock was enabled. (#62552; thanks austincummings)
  • Fixed manual indentation being lost when replacing a line's contents or typing with an input method. (#62644; thanks lingyaochu)
  • Fixed project paths being built incorrectly when connecting from Unix machines to Windows remote servers. (#62038; thanks lingyaochu)

Learn about the Zed Guild.

Features

AI

  • Added Claude Opus 5, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Kimi K3, Grok 4.6, and Muse Spark 1.2 to OpenCode Zen. (#61199; thanks Vlaaaaaaad)
  • Added Gemini 3.7 Flash to the Google AI models. (#62670; thanks ArneshBanerjee)
  • Added Kimi K3, Grok 4.5, Hy3, GPT 5.6 Luna, Qwen 3.8 Max, and GLM 5.3 to OpenCode Go. (#61199; thanks Vlaaaaaaad)
  • Added an ask_user tool that lets the Agent ask questions through forms with selectable options, free-text input, or both. (#61497; thanks e-r-w)
  • Improved ChatGPT subscription caching. (#62556)
  • Improved OpenRouter reasoning continuity and request privacy. (#62652)
  • Added the multi workspace: move project up and multi workspace: move project down actions for reordering projects in the Agent Sidebar. (#62695; thanks choplin)

Git

  • Added editor: blame revision and editor: blame previous revision actions for viewing a file's blame at the selected revision or its parent. (#62614)
  • Added Stash Tracked and Stash Staged options to the Git Panel, letting you stash only tracked changes or only staged changes. (#62254; thanks Priyadharshan0903)
  • Improved git panel: collapse selected entry to find and collapse the nearest parent directory, matching the Project Panel. (#61846)
  • Enabled the Go to Previous Hunk and Go to Next Hunk buttons for diffs with a single hunk. (#62615; thanks macayu17)

Vim / Helix

  • Added support for using h and l in Vim and Helix modes to collapse and expand Git Panel entries. (#61846)

Languages

  • Added Shell Script language detection for .brushrc files. (#62720; thanks acidx27x)

macOS

  • Added a simple option to the fullscreen_mode setting for fullscreen windows that cover the MacBook display notch. (#60020; thanks RemcoSmitsDev)

Other

  • Added tabular data previews for all users, with support for CSV, TSV, PSV, and SSV files; sortable and independently resizable data columns; filtering rows by selected values in one or more columns; a row-number column that stays visible while scrolling horizontally; and right-click copying for cells and column headers. (#48207, #53295, #56619, #60339, #60768, #61769, #61796, #62773, and more; thanks HalavicH)
  • Improved editor rendering speed. (#62715)
  • Improved memory use when opening large files, reducing peak memory during loading by roughly the size of the file. (#62748; thanks 39ali)
  • Added support for the "..." entry in file_scan_exclusions, allowing custom exclusions to extend the defaults instead of replacing them. (#62769; thanks porada)
  • Added support for the path property on VS Code npm tasks. (#62044; thanks levrik)
  • Added a frame-time debug overlay, which can be cycled with ctrl-alt-shift-p; its statistics can be reset with ctrl-alt-shift-o on macOS and Linux or ctrl-alt-shift-d on Windows. (#62749)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a memory leak where canceled worktree creation could leave background scanning running and its snapshot growing for the lifetime of the window. (#61009; thanks tnayuki)
  • Fixed ChatGPT Subscription accounts offering models that were not available to them. (#62651)
  • Fixed ChatGPT Subscription context compaction failing with an API endpoint error. (#62547)
  • Fixed ChatGPT subscription model discovery filtering models based on Zed's application version. (#62729)
  • Fixed high CPU and memory usage when opening large directory trees that were not tracked by Git. (#62583)
  • Fixed project search being very slow in projects with broad file_scan_inclusions settings. (#62658; thanks 39ali)
  • Fixed Python toolchain discovery prompting installation of Apple Command Line Tools when using a separately managed Python installation. (#62534; thanks cedws)
  • Fixed language servers receiving incorrect line endings for CRLF files, which caused linters and formatters to report false errors. (#59941; thanks michaelhthomas)
  • Fixed Zed update downloads stalling after the system wakes from sleep. (#60366)
  • Fixed G in Helix mode to jump to a specified line. (#61581; thanks aqrln)
  • Fixed Trash Untracked Files bailing out early when one of many selected files failed to be trashed. (#61602; thanks JoeJoeflyn)
  • Fixed editor: align selections misaligning rows and Vim ctrl-d, ctrl-u, and ctrl-f leaving the cursor behind on lines with multibyte characters or tabs. (#61997; thanks somtri)
  • Fixed a bug where confirming a blank LSP symbol rename modified the source code. (#62630)
  • Fixed a bug where on-type formatting moved the cursor past text inserted or replaced at its position. (#61823; thanks IbrahimKhan12)
  • Fixed a bug where the file header context menu in multibuffers did not match other context menus' spacing when a custom buffer_line_height was set. (#61923; thanks polina4096)
  • Fixed Anthropic API key errors being reported as generic model-list failures. (#62791)
  • Fixed broken links in the installer Terms of Service dialog. (#62684; thanks hooiv)
  • Fixed ChatGPT Subscription connection failures showing a generic error instead of a network-specific message. (#62660)
  • Fixed duplicate language server hover responses. (#62266; thanks cppcoffee)
  • Fixed incomplete code actions and outdated positions in code action requests from language servers that rely on diagnostic-related information. (#62110, #62805; thanks felixtensor)
  • Fixed Git Panel and Project Diff rendering for legacy-encoded text files whose Git blobs are not valid UTF-8. (#60821; thanks hvckdev)
  • Fixed horizontal scrolling not following the cursor when selecting a line longer than the viewport. (#62691; thanks akshayrivers)
  • Fixed invisible characters causing a horizontal scrollbar to appear when soft wrapping at the editor width. (#62478)
  • Fixed long branch names overflowing the Git details pane and added tooltips that reveal truncated names. (#62665; thanks AbdAlRahmanGad)
  • Fixed long project paths obscuring filenames in the file finder. (#62839)
  • Fixed Markdown code blocks not respecting the buffer_line_height setting. (#62785)
  • Fixed Markdown preview search matching text that was not rendered, such as link and image destinations. (#62280; thanks WaryaWayne)
  • Fixed overflowing highlights in Markdown blocks. (#62714)
  • Fixed tabs being incorrectly marked as pinned after reloading a workspace or updating Zed. (#62692; thanks ArneshBanerjee)
  • Fixed task list checkboxes not rendering in Markdown Preview for loose or nested lists. (#60646; thanks codeErrorSleep)
  • Fixed terminal hyperlinks displaying incorrectly as terminal content changed. (#54884; thanks davewa)
  • Fixed the Agent Sidebar's import-threads banner clipping its title when the panel was narrow. (#62737; thanks drPod)
  • Fixed the wrong tab being activated when restoring a workspace containing items that fail to open. (#62844; thanks ArneshBanerjee)
  • Fixed the zoomed Agent Panel closing unexpectedly when rewinding a thread. (#62711)
  • Fixed Zed forgetting an explicitly passed --user-data-dir argument after restarting, such as when selecting Restart to Update. (#62022; thanks 0bkevin)

Breaking Changes and Notices

  • Removed OpenCode Free models from Zed's built-in OpenCode provider because they are only available through OpenCode surfaces, such as its external agent through ACP. (#61199; thanks Vlaaaaaaad)
  • Removed the deprecated Claude Opus 4.1 model from OpenCode Zen. (#61199; thanks Vlaaaaaaad)

1.16.1

Aug 18, 2026

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  • Fixed an issue where the Cursor ACP agent would fail to start (#62826)
  • Added git_gutter_width setting to the Settings UI with default (font-size-scaled) and custom (fixed pixel width) options (#62813)
  • Git: Fixed the GPG passphrase modal appearing on every commit for users whose configured pinentry (e.g. pinentry-mac with the macOS Keychain) can supply the passphrase without Zed's help. Zed now only prompts when gpg cannot obtain the passphrase on its own. (#62782)
  • Fixed array merging for extensions case (#62723)
  • Fixed project search not working in some non-Unicode files (#62590)

1.16.0

Aug 12, 2026

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This week's release includes Gemini 3.6 Flash support, collapsible grouped changes and optional stash messages in the Git Panel, zooming and horizontal scrolling for Mermaid diagrams, and a new setting for controlling whether the Terminal Panel opens automatically in new workspaces.

Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

  • Improved Git Panel organization by making grouped change sections collapsible. (#62441; thanks chirivelli)
  • Linux: Improved memory usage. (#62192; thanks tidely)
  • Fixed a bug where update checks for extension-provided language servers could get stuck on flaky internet connections. (#62175; thanks vitallium)
  • Fixed directional focus navigation into the Git Panel's History tab. (#62215; thanks feeiyu)
  • Fixed language server RPC logs displaying untimed requests beneath an unrelated response's duration header. (#61452; thanks aviatesk)

Learn about the Zed Guild.

Features

AI

  • Added Gemini 3.6 Flash to the Google AI models. (#62010; thanks ArneshBanerjee)
  • Improved the terminal tool's ability to target project subdirectories. (#59937; thanks infogulch)
  • Improved Agent Panel terminals to shrink after being cleared. (#62504)

Git

  • Added an optional message prompt when stashing changes. (#62439; thanks Priyadharshan0903)
  • Added Copy Path and Copy Relative Path options to the Git Panel context menu. (#62352; thanks Huliiiiii)

Vim / Helix

  • Added support for using tab and shift-tab to navigate the code actions menu in Helix mode. (#62356; thanks Huliiiiii)

Languages

  • Added highlighting for Python dunder variables via attribute.special in themes. (#58158; thanks allachance)
  • Added a suggestion to install the windows-batch extension when opening .bat and .cmd files. (#62363; thanks pleahmacaka)
  • Improved navigation of wide Markdown tables by adding horizontal scrollbars. (#61745; thanks Zeraphim)

Terminal

  • Added terminal.starts_open to control whether the Terminal Panel opens automatically in new workspaces. (#54373; thanks jknlsn)

Other

  • Improved Mermaid diagrams with zooming and horizontal scrolling in the Markdown Preview and Agent Panel. (#62115)
  • Added frame-rendering performance data to the diagnostics Zed collects when telemetry is enabled, helping identify stutters and dropped frames. (#61871)
  • Improved loading spinners to rotate in phase with one another. (#62332)
  • Improved the Text Finder by highlighting queries as regular expressions when the regex filter is enabled. (#61128; thanks apoorva-01)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the terminal tool failing to block path traversal escapes. (#59937; thanks infogulch)
  • Fixed the terminal tool targeting absolute directories on Windows hosts connected to remote SSH or WSL projects. (#59937; thanks infogulch)
  • Fixed undoing or redoing Project Panel operations potentially trashing files with unsaved edits without confirmation. (#62294)
  • Fixed word movement and selection stopping on the wrong side of punctuation. (#62224)
  • Fixed IOPub connection failures over SSH on slow or unstable connections by retrying with exponential backoff. (#62358; thanks marsjane and MostlyKIGuess for the earlier implementation in #52302)
  • Fixed alt-shift gestures potentially triggering standalone shift keybindings. (#62036; thanks terror)
  • Fixed cmd-click go-to-definition falling back to a references multibuffer when lsp_results_location was set to picker. (#61187; thanks savked)
  • Fixed a bug where a worktree was reported as entirely ignored when its repository's info/exclude named one of the worktree's parent directories. (#62325; thanks hferreiro)
  • Fixed a bug where expanding a "Context Compacted" message in the Agent Panel scrolled to the end of the thread instead of preserving the scroll position. (#62210)
  • Fixed a bug where renaming a symbol also renamed its file but left the open buffer at the old path. (#61142; thanks tnayuki)
  • Fixed auto-indent occasionally using stale syntax after rapid edits. (#62024)
  • Fixed hover interactions not updating when interface elements moved beneath a stationary pointer. (#62335)
  • Fixed images not rendering in Markdown Preview over remote connections. (#62490)
  • Fixed incorrect symbol types in workspace symbol search. (#62458; thanks Huliiiiii)
  • Fixed Markdown previews not respecting the scrollbar.show setting. (#60410; thanks akshitj11)
  • Fixed Mermaid diagrams in Markdown previews when they used triple-tilde fences. (#62257; thanks KimSeogyu)
  • Fixed Mermaid entity-relationship diagrams with multibyte attribute tokens failing to render. (#62236)
  • Fixed missing separators between OpenAI reasoning summaries. (#62466)
  • Fixed remote SFTP uploads for paths containing spaces. (#62239; thanks twitchyliquid64)
  • Fixed the error toast not appearing for malformed tasks.json files. (#62387)
  • Fixed Zed hanging when opening certain binary files, such as game assets and maps, that were misdetected as UTF-16 text. (#61250; thanks MillhioreBT)

Breaking Changes and Notices

  • Changed the default model for OpenAI subscription users to GPT-5.6 Sol. (#62477)