Releases

This week's release includes Pyrefly as an optional built-in Python language server, the ability to expand and inspect nested variable values directly in debugger hovers, and DWARF debugging for WebAssembly sources in the JavaScript debugger.

Features

AI

• Improved ACP configuration defaults to apply only to new conversations, preserving session settings when reopening existing conversations. (#65850)
• Improved fuzzy searching in agent model and configuration option pickers for Zed Agent and third-party ACP agents, while keeping search preparation off the UI thread. (#64147; thanks JacobNWolf)
• Improved OpenCode compatibility when replaying DeepSeek reasoning and disabling thinking for Google models. (#65922)
• Improved thinking controls to explain when thinking cannot be disabled at the selected effort level. (#62480)

Debugger

• Added DWARF debugging to the JavaScript debugger to support debugging WebAssembly sources. (#65371; thanks SGumbles)
• Improved debugger hovers with an expandable, keyboard-accessible variable tree. (#53198; thanks Tortes)

Languages

• Added Pyrefly as an optional built-in Python language server, available when enabled in the Python language_servers setting. (#44262; thanks grievejia)
• Improved restarting language servers after stopping them with the LSP button. (#65387)
• Improved SQL syntax highlighting in Rust sql! string literals. (#58778; thanks kuskhan)

Remote Development

• Improved SSH reconnections by starting the resync timeout only after the handshake completes. (#65457; thanks Huliiiiii)

macOS

• Added support for the Display P3 color space on macOS with the use_display_p3 setting. (#64394; thanks MDalstrom)

Other

• Added an extension option to project_panel.sort_order to group files by extension. (#65776; thanks Carnage725)
• Improved fuzzy search ranking in the File Finder. (#59224; thanks feitreim)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed discarding unstaged changes in the Git Panel also discarding staged changes. (#65559; thanks stezu)
• Fixed hangs when restoring agent threads with subagents. (#65177)
• Fixed a crash in the Agent Panel when mentioning a file whose name contains a line break, and improved how those mentions display line breaks. (#65693)
• Fixed a bug where cancelling the save-changes prompt while removing a project from the sidebar still removed it from the recent projects list. (#65683; thanks mateioprea)
• Fixed agent authentication overwriting drafts. (#65844)
• Fixed agent configuration defaults being saved before acceptance or ignoring the agent's returned value. (#65849)
• Fixed duplicated thinking text from OpenAI-compatible providers that send both reasoning and reasoning_content. (#65926)
• Fixed file links with line numbers failing to open WSL files when using Zed on Windows. (#66089; thanks buvidk1234)
• Fixed file icons not appearing for stem-based filename variants. (#51891; thanks bryanpth)
• Fixed Google AI invalid API keys being classified as invalid requests instead of authentication errors. (#65885)
• Fixed IME composition text not being underlined in single-line inputs and editors with diagnostics turned off. (#65610; thanks Sha1rholder)
• Fixed issues detecting local and remote environment variables when using PowerShell (pwsh). (#66097)
• Fixed JSON completion ordering for enum values in settings.json. (#65589; thanks ragen1337)
• Fixed Markdown preview tabs for files with the same name not showing their directory. (#65736; thanks gitKashish)
• Fixed Mistral Large 4 responses failing when used through an OpenAI-compatible provider. (#65915)
• Fixed OpenCode requests failing for Claude models that use adaptive thinking block binding. (#65925)
• Fixed pasting a screenshot into the Agent Panel or inline assistant inserting the image twice or alongside its temporary file path. (#65626; thanks qystishere)
• Fixed queued messages in the Agent Panel becoming unreadable when the panel was narrow. (#65638; thanks 0froq)
• Fixed Rust task and debugger variables for files outside Cargo projects. (#65684; thanks shoyann)
• Fixed touchscreen scrolling using the previous swipe's axis when a new touch interrupts momentum scrolling. (#64239; thanks huacnlee)
• Fixed trusting projects on remote Windows machines from Unix systems. (#63102; thanks lingyaochu)

• Updated dependencies to address recent software ecosystem vulnerabilities. (#66023, #65963)

This week's release includes smaller Zed binaries across macOS, Windows, and Linux, the ability to apply inlay hint text edits by double-clicking, context compaction and session notices for external agents, and new GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5.5 models on Amazon Bedrock.

Features

AI

• Added GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5.5 to the Amazon Bedrock provider. (#64201, #64685; thanks IbrahimKhan12 and alexandergunnarson)
• Enabled session notices and context compaction for external agents using ACP. (#65414)

Git

• Improved the branch picker to make clear that deleting a remote-tracking branch only removes the local ref, and removed the force delete option for remote-tracking branches, since it had no effect. (#61793; thanks lld4n)

Languages

• Added support for applying inlay hint text edits by double-clicking a hint, or by running editor: accept inlay hint with the cursor at the hint. (#64789)
• Added HTML syntax highlighting for svg, mathml and raw tagged templates, and CSS syntax highlighting for template literals in css({ ... }) objects, in JavaScript and TypeScript. (#65688)

Remote Development

• Improved SSH remote connection time by detecting the remote shell, platform, and OS version in one command instead of three, which helps most when connecting from Windows. (#65065; thanks Huliiiiii)

Other

• Added automatic unfolding of folded sections when jumping to a location via go to line, go to definition/declaration/implementation/type definition, symbol navigation, the outline and project symbol pickers, multibuffer location results, and navigation history. (#65217; thanks henne90gen)
• Added an "Open SVG Preview" option to the Project Panel's context menu for SVG files. (#65539; thanks skmanoj322)
• Added the tab_switcher.show_file_preview setting, which controls whether files are previewed in the editor while cycling through the tab switcher (defaults to true). (#56235; thanks sebascadpi)
• Improved the tab switcher so it no longer changes selection on mouse hover and no longer delays showing its popover; you can still click entries to switch tabs. (#65546)
• Improved startup time when restoring hundreds of editor selections. (#65171)
• Improved startup time when using custom icon themes. (#65173)
• Reduced Zed's binary size by about 33% on macOS, 28% on Windows, and 7% on Linux. (#65168)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where environment variables, including secrets, passed to external agents and MCP servers in remote projects were visible in the local machine's process list. (#65174)
• Fixed prompts to external agents being slow to send, or never sending, because of unneeded Git checkpoints. (#65304)
• Fixed the remote server failing to start when connecting to a Windows host over SSH. (#55292; thanks sergio-u)
• Fixed ctrl-o and ctrl-i in Vim mode not navigating back and forward when a Markdown preview was focused. (#65299; thanks gitKashish)
• Fixed a bug where archiving an agent thread did nothing and kept a CPU core busy when the thread's linked worktree folder had been deleted. (#65578)
• Fixed a bug where case conversion and other text transformation commands duplicated the word when multiple cursors were inside it. (#65291; thanks gitKashish)
• Fixed a bug where navigating back skipped a Markdown preview tab after switching to another file. (#65299; thanks gitKashish)
• Fixed a bug where notification sounds could stop playing after an audio output error, and on Linux an audio thread could keep using a full CPU core until Zed restarted. (#65158)
• Fixed a bug where the Git Panel's commit editor buttons changed opacity when hovering over empty space. (#65448; thanks shuvroroy)
• Fixed a bug where the Project Panel's "Open Markdown Preview" option did not appear for files opened on their own (e.g. zed README.md). (#65539; thanks skmanoj322)
• Fixed a bug where the Settings UI sidebar did not highlight the subsection being scrolled through, including the last short subsections of a page. (#65172; thanks mayurathavale18)
• Fixed a visual artifact at the corners of scrollable code blocks when hovered. (#64978)
• Fixed blurred window backgrounds not blurring on macOS 27. (#65361; thanks biw)
• Fixed edit predictions showing an unlimited allowance and available controls when a team organization with no active subscription was selected. (#65301)
• Fixed external agents' first updates in a new thread sometimes being dropped, and agent error output being missing when an agent exited during startup. (#65339)
• Fixed extra space between the scrollbar and the header of terminals in the Agent Panel. (#65358; thanks chrisdrackett)
• Fixed Gemini models failing with an error after a tool call returned an image. (#65576)
• Fixed hover popovers flickering or closing too early on mouse movement with language servers that omit range information. (#64032; thanks daydalek)
• Fixed images inside center- or right-aligned HTML blocks rendering left-aligned in Markdown Preview. (#63166; thanks pray3m)
• Fixed OpenAI-compatible edit predictions failing on servers that limit stop sequences to 4. (#65360; thanks mischah)
• Fixed search not working in the debugger's terminal, opened with cmd-f (macOS) or ctrl-shift-f (Linux/Windows). (#56863; thanks iamsushank)
• Fixed text finder queries filled in from the current selection being treated as a regular expression instead of literal text when regex mode was on. (#65321; thanks Syozik)
• Fixed the Collab Panel's empty-state styling not matching the Git Panel. (#65290; thanks arondubovszky)
• Fixed window controls being misaligned in the threads sidebar header when no project is open. (#65651)
• Fixed wrapped links in Markdown tables being partially unclickable in Markdown previews and agent responses. (#65366; thanks julian-bruyers)

• Fixed OpenCode models failing to load with a missing field npm error. (#65875)

• Added Gemini 4 Argon to the Google AI models (#65725)

This week's release includes Git tag creation, the ability to drag Terminal tabs into the Agent Panel, and pre-filling of the File Finder's search query with text selected in the editor or terminal.

Features

AI

• Improved Agent Panel terminal support by allowing Terminal tabs to be dragged into it. (#60582; thanks cppcoffee)
• Improved custom Amazon Bedrock model support with configurable tool use, images, and thinking. (#64953; thanks mpyuglgwkxcmodyrpo)
• Improved memory and CPU usage while the agent responds in long threads. (#65244)

Git

• Added a git: create tag at head command and a Create Tag… context menu action in Git history and Git Graph to create local tags on commits. Tags are not pushed automatically. (#61973, #65194; thanks cppcoffee)
• Added gitiles as a Git hosting provider for Gitiles/Gerrit deployments, enabling permalinks and navigation from the Git blame diff view. (#63996; thanks JonathanBerkeley)
• Added a side-by-side view for directory diffs opened with zed --diff. (#64967; thanks ian-h-chamberlain)
• Added file counts to section headers in the Git Panel. (#65028; thanks mansoorkhan96)
• Added self-hosted Gerrit repositories as a provider for permalinks. (#53832; thanks starsep)
• Improved the Git Panel with a collapsible commit message editor, configurable with git_panel.commit_editor, and the Git Graph with collapsible commit details. (#63236; thanks mulhamna)
• Improved Git Graph readability by moving refs from the description column into the graph. (#59839; thanks RemcoSmitsDev)
• Improved Git Panel file actions for multiple selected files. (#64640; thanks Acd-kk)

Debugger

• Improved the debugger variables view with distinct colors for values based on their type, such as integers and strings. (#64111; thanks syormon)

Languages

• Added a Show Source option to the Markdown preview tab context menu. (#65081; thanks joshkent94)
• Added a Go package-level test gutter button next to package declarations. (#56699; thanks cppcoffee)
• Added support for language-server extensions to configure which language servers are enabled by default in extension.toml. See the extension documentation. (#65030)
• Added markdown_preview.heading_font_weight to configure the font weight of headings in the Markdown preview. (#64421; thanks dremnik)
• Added the mermaid_font_family setting to configure the font used in Mermaid diagrams. (#63430; thanks Sha1rholder)
• Improved the column filter dropdown in the tabular data preview to sort values naturally (e.g., 2 before 10). (#64764; thanks HalavicH)

Remote Development

• Improved remote server responsiveness when log or RPC response writes are blocked. (#65011; thanks Huliiiiii)

Linux

• Reduced the Linux release binary size by about 23% on x86_64. (#65169)

macOS

• Improved how Finder groups Zed on macOS by identifying it as a developer tool. (#65130; thanks kennyheard)

Other

• Added an extension_suggestions setting to turn off extension suggestions. (#65109; thanks audinue)
• Improved the File Finder to pre-fill its query with text selected in the editor or terminal. Disable this with file_finder.prefill_query_from_selection. (#64946; thanks AbyssWaIker)
• Improved multi-cursor editing performance. (#64409; thanks Rani367)
• Improved project search speed and memory usage over misclassified binary files. (#64549)
• Improved the Extensions view so installed extensions appear even while offline or when the remote list is incomplete. (#64766)
• Improved the font family pickers in the settings window to render each option in its own font as a preview. (#64199; thanks mizanisoffline)
• Improved Zed startup time. (#65170)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed .env files being treated as shell scripts and triggering shellcheck warnings. They now use the Env language. (#64242; thanks pleahmacaka)
• Fixed a crash when editing a buffer while an inlay-hint request was pending. (#65193)
• Fixed a crash when syntax parsing requested bytes inside a multibyte character. (#65273)
• Fixed a ty language server panic when opening a Python file as a single-file project. (#60753; thanks MostlyKIGuess)
• Fixed ACP session title clearing and prevented programmatic title updates from being saved as user renames. (#65195)
• Fixed ChatGPT Subscription models disappearing when the model catalog takes longer than 5 seconds to load. (#64925; thanks dualfroz)
• Fixed Command-clicking a symbol whose name matches its file name doing nothing. (#64892; thanks skmanoj322)
• Fixed crashes on tab-indented code blocks. (#65406)
• Fixed emoji, symbol, and non-Latin fonts rendering as empty boxes on Linux after being used as a font fallback. (#65269)
• Fixed files created in a directory that was deleted and immediately recreated (for example by a build or test step that clears and repopulates an output directory) not appearing until the workspace was reloaded. (#61372; thanks marcalc)
• Fixed files in symlinked directories opening in a separate worktree when a language server reports them by their canonical path. (#64895; thanks taburet)
• Fixed hanging during remote project search. (#65257)
• Fixed JSON completion ordering when typing the start of a key. (#65139; thanks ragen1337)
• Fixed language association for file_type path globs with single-file worktrees. (#60307; thanks notpeter)
• Fixed Markdown Preview ignoring pane-split actions when focused; splitting now opens another preview in the new pane. (#65136; thanks yskim308)
• Fixed remote paths sometimes reusing a workspace connected to a different host. (#64145; thanks hamishc)
• Fixed selected context being lost when added before an agent thread finished loading. (#64252; thanks porada)
• Fixed the Git Panel offering to initialize a repository when a single file was opened as a project, which failed with "Not a directory". (#64948; thanks virajbhartiya)
• Fixed the minimap thumb and cursor moving inconsistently. (#62087; thanks InfyniteHeap)
• Fixed worktree creation on a Windows remote from a Unix client. (#63075; thanks lingyaochu)
• Fixed "Scroll to User Message" so it lands on typed answers to AskUserQuestion. (#64007; thanks seth-wood)
• Fixed editor: open docs failing to open local documentation when its file URL contained encoded characters. (#64317; thanks xdBronch)
• Fixed envFile not being loaded when debugging Python projects with debugpy. (#52933; thanks davidalecrim1)
• Fixed macro_rules! text flickering in the Rust completion menu. (#63185; thanks mTvare6)
• Fixed shift-click and shift-up/shift-down selection in the Project Panel omitting folded directories or the starting entry. (#65266; thanks tsutoringo)
• Fixed shift-enter in the JetBrains keymap not selecting the previous search match. (#65129; thanks codello)
• Fixed an empty frame being drawn next to diff hunks in the Git Panel when the Stage/Restore buttons are disabled. (#65121; thanks kevin-pierik)
• Fixed auto-closing brackets being inserted inside comments or strings at the end of a file. (#64840; thanks rn23thakur)
• Fixed bracket colors flickering during agentic edits. (#65157)
• Fixed copying Markdown code blocks nested inside blockquotes, lists, and callouts. (#64264; thanks julian-bruyers)
• Fixed debugger error messages showing placeholders like {response_message} instead of the actual error text. (#65006; thanks SATVIKsynopsis)
• Fixed dropping external files onto a specific directory in a folded path in the Project Panel. (#65259; thanks kevin-pierik)
• Fixed identical Backspace and Delete icons in the Keymap Editor. (#65037; thanks GautamBytes)
• Fixed LM Studio models not appearing when a Splash model is installed. (#64847; thanks dio-az)
• Fixed Markdown Preview and the Agent Panel rendering the text between two --- separators as a YAML metadata block. (#64162; thanks meditationduck)
• Fixed Markdown task-list checkboxes not appearing or sitting above the first line of text in Markdown Preview. (#53699, #65113; thanks AdamJedl and gitKashish)
• Fixed missing reasoning options when applying a default model to an ACP agent session. (#65233)
• Fixed navigation from agent file links opening the wrong file or workspace. (#64748)
• Fixed selected radio indicator alignment in agent elicitation forms. (#63885; thanks itsfuad)
• Fixed some inlay hints appearing at the wrong position while editing. (#64791; thanks HuaGu-Dragon)
• Fixed SSH config hosts sometimes remaining missing or stale in the remote projects picker. (#65246; thanks egecemkirci)
• Fixed text selection and copying in Thinking previews in agent threads. (#65231)
• Fixed the Agent Panel's "Awaiting Confirmation" row jumping while its ellipsis animated. (#64952; thanks virajbhartiya)
• Fixed the debugger panel stack-frame error banner persisting after a successful refresh. (#63977; thanks whitecat1331)
• Fixed the default value shown for format_on_save in the settings popup. (#65167; thanks skatromb)
• Fixed the which-key popup and pending keystrokes indicator showing disabled bindings or hiding actions that also start longer shortcuts. (#64935, #64942)
• Fixed unhelpful tool-call error messages when a model returned an invalid or incomplete response. (#65245)

• Fixed an issue where no fonts would show for the markdown preview configurations in the settings UI. (#65447)
• Fixed edit predictions retaining single worktree files (#65400)
• Fixed the remote projects picker sometimes reserving more space than needed. (#65391)
• Used latest v24 LTS nodejs version (#65378)
• Fixed an issue where the background color of the Threads Sidebar was transparent in some themes (#65349)
• Added telemetry for usage of checkpointing feature in the agent panel. This telemetry is opt-in and has no effect with telemetry disabled. (#65331)

This week's release includes the ability to preview JSONL and NDJSON files as tables.

Features

AI

• Added the agent.max_idle_retained_threads setting to control how many idle agent threads remain loaded. (#64547; thanks hazicy)
• Improved Google AI error messages and added automatic retries when a model was overloaded. (#64865)
• Improved plan updates from ACP agents, including panel refreshes after status changes. (#64884)
• Improved the Agent Panel error shown when a Zed sign-in expired. (#64754)
• Improved visibility of keyboard-selected agent conversations in the Threads Sidebar. (#63922; thanks jaklyk2103)

Git

• Added a folder-specific context menu in the Git Panel's tree view. (#59853; thanks Sondeyy)

Languages

• Added JSONL and NDJSON support to the tabular data preview. Open previews alongside the source with cmd-k v (macOS) or ctrl-k v (Linux/Windows). (#64471; thanks unshDee)
• Added extension installation suggestions for many more languages when opening unsupported files. (#63211; thanks haolamnm)
• Added support for rewrapping text in Typst files. (#64858; thanks AdinAck)

Remote Development

• Added support for terminal.shell in remote sessions. (#61451; thanks quinn)

Other

• Added alt-/ to show the bindings that can complete a pending multi-keystroke shortcut. (#64803)
• Added a soft_wrap_indent setting ("none", "same", "extra_one", "extra_two") to configure indentation for soft-wrapped continuation lines. (#63468; thanks arusahni)
• Improved responsiveness when watching paths on slow or unresponsive filesystems. (#63410; thanks RemcoSmitsDev)
• Improved editor: select next and editor: select previous to respect the buffer search whole-word option. (#64137; thanks yawnnn)

Bug Fixes

• Debugger: Fixed "Rerun last debug scenario" not running the last scheduled scenario. (#64856; thanks MeiramSh)
• Fixed a crash on Windows when reading a stored credential that has no username. (#64735)
• Fixed a crash when pasting multiple selections at the end of a file in Vim mode. (#64876)
• Fixed a crash when typing the start of a multi-key binding at the end of a read-only file. (#64730)
• Fixed agent notifications showing a thread's original title after the thread was renamed. (#64907; thanks IFafaa)
• Fixed commit details and diffs waiting behind an in-progress fetch, pull, or push before opening. (#64720; thanks azeemshaik025)
• Fixed external-agent sessions remaining loaded after their conversation was closed during loading. (#64717)
• Fixed images in Markdown table cells ignoring column alignment and vertical centering. (#64914; thanks dremnik)
• Fixed issues where OpenAI model tool calls to MCP servers treated optional fields as required, causing errors. (#64920)
• Fixed missing or outdated output in agent tool results. (#64708)
• Fixed search highlights in Markdown Preview that hid matched text when the theme used opaque highlight colors. (#64788; thanks IFafaa)
• Fixed stale agent responses that could clear a newer prompt or show errors from an earlier send. (#64917)
• Fixed syntax highlighting for fenced code blocks with extra text after the language name. (#64694; thanks maxmalkin)
• Fixed the pending keybindings list showing task: spawn instead of the task name for bindings that spawn a task. (#64937; thanks frinyvonnick)
• Fixed the Zed Cloud connection failing with UnknownIssuer behind corporate TLS-inspecting proxies whose root CA is installed in the system trust store. (#63686; thanks joepjoosten)
• ACP: Fixed partial tool-call display updates when content referenced an unavailable terminal. (#64784)
• Fixed a bug where inlay hints positioned past the end of a buffer could appear on its last line, and inlay hints exactly at the end of a file without a trailing newline could be hidden. (#64659; thanks HuaGu-Dragon)
• Fixed a rare crash when hovering wrapped Markdown text on Linux. (#64672)
• Fixed centered layout not applying when a pane was zoomed in. (#64064; thanks UdeshyaDhungana)
• Fixed closing one LSP Logs view stopping streams used by another view or downstream client. (#61222; thanks aviatesk)
• Fixed completion details lacking visual distinction from completion labels. (#64684; thanks GautamBytes)
• Fixed delayed selection of the first entry when opening a context menu. (#64365)
• Fixed entries folding when clicked in the Outline Panel. (#64736)
• Fixed Helix buffer picker opening in the wrong pane on space b. (#64494; thanks GautamBytes)
• Fixed hover flicker after dismissing native menus on macOS. (#64175; thanks yay)
• Fixed incorrect selected and hover colors for threads in the Threads Sidebar. (#62597; thanks Robot-Inventor)
• Fixed indentation corruption during multicursor editing and block indentation. (#64675; thanks GautamBytes)
• Fixed language server formatting scrolling to the bottom when the server replaces the entire buffer. (#57269; thanks kalilamodow)
• Fixed row separator lines in tabular data previews extending past the last column. (#63367; thanks HalavicH)
• Fixed soft-wrap continuation line indentation calculation for unindented lines starting at column 0. (#63468; thanks arusahni)
• Fixed terminal tool call output covering the rounded corners of its card in the Agent Panel. (#64328; thanks chrisdrackett)
• Fixed window controls shifting by one pixel when the Threads Sidebar was open on Linux. (#64381; thanks Piyushrathoree)
• Fixed wrap guides showing in the Agent Panel before a conversation started. (#64886; thanks virajbhartiya)

Breaking Changes and Notices

• Changed title-bar application menus on Linux and Windows to require a click before opening. Enable title_bar.open_menus_on_hover to restore opening on hover. (#48496; thanks pauldipietro)