Zed Release Notes

This week's release includes the ability to open a Git diff for a single file in its own dedicated tab from the Git panel, "Fast mode" for Anthropic and OpenAI models in the agent panel, shareable agent skill links, split diff mode in the commit history view, total added/removed line counts in the Git panel, and the ability to open files from the file finder without dismissing it.

Features

AI

• Agent: Added a way to share skills via links. (#58009)
• Agent: Added support for symlinked global skill directories. (#58095; thanks David3u)
• Agent: Added a manual way to trigger the Rules to Skills migration. (#58278)
• Agent: Improved project skills support in remote workspaces. (#58094)
• Agent: Improved skill creation toast confirmation by making it auto-dismissed. (#57855)
• Agent: Added Claude Opus 4.8 BYOK support. (#57984)
• Agent: Added a right-click menu to thread items in the sidebar, allowing to regenerate a thread title, rename a thread title, open the thread as markdown, and archive it. (#58232)
• Agent: Added improvements for the draft thread UX particularly in the context of worktrees, allowing to choose for which worktree to open a thread in when the group contains more than one. (#58268)
• Agent: Improved the UX of the draft feature by always displaying a corresponding thread item in the sidebar, even if the thread was still empty. (#57692)
• Agent: Added "Fast mode" support in the agent panel for Anthropic and OpenAI models that support a toggle to get faster responses (fast mode for Anthropic and priority service tier for OpenAI) at increased per-token cost. (#57914)
• Agent: Added support for specifying reasoning effort for Grok 4.3 (xAI). (#58078)
• Agent: Added an agent.commit_message_instructions setting to customize AI-generated git commit messages. (#58188; thanks rbstp)
• Agent: Added terminal output controls for agents to inspect command output without hiding live terminal progress. (#58257, #58271)
• Agent: Exposed actions to switch between the classic and agentic workspace layout in the command palette. (#58281)
• Agent: Improved agent sandbox permission prompts by showing requested write paths in a clearer file list. (#58358)
• Agent: Improved agent terminal sandboxing to preserve temporary files across commands in the same thread. (#57878)
• Agent: Improved the agent's terminal sandbox so commands can request write access to specific paths instead of all-or-nothing filesystem access, with the option to grant access for a single command or the rest of the conversation. (#57972)
• Agent: Improved agent's edit file tool performance. (#58037)
• Agent: Added an indicator while ACP servers are downloading. (#57710)
• Agent: Terminal threads now render the first character of the terminal title as the thread's icon when it is an emoji. (#58251)
• Agent: Updated OpenCode models (added Qwen3.7 Max, updated Big Pickle token counts). (#57792; thanks Vlaaaaaaad)

Git

• Improved the commit history diff view by adding the ability to toggle the split diff mode. (#58163; thanks chirivelli)
• Added new git: compare with branch action to directly compare the current branch with an arbitrary branch. (#57886; thanks AlvaroParker)
• Git Graph: Excluded commits that aren't reachable from branches or tags. (#54291; thanks timvermeulen)
• Improved Git panel diff visibility by showing total added and removed line counts. (#58018; thanks WaryaWayne)
• Added progress feedback in the worktree picker while deleting a worktree. (#57751)
• Added support for opening SHA-256 object format git repositories. (#57587; thanks albertbogusz)
• Added support for anchored patterns in .git/info/exclude. (#57779; thanks hferreiro)
• Improved performance when generating git commit messages with an LLM. (#58062)
• Improved Git blame to quietly ignore files that are not part of a Git repository. (#56348; thanks terror)
• Improved git panel file diff opening. (#56152; thanks chirivelli)
• Reduced git CPU usage on large repos. (#56406; thanks hferreiro)

Languages

• Improved Python highlighting for built-in functions and types. (#57562; thanks lingyaochu)
• Added shell-script as a recognized modeline alias for the Shell Script language. (#58124; thanks scop)

Vim / Helix

• Added support for the ex: identifier in Vim modelines. (#58121; thanks scop)

Collaboration

• Added volume equalizations to participants in collab calls. (#58036)
• Improved large calls by no longer playing the join sound in calls with 10 or more participants; the guest-joined sound still plays regardless of call size. (#54337)

Other

• Added ability to open files from the file finder without dismissing it, using right arrow at end of input or the "Keep Open" footer button. (#57258; thanks init05)
• Added fuzzy search to the remote projects modal. (#54143; thanks feitreim)
• Added support for rendering Markdown frontmatter metadata blocks in Markdown Preview and Agent Panel. (#57845)
• Improved rendering of Mermaid diagrams in Markdown previews. (#57967; thanks Latias94)
• Added editor: toggle breadcrumb action to toggle breadcrumb of active item without persisting on settings.json. (#57970; thanks AlvaroParker)
• Improved display of related diagnostic entries in hover popovers to include diagnostic source and code. (#56147; thanks lingyaochu)
• Added a scan_symlinks setting to control how symlinked directories are scanned in the project. Options are expanded (default), which only scans symlinks after they've been expanded in the project panel, and always, which follows all symlinks during indexing. (#53646; thanks auwi-nordic)
• Improved the theme and icon selectors to display a check next to the active theme. (#58404; thanks mateioprea)
• Improved the editor: go to diagnostic and editor: go to previous diagnostic actions to first activate the diagnostic under the cursor, if any, before jumping to the next or previous diagnostic. (#52957; thanks nullstalgia)
• Added support for configuring custom HTTP headers on language model providers via language_models..custom_headers. (#55246; thanks aurabindo)
• Added logging and telemetry of tasks and actions with performance issues. (#57835)

Bug Fixes

• Agent: Fixed an issue where diagnostics would show up in agent panel diffs. (#58052)
• Agent: Fixed image previews not being displayed after submitting a prompt and then hovering the mentioned image. (#58165; thanks cppcoffee)
• Agent: Fixed Add to Agent Thread being a no-op when a terminal thread is the active conversation in the agent panel. (#57301; thanks rkiyanchuk)
• Agent: Fixed an issue where reasoning effort selector could not be controlled via keyboard shortcuts for ACP agents. (#58223)
• Agent: Fixed the agent permission popover not appearing when the inline prompt was scrolled above the viewport. (#58081)
• Agent: Fixed using xhigh thinking effort with Anthropic models. (#57985)
• Agent: Fixed Zed provider models remaining available after sign-out. (#57724)
• Sidebar: Fixed a cause of stutters in the agent panel sidebar rendering. (#58402)
• Git UI: Fixed branch creation failing when a branch name had leading or trailing whitespace. (#58151; thanks toddlerer)
• Git UI: Fixed Enter key inserting a newline instead of selecting a branch in the commit modal branch picker. (#58366; thanks saberoueslati)
• Git UI: Fixed Stash All / Unstash All checkbox UI delay issue. (#57148; thanks cppcoffee)
• Fixed git integration not working with repositories using the reftable reference storage format. (#53453; thanks kfreitag1)
• Markdown: Fixed text selection highlight appearing at the wrong position when selecting text in markdown table headers. (#57283; thanks RemcoSmitsDev)
• Markdown: Fixed pressing Enter on an empty nested Markdown list item when the tab size is larger than the list indentation. (#58221)
• Fixed Copy and Paste being disabled in the macOS Edit menu when a terminal is focused. (#58111; thanks terror)
• Fixed package.json runnables ignoring package managers declared via devEngines.packageManager. (#58113; thanks terror)
• Fixed a crash when deleting words near inline diff boundaries containing multi-byte characters. (#57641)
• Fixed the VS Code minimap default not being applied when importing settings. (#56483; thanks cppcoffee)
• Fixed a bug where devcontainers were not respecting overrideCommand. (#57204; thanks KyleBarton)
• Fixed commit author avatars being compressed in the commit view when editor gutters are narrow. (#57913; thanks hugh2slowmo)
• Fixed cursor placement after pressing a in Helix select mode. (#57610; thanks Pulkit7070)
• Fixed Docker Compose dev containers starting services not listed in runServices. (#56293; thanks YauhenVasileusky)
• Fixed dropped frames caused by agents or users creating new terminals. (#58004)
• Fixed file picker failing to open non-project files when a filter is typed. (#54944; thanks saberoueslati)
• Fixed Go table tests not showing run buttons in files with many test cases. (#57277)
• Fixed go to definition repeatedly querying the language server for the same cursor position. (#58244; thanks rabbiveesh)
• Fixed inaccurate humanized date in git blame, e.g. a commit from 22 months ago no longer shows as "1 year ago". (#57973; thanks notJoon)
• Fixed incorrect Rust syntax highlighting after empty string values inside json! macros. (#55126; thanks saberoueslati)
• Fixed language servers receiving duplicate workspace/didChangeConfiguration notifications on every settings change. (#56853; thanks aviatesk)
• Fixed missing background highlights in "Find All References" when results span multiple files. (#55863; thanks lingyaochu)
• Fixed notebook cells not responding to appearance settings changes. (#57567; thanks JannikRosendahl)
• Fixed Python splat parameters highlighting. (#58136; thanks allachance)
• Fixed Python toolchains persisted for one worktree leaking into terminals opened in other worktrees of the same workspace. (#56787; thanks rgbkrk)
• Fixed remote terminals having their environment overridden by client-side temp directory variables. (#58240)
• Fixed reopening an already-open SSH workspace root showing an opening project path error instead of treating the root as a directory. (#54733; thanks jknlsn)
• Fixed replacement text being treated as a regex pattern when performing case-insensitive text search with non-ASCII characters. (#56123; thanks lingyaochu)
• Fixed Shift+Up, Shift+Down, Shift+Home, and Shift+End in terminal TUIs like lazygit, less, and neovim. (#57479)
• Fixed stale duplicate entries in the LSP Logs panel after restarting an SSH remote language server. (#55299; thanks chenmijiang)
• Fixed task modal failing to show language tasks in some cases. (#58090)
• Fixed terminal thread titles to preserve animated spinner and logo prefixes after renaming. (#57983)
• Fixed trashing of symlinks in project panel to actually trash the link and not its target. (#58339)
• Fixed vim % (matching bracket) motion not working in multibuffers. (#54634; thanks davidalecrim1)
• Fixed vim's increment (ctrl-a) and decrement (ctrl-x) commands skipping the number under the cursor in dotted strings like version numbers (e.g. 0.81.46) and hyphened date strings (e.g. 2015-02-01). (#58327; thanks kjyv)
• Fixed Zed not compiling on pre ARMv8.2-A machines. (#57923)
• Fixed Zed silently injecting conda activate base into terminals when a Conda manager (miniforge/miniconda) was installed but no specific environment was selected. (#56785; thanks rgbkrk)
• Fixed a bug where action buttons in the keymap editor (such as "Create keybinding") could be clipped off-screen on narrow panes. (#54708; thanks felixschwamm)
• Fixed hover documentation and git popups not scrolling while selecting text with the mouse. (#57518; thanks danielmartin)
• Fixed symlinked files showing the entire file as changed in the git diff and gutter. (#58679)
• Fixed a crash in hang detection when foreground thread statistics were missing. (#58850)
• Fixed a hang that could occur when opening a new workspace. (#58994)
• Fixed a hang that could occur inside Zed's filesystem watcher. (#59045)

• Fix crash that could occur when unsplitting a side by side diff view (#58695)
• acp: Fix for certain ACP Registry agent downloads not starting (#58633)
• Update both editor: go to diagnostic and editor: go to previous diagnostic to prefer activating the diagnostic under the cursor before jumping to the next or previous diagnostic, respectively (#58603)
• Fixed high CPU usage when using Zeta in some cases (thanks @clupprich!) (#58591)
• Fixed a crash that could occur while streaming agent edits containing multibyte characters. (#58452)
• Fixed an issue where Zed would stop responding to file system changes in some cases (#58692)

This week's release includes support for skills, a global AGENTS.md file for user-wide agent instructions, the ability to choose a base branch in the branch diff view, and a new editor: toggle all diff hunks action.

Features

AI

• Agent: Added support for skills.
• Agent: Added support for a global AGENTS.md file alongside settings.json for user-wide instructions that are included in every project’s system prompt. (#56757)
• Agent: Added commands to open global and project-specific AGENTS.md rules. (#57847)
• Agent: Added agent: new terminal thread for defining custom shortcuts to launch an Agent Panel terminal thread. (#57400)
• Agent: Added support for image output from MCP tools. (#57134)
• Agent: Added support for OAuth client pre-registration with a client ID and client secret in the built-in MCP client. (#52900)
• Agent: Improved file and skill mention disambiguation in the Agent Panel. (#50097; thanks jmg-duarte, #56926)
• OpenCode: Updated available models and metadata, including reasoning support, image support, and token counts. (#57076; thanks Vlaaaaaaad)

Git

• Added the ability to choose the base branch in the branch diff view. (#56569)
• Added keyboard shortcuts for switching between the Changes and History tabs: cmd-1/cmd-2 on macOS and ctrl-1/ctrl-2 on Linux/Windows. (#56743)
• Added editor: toggle all diff hunks to expand or collapse all diff hunks at once. (#56421)
• Improved the display of user avatars in Git-related surfaces. (#56755)
• Improved diff stats by formatting large line counts with thousand separators. (#56754)
• Added the git.show_stage_restore_buttons setting to hide Stage/Restore buttons on diff hunks. (#56740)

Languages

• Added runnables for C++. (#57161; thanks Helmutt03)

Linux

• Added support for buffer_font_fallbacks on Linux. (#54878; thanks Albab-Hasan)
• Improved the first mouse-driven text copy action on Wayland. (#50406; thanks soundslocke)

Other

• Added markdown_preview_code_font_family to override the code font in the markdown preview. (#56744; thanks wln)
• Improved CSV preview with column pinning to keep identifiers visible while scrolling. (#56619; thanks HalavicH)
• Improved restricted mode by making it more obvious and requiring immediate action when opening an untrusted project. (#57056)
• Improved truncated text labels so they no longer show trailing spaces or punctuation before the ellipsis. (#57106)

Bug Fixes

• Agent: Fixed image output from tools not being reloaded when restoring a thread. (#57143)
• MCP OAuth: Fixed authentication failing when an MCP server returned a broken metadata URL. (#53502)
• MCP OAuth: Fixed OAuth client registration failing with some MCP servers. (#53501)
• Fixed AI completions from OpenAI-compatible providers failing when token usage details were missing. (#55919; thanks marius851000)
• Git Graph: Fixed breakage that occurred when Git’s log.showSignature setting was enabled. (#55708; thanks toddlerer)
• OpenAI: Fixed an issue where error messages would not appear properly. (#57750)
• Fixed certain ACP registry agents not cleaning up old versions. (#55290; thanks cppcoffee)
• Fixed some Gemini tool calls failing because Zed could send incomplete tool schemas. (#57160)
• Fixed a bug where using Gemini with certain tools, especially via MCP, resulted in "Invalid JSON payload received" errors due to incompatible JSON schema formats. (#49292; thanks dastrobu)
• Fixed zed --new ssh://host/path reusing an existing SSH window instead of opening a new one. This also applied to other URL-shaped path arguments. (#54408)
• Fixed a bug where non-ASCII characters in diagnostic messages were incorrectly rendered with spurious \ characters. (#55782; thanks alkinun)
• Fixed a crash in GPUI when typing into an Input widget inside a cached view (#50456). (#50665; thanks xcb3d)
• Fixed a panic that could occur when streaming in text with the edit_file tool. (#57100)
• Fixed a panic when loading certain Tree-sitter grammars containing supertypes. (#57183)
• Fixed a rare panic that could occur when lines in the editor contained many invisible characters. (#57137)
• Fixed agent edits sometimes not getting auto-accepted when they were committed. (#56892)
• Fixed the agent erroring when using Copilot as a provider and switching between OpenAI and Anthropic models. (#56655)
• Fixed bash syntax highlighting for conditional expressions, arithmetic expressions, and related operators. (#56484; thanks terror)
• Fixed the activity indicator in the status bar not opening a menu with items to cancel running actions. (#56865)
• Fixed commit title length checks miscounting multi-byte characters as multiple characters. (#57025; thanks koxya)
• Fixed context server availability updates when a new worktree is added to or removed from a project. (#51244; thanks rioriost)
• Fixed importing the VS Code setting files.simpleDialog.enable with the opposite value. (#55678; thanks Earlopain)
• Fixed macOS Cmd-E/Cmd-G find behavior so Cmd-E seeds find from the cursor or selection and Cmd-G advances through the newly seeded matches. (#56681)
• Fixed markdown preview content being clipped past the pane edge when the buffer search bar is open. (#55009; thanks tkilaker)
• Fixed Mermaid diagrams not rendering with the default UI typeface. (#56695)
• Fixed npm-backed tool installs to better respect npm release-age filters. (#56957)
• Fixed pressing "New Thread" or cmd-n doing nothing when the Agent Panel's Settings view was open. (#56818)
• Fixed running Zed on Ubuntu 20.04 installed via the installer by bundling the required libstdc++.so. (#57132)
• Fixed Settings UI search returning unrelated results for multi-word queries. (#56835)
• Fixed the agent: toggle profile selector keybinding being ignored while the agent was generating a response. (#56784; thanks Rfluid)
• Fixed the Agent Panel’s @-mention menu not appearing when @ immediately follows @(, [, or {. (#55504)
• Fixed tool paths preferring files in subdirectories named after the project root. (#56230; thanks procr1337)
• Fixed UI freezes on Linux (Wayland) with certain GPU/driver combinations. (#57077; thanks higorprado)
• Fixed text selection not always matching the mouse position in markdown blocks in the Agent Panel. (#56861; thanks timvermeulen)
• Fixed zed:// links focusing Zed and improved handling of zed://agent links. (#57047)
• Fixed workspace: open files ignoring the Project Panel's sort_mode setting. (#56720; thanks hron)
• Fixed undo behavior after accepting LSP completions, so completions and their additional edits are reverted together. (#53980; thanks HuaGu-Dragon)
• Fixed the Python REPL UI not populating correctly in remote projects. (#54709; thanks MostlyKIGuess)
• Removed code lens blocks from diff views to fix broken background highlights. (#56726)
• Fixed "speed: Extra inputs are not permitted" errors for Opus 4.6 and 4.7 in the Anthropic API provider. (#57707)
• Fixed code lens flickering when no commands were resolved. (#57790)

Breaking Changes and Notices

• Removed the rules library and replaced it with skills support.
• Replaced the @rule autocomplete entry with @skill in the agent chat input. (#56902)

This week's release includes a new Mermaid renderer with faster and more accurate diagrams, clickable document links provided by language servers, and the ability to rename threads directly in the sidebar.

Features

AI

• Agent: Made the Skill Creator window resizable and its contents scrollable when the window is smaller than the form. (#57754)
• Agent: Improved read_file tool output rendering with a line-number gutter. (#56779)
• Agent: Improved scrolling smoothness when expanding read_file tool calls with large file outlines. (#57287)
• Agent: Improved visibility of pending tool call confirmations when they are scrolled out of view in the Agent Panel. (#57632)
• Agent: Added a notification indicator to collapsed project headers in the sidebar when a thread completes. (#57322)
• Agent: Added Fast Mode (priority service tier) support to OpenAI models used through the ChatGPT subscription provider. (#57436)
• Agent: Added Fast Mode (priority service tier) support to the OpenAI API provider. (#57412)
• Agent: Made file paths in backticks clickable in the Agent Panel; clicking opens the referenced file at the given line when present. (#57303)
• Agent: Added automatic refreshes for the list of Zed-hosted models, without requiring a restart. (#57528)
• Agent: Added the ability to reorder projects by moving them up and down through the sidebar ellipsis menu. (#57448)
• Agent: Added support for renaming agent threads directly from the sidebar. (#57656)
• OpenCode: Updated the model list, adding Gemini 3.5 Flash and Grok Build 0.1 and removing MiniMax M2.5 Free. (#57556); thanks Vlaaaaaaad
• ACP: Added a logout flow for agents that support it. (#57492)
• ACP: Allowed external agents that support it to access all working directories in a project. (#57497)

Git

• Added a git_commit_buffer_font_size setting and made the in-panel and modal commit message editors zoomable. (#56077)
• Added icons for Bitbucket, Codeberg, Forgejo, Gitea, and GitLab remote providers. (#57500); thanks albertbogusz
• Improved Git worktree creation by fetching the latest origin/main before creating a worktree. (#57704)
• Improved Git Graph commit tooltips. (#57032); thanks aaronang
• Improved performance when opening the commit view for files with many diff hunks. (#57330)

Languages

• Added support for clickable document links provided by language servers. This is enabled by default and can be disabled with "lsp_document_links": false. (#56011)
• C++: Added recognition for HIP files. (#57333); thanks Young-TW
• Rust: Improved toolchain compatibility by using the rust-analyzer from a worktree's Rust toolchain when specified. (#57696)

Vim / Helix

• Swapped q and Q in Helix mode so they record and replay macros per Helix defaults instead of leaking Vim bindings. (#57622); thanks crazydude123

Remote Development

• Added support for local features in dev containers. (#55225); thanks KyleBarton

Other

• Improved Mermaid diagram rendering speed and accuracy. (#57644)
• Added support for shift+click in Markdown preview to extend text selection. (#57586); thanks cppcoffee
• Added a UI control for wrapping and unwrapping Markdown code block contents. (#57312)
• Made the Project Panel auto-reveal multi-buffer excerpts for the latest selection. (#57236)
• Added the zed: open status page action for opening the Zed status page. (#57316)
• Settings UI: Added the setting scope (user or project) to Settings Editor breadcrumbs. (#57437)

Bug Fixes

• Agent: Fixed commit message generation not respecting instructions from global AGENTS.md. (#57827)
• Agent: Fixed errors not appearing in the UI when an edit tool call failed. (#57722)
• Agent: Fixed read_file tool output not re-rendering in restored threads. (#56779)
• Agent: Fixed stutters that could occur when interacting with the agent. (#57712)
• Agent: Fixed deprecated Rules being automatically included in new agent requests. (#57844)
• Agent: Fixed extra link styling on file paths in tool call labels. (#57515)
• Agent: Fixed global skill edits appearing without a file path in the changes summary. (#57767)
• Agent: Fixed a crash that could occur when adding a crease to the Agent Panel. (#58375)
• Agent: Fixed a crash that could occur when searching or configuring tools in agent profile settings. (#58299)
• Helix: Fixed g i and g a invoking Vim-mode bindings instead of goto_implementation and goto_last_accessed_file. (#57621); thanks crazydude123
• Helix: Fixed g w not targeting words on lines selected with x. (#57565); thanks terror
• Helix: Fixed r not replacing multi-character selections in select mode. (#57553); thanks terror
• Helix: Fixed a crash that could occur when pasting at the end of a file. (#58373)
• Fixed recent-project navigation always activating the main worktree instead of the last active worktree/workspace. (#57321)
• Fixed edit prediction previews in the diff popover being occluded by open docks or the right sidebar. (#57519)
• Fixed failed branch fetches preventing other Git state from updating. (#57292)
• Fixed worktree creation being unavailable when resolving the default branch failed. (#57960)
• Fixed branch enumeration when a broken Git ref prevents commit metadata from being read. (#57285); thanks GoldStrikeArch
• Fixed incorrect truncation of multi-line text in the UI. (#57450)
• Fixed commit modal buttons being hidden for some ui_font_size values. (#56366)
• Fixed dot (.) repeat not repeating the last change made by a macro (@register). (#57684); thanks Fanteria
• Fixed embedded terminal context menus showing agent actions that could target the wrong item. (#56256); thanks terror
• Fixed go to line going to arbitrary lines in multibuffers. (#57700)
• Fixed jump-to-definition for file paths wrapped in punctuation, such as backticks, parentheses, or sentence-ending punctuation. (#45457); thanks subtleGradient
• Fixed language servers failing to install when the npm registry returns non-string values, such as "unpublished": null, in package time metadata. (#57765); thanks controversial
• Fixed a crash when rendering Mermaid diagram flowcharts with deeply nested subgraphs. (#58325)
• Fixed a noisy not signed in error being logged on every keystroke when not signed in to Zed. (#57615); thanks seth-wood
• Fixed Markdown inline code highlighting in table cells. (#57506); thanks terror
• Fixed outline panel hangs during massive project searches. (#57814)
• Fixed Project Panel git status indicators showing modified files with a warning color instead of the modified color. (#57716)
• Fixed project-local skill creation for remote projects. (#57453)
• Fixed rare panic in the open path dialog. (#57290)
• Fixed file watcher log flooding and repeated watch attempts after hitting the OS file watch limit. (#57720)
• Fixed remote server logs growing unbounded. (#57672)
• Fixed the settings window not respecting the server-side window decorations setting. (#57371); thanks hollmmax
• Fixed the "About Zed" dialog being a full window instead of a floating window. (#57307); thanks cyyynthia
• Fixed the Git Panel branch name staying truncated even when the panel was wide enough to show the full name (#57238). (#57502); thanks mateioprea
• Fixed the project section header flickering in the agent threads sidebar when sending a message while the header was partially scrolled off screen. (#57529)
• Fixed unnecessary Git state reloading that could occur when editing in linked worktrees. (#57763)
• Fixed UTF-8 parsing issues when loading skill frontmatter with multi-codepoint graphemes, such as emoji, crossing file chunk boundaries. (#57466); thanks roboticsdude60

Breaking Changes and Notices

• Removed support for ACP extensions. Installed ACP extensions will be migrated to ACP servers provided by the ACP registry, and resources from deprecated extensions will be automatically removed. (#57133)
• Removed the retired GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.3 Codex models from the ChatGPT subscription provider. (#58340)

Added ChatGPT subscription provider, allowing users to use their ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscription with the Zed agent. (#56811)

Removed deprecated OpenAI models.

Added support for gpt-5.4-nano/mini models for the OpenAI provider.

Improved output quality when using OpenAI models. (#56809)

Added support for specifying effort level when using OpenAI models. (#56808)

Fixed an issue where file system events or language server events that resulted in Zed unwatching many paths would cause high CPU usage. (#56806)

Agent

Fixed squashed message editor when limit_content_width=false. (#56687)

This week's release includes more reliable Agent edits, Git Graph remote support, the ability to use the project panel's View History action on folders, and improved text rendering clarity on macOS.

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• Terminal: Improved 256 color ANSI rendering. (#54565; thanks feitreim)
• Git Panel: Fixed empty state labels in the git panel becoming left-aligned when wrapped to multiple lines. (#55235; thanks dongdong867)
• Fixed "Diagnostics" in Editor Controls re-enabling itself after being manually disabled. (#52907; thanks OmChillure)
• Fixed agent profiles with enable_all_context_servers: true ignoring per-tool false overrides in context_servers, allowing agents to call tools the user had explicitly disabled. (#54863; thanks OmChillure)

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Features

AI

• Agent: Improved the edit tool so it can still apply edits when a file has changed on disk, as long as the target text still matches. (#55606)
• Agent: Improved reliability when the LLM edits a file. (#55612)
• Agent: Reduced token usage when the LLM edits a file. (#55752)
• ACP: Added running agent version display in the External Agent settings. (#55824)
• Added support for the latest MCP version 2025-11-25. (#54494)
• Improved Zed Agent's terminal tool to much more consistently use --no-pager and GIT_EDITOR with git commands. (#55787)
• Mistral: Added Ministral 3 models and removed deprecated models. (#55443; thanks dargor)
• Bedrock: Changed to always use 1M context windows for Anthropic models. (#56201)

Git

• Git Graph: Added remote support. (#55788)
• Git Graph: Added a context menu to the graph rows. (#55720)
• Added a git::ToggleFillCommitEditor action that expands the commit editor to fill the git panel's available vertical space. (#55043)
• Added View History to folder and project-root context menus in the project panel, opening Git history for the selected folder or the whole project. (#52634; thanks robert7k)
• Added an affordance to jump to the project file from the commit view. (#55088)

Terminal

• Added path pasting functionality in the terminal. (#48222; thanks dunkmann00)

Vim / Helix

• Improved Vim navigation in the git graph with Ctrl-U and Ctrl-D half-page scrolling. (#55506; thanks aprogramq)

Linux

• Added support for using embedded bitmaps in fonts on Linux. (#55202)
• Reduced crash rate when recovering GPUs. (#55343)

Other

• Improved performance of "Replace All" in buffer search. (#51941)
• Improved text rendering clarity on macOS, particularly in dark themes. (#54886)
• Improved the overall performance of the settings window. (#56093)
• Added text rendering support for BGR subpixel layouts. (#55174)
• Added the ability to move a currently open project to a new window through the recent projects modal. (#55168)
• Added editor: convert to base64 and editor: convert from base64 commands to the command palette. (#55361; thanks chriskievit)
• Improved Settings navigation by allowing root navbar entries to expand or collapse on double-click. (#55526; thanks najeira)
• Added the line endings button setting to the settings UI. (#55707; thanks dunkmann00)
• Added a new preserve option to go_to_definition_scroll_strategy that keeps the cursor at the same vertical position within the viewport when navigating to a definition. (#55036)
• Added a prompt to move Zed to /Applications on macOS when run from within the .dmg. (#54719)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the thread completion notification not dismissing when focusing the panel. (#55188)
• Fixed tool-calling permission checks so commands nested inside Bash arithmetic expansions, such as $(($(curl example.com))), are now detected. (#54690)
• Fixed the Send button in the Agent panel activating when the message input contains only whitespace (spaces or tabs). (#55530; thanks GitGlimpse895)
• Fixed create-directory agent tool cards showing a search icon. (#55549; thanks KurodaKayn)
• Debugger: Fixed Run Debugger failing silently when a Rust project's Cargo.toml contained invalid content, so Zed now reports the error instead. (#52439; thanks tomaseesteves)
• Git: Fixed remote branch creation based on default branch. (#55387; thanks boaz-h)
• Fixed git commit message editor text being behind the Open Commit Modal button. (#55565; thanks RemcoSmitsDev)
• Fixed git graph file diff view opening the wrong file if a previous one is already open. (#55595; thanks jakenorris1124)
• Fixed the Git panel commit message editor ignoring buffer_font_size. (#55233; thanks GoldStrikeArch)
• Fixed "thinking" text being badly formatted when sent to Ollama. (#55540; thanks marius851000)
• Fixed read_file tool returning an unhelpful error when given a directory path; it now suggests using list_directory instead. (#54303; thanks Prohect)
• Fixed a bug where a thread within the currently active project would flash upon cmd-clicking the project header. (#55190)
• Fixed a bug where placeholder text in the agent panel's message editor wouldn't properly wrap. (#55125)
• Fixed a bug where the context menu in the agent panel (and other scrollable surfaces) would appear at the wrong location. (#55124)
• Fixed a bug where subfolders of a repository were not displayed in the title bar's project button. (#54796)
• Fixed a rare panic when invoking Helix motions on an editor that had not yet been laid out. (#55816)
• Fixed absolute path mentions in acp_thread so direct file references (including :line and #Lline formats) now open correctly instead of resolving to invalid/empty files. (#53229; thanks Revantark)
• Fixed GitHub avatar lookup for bot noreply commit authors. (#55297; thanks tsutoringo)
• Fixed plan and edited-files lists in the agent panel being squashed when they contain many items. (#55189; thanks HalavicH)
• Fixed shell environment loading when login shells exit non-zero after printing environment variables. (#55175)
• Fixed the mouse cursor not switching to a pointer when hovering commit rows in the git graph. (#55247; thanks jakenorris1124)
• Fixed the recent projects list jumping to the top after deleting a project, so you can now bulk-delete entries by repeatedly clicking the delete icon or pressing the keybind. (#54777)
• Fixed unnecessary escaping of dashes in agent tool permission patterns (e.g. typescript-eslint is now typescript-eslint). (#51603; thanks mvanhorn)
• Fixed Windows cmd.exe tasks failing when run with a selected Python virtual environment. (#55531; thanks grgwuk990)
• Fixed zombie MCP server processes accumulating over time. (#54793)
• Fixed micromamba PowerShell activation. (#55643; thanks adament)
• Fixed graphical corruption that could occur when using Wayland. (#54214; thanks b5l)
• Fixed creating git worktrees in WSL remote projects from Windows. (#55486; thanks hayatosc)
• Fixed ACP agents failing to launch on Windows with "The system cannot find the file specified." (#55946)
• Fixed inotify event queue overflows on Linux. (#55941)
• Fixed local zeta2 edit predictions using the wrong prompt format. (#56191)
• Fixed an issue where broken symlinks, permission errors, or other fs errors in watched directories could cause excessive CPU usage. (#56174)
• Fixed a crash on Windows that could occur when closing the settings window.
• Fixed a crash on Windows when the GPU device is lost and recovered during use (typically driver crash, suspend/resume, or display reconfiguration, most commonly on Intel iGPUs). (#56035)
• Fixed missing reload implementation for markdown preview. (#56026)
• Fixed some issues where the activity indicator would show the wrong icon and not be clickable on errors present. (#56470)
• Fixed a memory leak with diffing non-existing files with Zed CLI. (#56444)
• Fixed edit prediction provider menu check marks for active non-Zed providers. (#56291)
• Fixed code lens decorations painting outside the editor viewport when horizontally scrolling. (#56549; thanks terror)

Breaking Changes and Notices

• Agent: Removed Vercel v0 provider as it has been deprecated by Vercel. (#55177)
• Disabled fuzzy-ruby-server by default for Ruby files. (#55215; thanks candidosales)