Zed (agent) by Zed Industries
Source: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases
Weekly digest: every breaking change, retirement and price change across 20+ coding agents, one email.
Form not loading? Subscribe here.
2026-10-14 · 75 changes · release
- 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.
- 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)
2026-10-12 · 6 changes · release
- 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)
2026-10-07 · 48 changes · release
- This week's release includes the ability to preview JSONL and NDJSON files as tables.
- Added the agent.maxidleretainedthreads 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)
2026-09-30 · 60 changes · release
- This week's release includes BYOK support for GPT-6.1 Sol, on-the-fly model selection for new subagents, automatic subagent compaction, a unified/split toggle for diffs opened from the command line, a
- Added an optional model parameter to spawnagent to choose a model for that spawn instead of using the configured subagent model or inheriting the parent model, with the active model shown in its card.
- Added BYOK support for GPT-6.1 Sol with an OpenAI API key. (#64968; thanks ktKongTong)
2026-09-23 · 51 changes · release
- This week's release includes faster rendering in syntax-highlighted files and Markdown code blocks, a language server command picker, a setting that keeps your system awake during long-running agent t
- Added SuperGrok sign-in so SuperGrok subscribers can use Grok models in the Agent Panel. (#63248; thanks thibaudgg)
- Added the agent.preventidlesleep setting, enabled by default, to prevent idle system sleep while agent threads are running. (#53130; thanks cppcoffee)
2026-09-17 · 2 changes · release
- Fixed payment errors from non-Zed model providers incorrectly prompting users to upgrade to Zed Pro instead of displaying the original provider error message. (#64354)
- Fixed different snippet extensions for the same language cancel each other (#64314)
2026-09-16 · 65 changes · release
- This week's release includes an optional cursor movement animation, a setting to open Markdown files directly in the rendered preview, Emmet wrap with abbreviation support, and configurable window tit
- Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Added the onnewwindow setting to choose whether new windows show the Launchpad (launchpad, the default) or an empty untitled buffer (emptytab). (#63522; thanks albertbogusz)
2026-09-09 · 54 changes · release
- 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)
2026-09-04 · 4 changes · release
- Fixed AltGr / diacritic input being swallowed by the integrated terminal on Windows. (#63763)
- Fixed goToDefinition opening out-of-worktree entries (#63757)
- Fixed dev container environment variables being logged in full (#63735)
2026-09-02 · 85 changes · release
- 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)
2026-08-26 · 62 changes · release
- 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
- Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Added support for low reasoning effort for DeepSeek V4 Flash and V4 Pro. (#62577; thanks lingyaochu)
2026-08-26 · 1 changes · release
- Fixed a crash in the Git panel when collapsed sections were used in tree view. (#63167)
2026-08-24 · 4 changes · release
- Fixed a potential filesystem sandbox escape when running extensions. (#63147)
- Fixed GitHub Copilot Chat authentication and API routing for GitHub Enterprise Cloud (#63142)
- Fixed project-level language server settings being ignored by extensions built with extension API versions before and including v0.1.0. (#63083)
2026-08-19 · 42 changes · release
- 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 settin
- Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Improved Git Panel organization by making grouped change sections collapsible. (#62441; thanks chirivelli)
2026-08-18 · 4 changes · release
- Fixed an issue where the Cursor ACP agent would fail to start (#62825)
- 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
- Fixed array merging for extensions case (#62722)
2026-08-12 · 55 changes · release
- This week's release includes a new git.diffbase setting for choosing whether editor gutters, file-status colors, and git: diff show uncommitted changes against HEAD or all current-branch changes again
- Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Added support for dragging files from the Project Panel to external macOS apps. (#58161; thanks notJoon)
2026-08-05 · 76 changes · release
- This week's release includes sandboxing for the Agent's terminal commands and web fetches (check the blog post), support for undoing and redoing file operations in the Project Panel (documentation), a
- Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Terminal: Fixed processes being left alive when the terminal was closed. (#61467; thanks feitreim)
2026-08-02 · 4 changes · release
- Fixed Option+Left stopping to the left of punctuation between words Video URL: https://files.catbox.moe/8d5g2t.mp4 (#62065)
- Fixed a panic when selections are added by tab-expanded column (#62063)
- Fixed Gruvbox parameter colors (#61987)
2026-07-29 · 105 changes · release
- This week's release includes improved branch picker filtering and grouping, run-status indicators for runnable gutter controls, and editable image-viewer zoom levels.
- Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Improved branch picker filtering, grouping, branch creation suggestions, and remote-provider icons. (#61215; thanks chirivelli)
2026-07-27 · 2 changes · release
- Added Claude Opus 5 support for Anthropic and Amazon Bedrock BYOK providers. (#61609)
- Fixed an issue where hover documentation could have too many line breaks. (#61715)
2026-07-23 · 87 changes · release
- This week's release includes Staged and Unstaged grouping in the Git Panel and multi-select in the File Finder and Text Finder.
- Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Improved branch filtering with all, local, and remote options in the branch picker. (#60857; thanks chirivelli)
2026-07-15 · 92 changes · release
- This week's release includes dedicated Staged Changes and Unstaged Changes multibuffers where you can review, stage, unstage, or restore individual hunks; Git Graph improvements including configurable
- Agent: Added support for searching (cmd-f on macOS, ctrl-f on Linux/Windows) inside of terminal threads. (#60292)
- Added "Agent Panel" and "Git Panel" items to the "View" menu. (#60356)
2026-07-13 · 1 changes · release
- Fixed an issue with npm v12 that could cause language server startup failures (#60870)
2026-07-10 · 1 changes · release
- agent: Added GPT 5.6 Sol & Terra for ChatGPT subscription. Note: GPT 5.6 Luna is not available yet, since OpenAI has not unlocked access for third-party clients (#60745)
2026-07-09 · 2 changes · release
- openai: Added support for GPT 5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna (#60699)
- cli: Fixed an issue where the previous workspace would not be restored when using clidefaultopenbehavior: newwindow and no path was provided (#60672)
2026-07-08 · 72 changes · release
- This week's release includes llama.cpp as a new language model provider, a new git.inlineblame.location setting to control where current-line blame is shown (inline or status bar), and disabling forma
- Agent: Added setting to exclude project rules files from commit message generation prompts (agent.commitmessageincludeprojectrules). (#56867; thanks ilavisharma)
- Added llama.cpp as a language model provider. (#59964; thanks hanouticelina)
2026-07-01 · 52 changes · release
- This week's release adds Telescope-style resizable pickers with file and text finder previews (resolving a request with 860 👍s), including a new search modal that previews results live as you type, op
- Added in-thread search to the Agent Panel (Ctrl/Cmd+F). (#57231; thanks dandv)
- Added an entry to the Agent Panel options menu to quickly add a remote MCP server. (#59359)
2026-06-24 · 79 changes · release
- This week's release includes the ability to create a new worktree right from the sidebar's new-thread button, a new agent.terminalinitcommand setting to automatically run a command when opening a new
- Sidebar: Enabled creating a new worktree from the sidebar's "new thread" icon button. (#59341)
- Sidebar: Improved the archive "Search all threads" view so you can filter by project name, not just by thread title — handy when many projects are open. (#58214; thanks KevinLaveto)
2026-06-17 · 93 changes · release
- This week's release includes automatic agent context compaction that you can also trigger manually with the new /compact command, cleaner and more legible Markdown preview styling, and support for run
- Agent: Added auto-compaction and /compact to Zed Agent. (#58931)
- Agent: Improved agent skills management by moving it into the settings UI. (#58701)
2026-06-10 · 99 changes · release
- 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 age
- Agent: Added a way to share skills via links. (#58009)
- Agent: Added support for symlinked global skill directories. (#58095; thanks David3u)