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Zed AI v1.18.0

Released · Zed Industries

Models:Adds GPT-5.6 ·Adds Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite ·Adds Grok 4.5 ·Adds Grok 4.6 ·Adds Claude Fable 5.1

What the release notes say

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 memory usage during long agent sessions. (#63053; thanks Prohect)

  • Improved support for Claude Fable 5.1. (#63571)

  • 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

  • Added support for configuring Bash Language Server through lsp.bash-language-server.settings. (#57487; thanks CathalMullan)

  • Improved Markdown preview styling with better typography, spacing, and rounded inline code backgrounds. (#63118; thanks archcorsair)

  • 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

  • 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 file finder history to include recently opened files from previous sessions. (#55034; thanks anilzeybek)

  • Improved typing and rendering performance in projects that use .editorconfig files. (#63323)

  • Improved text input in GPUI web applications on Android by adding support for Gboard. (#63201)

  • Improved responsiveness when closing projects that are loading large text files. (#62831; thanks 39ali)

Bug Fixes