Zed AI v1.7.2 release notes

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 running custom git commands on git graph branches and tags.

Features

Agent: Added auto-compaction and /compact to Zed Agent. (#58931)
Agent: Improved agent skills management by moving it into the settings UI. (#58701)
Agent: Improved how we communicate problems relative to skills, in both the agent panel and the settings UI. (#58838)
Agent: Improved the UX of the thread import flow. (#57791)
Agent: Improved auto scroll location when using read-file tool. (#58640; thanks liigo)
Agent: Show context window usage and cost metrics for external agents that support it. (#58680)
Agent: Allow deleting sessions from history for external agents that support it. (#58680)
Agent: Allow loading skills whose descriptions exceed the 1024-byte limit by showing warnings instead of failing to load them. (#58356)
Agent: Removed the misleading "Always allow" button from agent permission prompts for edits to the agent skills directory, since those edits always require confirmation. (#58463)
Agent: Updated OpenCode models (added MiniMax M3, Qwen 3.7 Plus, DeepSeek V4 Flash, MiniMax M3 Free, and Nemotron 3 Ultra Free; removed Nemotron 3 Super Free, Qwen 3.5 Plus; updated MiniMax M2.7, MiniMax M2.5, Qwen 3.6 Plus). (#58743; thanks Vlaaaaaaad)

Git

Added a context menu for ref labels (branches, remote refs, and tags) in the git graph that runs custom git commands against the clicked ref, available as $ZED_GIT_REF (e.g. git checkout $ZED_GIT_REF). (#58781; thanks aobatact)
Improved commit details changed-file lists with an optional tree view. (#58198; thanks chirivelli)
Added Add to .git/info/exclude option under a new Git submenu in the project panel and git panel context menus, alongside the existing Add to .gitignore action. (#57044; thanks TomPlanche)
Added a button to the git worktree picker to remove an open worktree from the current window. (#58996)
Improved worktree navigation UX when a given project has more than one loaded. (#58555)
Warnings about the lengths of commit message titles are now disabled by default. (#58960)
Reduced short commit SHAs in blame and commit tooltips from 8 to 7, consistent with the graph and history views. (#58741; thanks albertbogusz)
Improved scrolling performance in diff views containing large hunks with many computed word diffs. (#58639)
Improved the performance of the project diff, especially in the presence of merge conflicts. (#57859)
Added icon for the Chromium code review remote provider. (#57713; thanks hferreiro)
Added the SourceHut remote icon. (#58668; thanks medzernik)

Languages

Improved markdown preview styles, making it more legible and easier to parse. (#58465)
LSP: Improved Zed's memory usage when a language server emits messages faster than the foreground thread can handle them. (#58867)
Improved editor: go to definition to avoid repeatedly querying the language server while moving the mouse over the same symbol or an unresolved position. (#58429)
Added a markdown: toggle block quote action. (#58383)
Added support for surrounding selected Markdown text with ~ by typing ~. (#58614)
Improved indentation for C/C++ to be more consistent. (#58740; thanks Helmutt03)
Added the ability to stylize built-in Python exceptions and warnings using the type.class.builtin syntax capture. (#58176; thanks allachance)
Detected .envrc files as Shell Script. (#58573; thanks injust)
Dropped fish from modeline_aliases, which forced the file to be detected as Shell Script instead of Fish. (#58550)

Terminal

Made zed:// links clickable in the terminal. (#58910; thanks r4victor)

Vim / Helix

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