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Zed AI

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High-performance editor with integrated AI agent features.

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Config files Zed AI has changed

Config you own — hooks, permission rules, MCP servers, settings — that releases below state a change to. Counted from the release notes we track, newest change first. How a harness is layered.

skills and plugins3 changes · 9 releases touched it · latest Jun 17, 2026 · v1.7.2 ↗
permission rules2 changes · 10 releases touched it · latest Jun 17, 2026 · v1.7.2 ↗
hooks2 changes · 4 releases touched it · latest Jul 29, 2026 · v1.13.1 ↗
background and headless runs2 changes · latest Jul 15, 2026 · v1.11.3 ↗

Release signals

Zed AIv1.15.0Aug 12, 2026

This week's release includes a new `git.diff_base` setting for choosing whether editor gutters, file-status colors, and `git: diff` show uncommitted changes against `HEAD` or all current-branch changes against the default branch's merge base, plus support for dragging files from the Project Panel to external apps on macOS and Linux Wayland; web developers also get linked editing for custom elements in JSX and TSX and Emmet completions in return and arrow-function bodies.

  • +59 more changes
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This week's release includes a new git.diff_base setting for choosing whether editor gutters, file-status colors, and git: diff show uncommitted changes against HEAD or all current-branch changes against the default branch's merge base, plus support for dragging files from the Project Panel to external apps on macOS and Linux Wayland; web developers also get linked editing for custom elements in JSX and TSX and Emmet completions in return and arrow-function bodies.

Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

  • Added support for dragging files from the Project Panel to external macOS apps. (#58161; thanks notJoon)

  • Added the multiple_selections key context for assigning different keybindings when multiple selections are active. (#60018; thanks AidanV)

  • Agent: Fixed the first line of terminal output sometimes being hidden in the Agent Panel. (#61939; thanks timvermeulen)

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Zed AIv1.15.0-preAug 5, 2026

This week's release includes a new `git.diff_base` setting for choosing whether editor gutters, file-status colors, and `git: diff` show uncommitted changes against `HEAD` or all current-branch changes against the default branch's merge base, plus support for dragging files from the Project Panel to external apps on macOS and Linux Wayland; web developers also get linked editing for custom elements in JSX and TSX and Emmet completions in return and arrow-function bodies.

  • +58 more changes
Read the full release note

This week's release includes a new git.diff_base setting for choosing whether editor gutters, file-status colors, and git: diff show uncommitted changes against HEAD or all current-branch changes against the default branch's merge base, plus support for dragging files from the Project Panel to external apps on macOS and Linux Wayland; web developers also get linked editing for custom elements in JSX and TSX and Emmet completions in return and arrow-function bodies.

Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

  • Added support for dragging files from the Project Panel to external macOS apps. (#58161; thanks notJoon)

  • Added the multiple_selections key context for assigning different keybindings when multiple selections are active. (#60018; thanks AidanV)

  • Agent: Fixed the first line of terminal output sometimes being hidden in the Agent Panel. (#61939; thanks timvermeulen)

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Zed AIv1.14.2Aug 5, 2026

This week's release includes sandboxing for the Agent's terminal commands and web fetches ([check the blog post](https://zed.dev/blog/sandboxing)), support for undoing and redoing file operations in the Project Panel ([documentation](https://zed.dev/docs/project-panel#undo-and-redo)), a Skip Hooks option for commits, and configurable Agent Panel fonts.

  • Terminal: Fixed processes being left alive when the terminal was closed. ([#61467](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61467); thanks [feitreim](https://github.com/feitreim))
  • +57 more changes
Read the full release note

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 Skip Hooks option for commits, and configurable Agent Panel fonts.

Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

  • Terminal: Fixed processes being left alive when the terminal was closed. (#61467; thanks feitreim)

  • Fixed a hang when the Zed Agent ran a git command with a pager configured. (#61999; thanks timvermeulen)

  • Fixed editor: find all references preview tabs becoming permanent tabs when any of their buffers had previously been edited. (#61021; thanks aviatesk)

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Zed AIv1.13.2Aug 2, 2026

Fixed Option+Left stopping to the left of punctuation between words Video URL: https://files.catbox.moe/8d5g2t.mp4 ([#62065](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62065))

  • Fixed a panic when selections are added by tab-expanded column ([#62063](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62063))
  • Fixed Gruvbox parameter colors ([#61987](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61987))
  • Improved CLI documentation by adding the missing `--existing` option. ([#61981](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61981))
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Zed AIv1.14.2-preAug 2, 2026

Fixed Option+Left stopping to the left of punctuation between words Video URL: https://files.catbox.moe/8d5g2t.mp4 ([#62064](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62064))

  • Fixed a panic when selections are added by tab-expanded column ([#62062](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62062))
  • Fixed hang when the Zed Agent runs a `git` command with a pager configured. ([#61999](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61999))
  • Fixed Gruvbox parameter colors ([#61986](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61986))
  • +1 more change
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Zed AIv1.14.1-preJul 29, 2026

This week's release includes sandboxing for the Agent's terminal commands and web fetches ([documentation](https://zed.dev/docs/preview/ai/sandboxing)), support for undoing and redoing file operations in the Project Panel ([documentation](https://zed.dev/docs/preview/project-panel#undo-and-redo)), a Skip Hooks option for commits, and configurable Agent Panel fonts.

  • Terminal: Fixed processes being left alive when the terminal was closed. ([#61467](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61467); thanks [feitreim](https://github.com/feitreim))
  • +57 more changes
Read the full release note

This week's release includes sandboxing for the Agent's terminal commands and web fetches (documentation), support for undoing and redoing file operations in the Project Panel (documentation), a Skip Hooks option for commits, and configurable Agent Panel fonts.

Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

  • Terminal: Fixed processes being left alive when the terminal was closed. (#61467; thanks feitreim)

  • Fixed editor: find all references preview tabs becoming permanent tabs when any of their buffers had previously been edited. (#61021; thanks aviatesk)

  • Fixed a bug where selection mentions added with "Add to Agent Thread" did not open their referenced files. (#61621; thanks amtoaer)

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Zed AIv1.13.1Jul 29, 2026

This week's release includes improved branch picker filtering and grouping, run-status indicators for runnable gutter controls, and editable image-viewer zoom levels.

  • Improved branch picker filtering, grouping, branch creation suggestions, and remote-provider icons. ([#61215](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61215); thanks [chirivelli](https://github.com/chirivelli))
  • +61 more changes
Read the full release note

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)

  • Improved LSP Logs by showing request durations alongside RPC responses, making slow language server behavior easier to diagnose. (#61018; thanks aviatesk)

  • Improved solo diffs to show the full file by default while retaining Git change indicators in the scrollbar. (#60989; thanks chirivelli)

  • Deprecated Fast Mode for Opus 4.6 and Opus 4.7. (#61341; thanks tidely)

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Zed AIv1.12.1Jul 27, 2026

Added Claude Opus 5 support for Anthropic and Amazon Bedrock BYOK providers. ([#61609](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61609))

  • Fixed an issue where hover documentation could have too many line breaks. ([#61715](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61715))
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Zed AIv1.13.1-preJul 27, 2026

Added Claude Opus 5 support for Anthropic and Amazon Bedrock BYOK providers. ([#61606](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61606))

  • Fixed an issue where hover documentation could have too many line breaks. ([#61714](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61714))
  • Fixed project settings not re-enabling language servers ([#61559](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61559))
  • Fixed duplicated assistant replies and colliding tool calls when using GPT-5.x models on Amazon Bedrock's Mantle endpoint ([#61536](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61536))
  • +1 more change
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  • Added Claude Opus 5 support for Anthropic and Amazon Bedrock BYOK providers. (#61606)

  • Fixed an issue where hover documentation could have too many line breaks. (#61714)

  • Fixed project settings not re-enabling language servers (#61559)

  • Fixed duplicated assistant replies and colliding tool calls when using GPT-5.x models on Amazon Bedrock's Mantle endpoint (#61536)

  • Fixed project search returning results from inside nested repositories that are excluded by the containing repository's .git/info/exclude file. (#61506)

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Zed AIv1.13.0-preJul 23, 2026

This week's release includes improved branch picker filtering and grouping, run-status indicators for runnable gutter controls, editable image-viewer zoom levels, and GPT-5.6 Luna support for ChatGPT subscriptions.

  • Improved branch picker filtering, grouping, branch creation suggestions, and remote-provider icons. ([#61215](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61215); thanks [chirivelli](https://github.com/chirivelli))
  • +62 more changes
Read the full release note

This week's release includes improved branch picker filtering and grouping, run-status indicators for runnable gutter controls, editable image-viewer zoom levels, and GPT-5.6 Luna support for ChatGPT subscriptions.

Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

  • Improved branch picker filtering, grouping, branch creation suggestions, and remote-provider icons. (#61215; thanks chirivelli)

  • Improved LSP Logs by showing request durations alongside RPC responses, making slow language server behavior easier to diagnose. (#61018; thanks aviatesk)

  • Improved solo diffs to show the full file by default while retaining Git change indicators in the scrollbar. (#60989; thanks chirivelli)

  • Deprecated Fast Mode for Opus 4.6 and Opus 4.7. (#61341; thanks tidely)

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Zed AIv1.12.0Jul 23, 2026

This week's release includes Staged and Unstaged grouping in the Git Panel and multi-select in the File Finder and Text Finder.

  • Improved branch filtering with all, local, and remote options in the branch picker. ([#60857](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/60857); thanks [chirivelli](https://github.com/chirivelli))
  • Settings UI: Improved support for window widths below 900 px. ([#60786](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/60786); thanks [feitreim](https://github.com/feitreim))
  • +60 more changes
Read the full release note

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)

  • Settings UI: Improved support for window widths below 900 px. (#60786; thanks feitreim)

  • Improved semantic token highlighting to distinguish function parameters from local variables. (#60949; thanks lingyaochu)

  • Fixed workspace diagnostics being cleared when closing a buffer. (#59875; thanks lingyaochu)

  • Git: Fixed the GPG signing passphrase prompt appearing on every commit when gpg-agent had the passphrase cached or the key was unprotected. (#61265; thanks RemcoSmitsDev)

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Zed AIv1.12.0-preJul 15, 2026

This week's release includes Staged and Unstaged grouping in the Git Panel and multi-select in the File Finder and Text Finder.

  • Improved branch filtering with all, local, and remote options in the branch picker. ([#60857](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/60857); thanks [chirivelli](https://github.com/chirivelli))
  • Settings UI: Improved support for window widths below 900 px. ([#60786](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/60786); thanks [feitreim](https://github.com/feitreim))
  • +61 more changes
Read the full release note

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)

  • Settings UI: Improved support for window widths below 900 px. (#60786; thanks feitreim)

  • Improved semantic token highlighting to distinguish function parameters from local variables. (#60949; thanks lingyaochu)

  • Fixed workspace diagnostics being cleared when closing a buffer. (#59875; thanks lingyaochu)

  • Fixed toolchain selection being ignored when Pyright or Basedpyright settings were configured without specifying a Python interpreter path. (#59990; thanks lingyaochu)

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Zed AIv1.11.3Jul 15, 2026

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 columns and full commit messages rendered as Markdown; and a preview pane in the project symbols picker.
  • Agent: Added support for searching (`cmd-f` on macOS, `ctrl-f` on Linux/Windows) inside of terminal threads. ([#60292](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/60292))
  • +60 more changes
Read the full release note

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 columns and full commit messages rendered as Markdown; and a preview pane in the project symbols picker.

Features

AI

  • 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)

  • Improved the agent panel's turn-end actions: thread feedback is now also available via "Positive Feedback" and "Negative Feedback" slash commands (typed as /helpful and /not-helpful) in the message editor, a new copy button copies the last agent response, and "Open Thread as Markdown" moved into the agent panel menu. (#59974)

  • Agent: Improved onboarding experience when installing ACP agents. (#60452)

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Zed AIv1.11.3-preJul 13, 2026

Fixed an issue with npm v12 that could cause language server startup failures ([#60869](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/60869))

  • agent: Fixed an issue where `cmd-f` would not work if the file was open in the center pane ([#60754](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/60754))
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Zed AIv1.10.3Jul 13, 2026

Fixed an issue with npm v12 that could cause language server startup failures ([#60870](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/60870))

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Polled sources

[github-releases] GitHub Releases

github_releases · every 180m

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases

[zed-blog] Zed blog

html · every 360m

https://zed.dev/blog