Zed v1.2.5 → v1.28.1: what changed
48 releases shipped between v1.2.5 (May 15, 2026) and v1.28.1 (November 11, 2026).
Changelog entries in this range
- v1.2.6 — May 15, 2026: - Added support for specifying effort level when using OpenAI models via ChatGPT subscription (56872) - Always pass null when body is non-existent in Vue langua
- v1.2.7 — May 19, 2026: - git: Fix git blame processes not getting dropped properly. (56912)
- v1.3.5 — May 20, 2026: AI - Added the ability to create Terminal Threads in the Sidebar and Agent Panel. (56685) - Agent: Added setting subagentmodel to specify which model is used wh
- v1.3.6 — May 21, 2026: - Fixed npm-backed tool installs to better respect npm release-age filters. (57439) - google: Support thinking levels for Google models. (57394) - Added support
- v1.3.7 — May 25, 2026: - Fixed a bug on macOS where Git operations could be blocked depending on the timing of spawning child processes. (57662)
- v1.4.2 — May 27, 2026: 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
- v1.4.3 — May 28, 2026: - Fixed GitHub Copilot Chat showing an empty model dropdown for users on newer Copilot SDK builds (57965)
- v1.4.4 — May 28, 2026: - copilot: Fixed an issue where using GPT models would return an error in invalidrequestbody (57979)
- v1.5.3 — June 3, 2026: AI - Agent: Made the Skill Creator window resizable and its contents scrollable when the window is smaller than the form. (57754) - Agent: Improved readfile too
- v1.5.4 — June 6, 2026: - 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
- v1.5.5 — June 9, 2026: - Add Claude Fable 5 to Anthropic BYOK. (58957) - Fixed a bug where clicking the button to trust a git repository would do nothing. (58716)
- v1.6.3 — June 10, 2026: AI - Agent: Added a way to share skills via links. (58009) - Agent: Added support for symlinked global skill directories. (58095; thanks David3u) - Agent: Added
- v1.7.2 — June 17, 2026: AI - Agent: Added auto-compaction and /compact to Zed Agent. (58931) - Agent: Improved agent skills management by moving it into the settings UI. (58701) - Agen
- v1.8.2 — June 24, 2026: AI - Sidebar: Enabled creating a new worktree from the sidebar's "new thread" icon button. (59341) - Sidebar: Improved the archive "Search all threads" view so
- v1.9.0 — July 1, 2026: AI - 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
- v1.10.0 — July 8, 2026: AI - Agent: Added setting to exclude project rules files from commit message generation prompts (agent.commitmessageincludeprojectrules). (56867; thanks ilavish
- v1.10.1 — July 9, 2026: - 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 clidefaultopenbeh
- v1.10.2 — July 10, 2026: - 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 clien
- v1.10.3 — July 13, 2026: - Fixed an issue with npm v12 that could cause language server startup failures (60870)
- v1.11.3 — July 15, 2026: 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" item
- v1.12.0 — July 23, 2026: AI - Enabled ACP elicitations by default, allowing ACP agents to collect structured user input. (60749) - Added support for adaptive thinking in custom Anthropi
- v1.12.1 — July 27, 2026: - Added Claude Opus 5 support for Anthropic and Amazon Bedrock BYOK providers. (61609) - Fixed an issue where hover documentation could have too many line break
- v1.13.1 — July 29, 2026: AI - Added "Copy this Agent response", "Scroll to User Message", and "Scroll to top" buttons to every Agent Panel response. (61245; thanks peakxy) - Improved pe
- v1.13.2 — August 2, 2026: - 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
- v1.14.2 — August 5, 2026: AI - Added sandboxing for the Agent's terminal and fetch tools. (61711) - Added a reasoning effort selector for Anthropic-compatible providers when the selected
- v1.15.0 — August 12, 2026: AI - Added support for self-hosted Sweep Next Edit models in OpenAI-compatible edit predictions, including the sweep prompt format and infer detection for sweep
- v1.15.1 — August 18, 2026: - 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 configur
- v1.16.1 — August 19, 2026: AI - Added Gemini 3.6 Flash to the Google AI models. (62010; thanks ArneshBanerjee) - Added Claude Opus 5, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.7 F
- v1.16.2 — August 24, 2026: - Fixed a potential filesystem sandbox escape when running extensions. (63147) - Fixed GitHub Copilot Chat authentication and API routing for GitHub Enterprise
- v1.16.3 — August 26, 2026: - Fixed a crash in the Git panel when collapsed sections were used in tree view. (63167)
- v1.17.2 — August 26, 2026: AI - Added Gemini 3.7 Flash to the Google AI models. (62670; thanks ArneshBanerjee) - Added an askuser tool that lets the Agent ask questions through forms with
- v1.18.0 — September 2, 2026: 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. (6
- v1.18.1 — September 4, 2026: - Fixed AltGr / diacritic input being swallowed by the integrated terminal on Windows. (63763) - Fixed goToDefinition opening out-of-worktree entries (63757) -
- v1.19.2 — September 9, 2026: AI - Added support for effort-based reasoning when using OpenRouter models. (61308; thanks codello) - Added support for renaming Terminal Threads from the Threa
- v1.20.1 — September 16, 2026: AI - Added Gemini 3.8 Flash to the Google AI models. (63643; thanks macayu17) - Improved recovery when OpenAI temporarily returns HTTP 404 errors. (63705) This
- v1.20.2 — September 17, 2026: - Fixed payment errors from non-Zed model providers incorrectly prompting users to upgrade to Zed Pro instead of displaying the original provider error message.
- v1.21.0 — September 23, 2026: AI - Added SuperGrok sign-in so SuperGrok subscribers can use Grok models in the Agent Panel. (63248; thanks thibaudgg) - Added the agent.preventidlesleep setti
- v1.22.0 — September 30, 2026: AI - 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 mo
- v1.23.2 — October 7, 2026: AI - Added the agent.maxidleretainedthreads setting to control how many idle agent threads remain loaded. (64547; thanks hazicy) - Improved Google AI error mess
- v1.23.3 — October 12, 2026: - Fixed an issue where no fonts would show for the markdown preview configurations in the settings UI. (65447) - Fixed edit predictions retaining single worktre
- v1.24.2 — October 14, 2026: AI - Improved Agent Panel terminal support by allowing Terminal tabs to be dragged into it. (60582; thanks cppcoffee) - Improved custom Amazon Bedrock model sup
- v1.24.3 — October 19, 2026: - Added Gemini 4 Argon to the Google AI models (65725)
- v1.24.4 — October 20, 2026: - Fixed OpenCode models failing to load with a missing field npm error. (65875)
- v1.25.2 — October 21, 2026: Zed 1.25.2 is here with new GPT-6 Astra and Claude models on Bedrock, smaller binaries across macOS, Windows, and Linux, and double-click inlay hint edits. Plus
- v1.25.3 — October 23, 2026: Zed 1.25.3 is out with dependency updates that patch recent ecosystem vulnerabilities. Quiet security work, but the kind you want. Curious what else is under th
- v1.26.2 — October 28, 2026: Zed 1.26.2 is here: Pyrefly joins as an optional Python language server, debugger hovers now expand nested variables, and WebAssembly sources can be debugged wi
- v1.27.0 — November 4, 2026: Zed 1.27.0 is out: Go 1.27 generic methods highlighted, README files can open by default, and AI commit messages now match your repo's recent style. Agent Panel
- v1.28.1 — November 11, 2026: Zed 1.28.1 is here: automatic Git fetching, a resizable Refs column in the Git Graph, and drag-and-drop from the Git Panel into terminals and editors. Curious w