What is the latest version of Zed?

The latest Zed version is v1.28.1, released November 11, 2026.

The latest release is 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. Recent updates also include v1.27.0 and v1.26.2.

How often does Zed release updates?

Zed has 133 total releases tracked on Havoptic. Visit https://havoptic-prod-web.pages.dev/trends for release velocity charts and analysis.

Where can I find Zed release notes and changelogs?

Havoptic tracks every Zed release with AI-summarized notes and dates, updated daily. Browse the full changelog on this page, or get the raw data at https://havoptic-prod-web.pages.dev/data/releases.json.

Zed Changelog & Release Notes

As of November 11, 2026, the latest Zed release is v1.28.1. Havoptic tracks all 133 Zed releases with dated, AI-summarized changelog notes, updated daily.

Track Zed editor releases and its AI features (Agent Panel, edit predictions). The high-performance, multiplayer code editor from Zed Industries.

What's new in Zed: this month's changes, summarized

Releases

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.
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. A
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 d
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 i
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 e
v1.24.4 (October 20, 2026) - - Fixed OpenCode models failing to load with a missing field npm error. (65875)
v1.24.3 (October 19, 2026) - - Added Gemini 4 Argon to the Google AI models (65725)
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
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 sing
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
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
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.preventidles
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 erro
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. (63
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
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
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
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
v1.16.3 (August 26, 2026) - - Fixed a crash in the Git panel when collapsed sections were used in tree view. (63167)
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 E
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, Ge
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 whos
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
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 th
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 sele
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) - I
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
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 custo
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 P
v1.10.3 (July 13, 2026) - - Fixed an issue with npm v12 that could cause language server startup failures (60870)
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-p
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 clidefa
v1.10.0 (July 8, 2026) - AI - Agent: Added setting to exclude project rules files from commit message generation prompts (agent.commitmessageincludeprojectrules). (56867; than
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 r
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
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. (587
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) - Ag
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)
v1.5.4 (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
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 re
v1.4.4 (May 28, 2026) - - copilot: Fixed an issue where using GPT models would return an error in invalidrequestbody (57979)
v1.4.3 (May 28, 2026) - - Fixed GitHub Copilot Chat showing an empty model dropdown for users on newer Copilot SDK builds (57965)
v1.4.2 (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 i
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)
v1.3.6 (May 21, 2026) - - Fixed npm-backed tool installs to better respect npm release-age filters. (57439) - google: Support thinking levels for Google models. (57394) - Add
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
v1.2.7 (May 19, 2026) - - git: Fix git blame processes not getting dropped properly. (56912)
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
v1.2.5 (May 15, 2026) - - Fixed pressing "New Thread" (or Cmd-N) doing nothing when the Agent Panel's Settings view was open (56818)
v1.2.4 (May 15, 2026) - - Added ChatGPT subscription provider, allowing users to use their ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscription with the Zed agent. (56811) - Removed deprecated Open
v1.2.3 (May 13, 2026) - AI - Agent: Improved the edit tool so it can still apply edits when a file has changed on disk, as long as the target text still matches. (55606) - Ag
v1.1.8 (May 12, 2026) - - Fixed some issues where the activity indicator would show the wrong icon and not be clickable on errors present. (56471) - Fixed a memory leak with
v1.1.7 (May 8, 2026) - - Fixed local zeta2 edit predictions using the wrong prompt format. (56192) - Fixed an issue where broken symlinks, permission errors, or other fs err
v1.1.6 (May 6, 2026) - - Fixed ACP agents failing to launch on Windows with "The system cannot find the file specified" (55947) - Fixed inotify event queue overflows on Linu
v1.1.5 (May 6, 2026) - AI - Agent: Improved edit tool performance for models that support streaming tool calls. (55193) - ACP: Improved support for min-release-age settings
v1.0.1 (May 4, 2026) - - Fixed an issue where agent failed to apply edits in some cases (55500)
v1.0.0 (April 29, 2026) - AI - Agent: Added DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash models. (54731; thanks cppcoffee) - Added configure provider menu item to Copilot and Codestra
v0.233.10 (April 24, 2026) - - Added support for GPT 5.5 and GPT 5.5 Pro via the OpenAI provider (54829)
v0.233.9 (April 24, 2026) - - Fixed agent threads appearing to be missing after upgrading to the parallel-agents sidebar. The thread-metadata migration was racing against the on-
v0.233.8 (April 23, 2026) - - agent: Fixed an issue where clicking on "New from summary" would not do anything (54658) - git: Fix create worktree hook tasks running when switchin
v0.233.7 (April 23, 2026) - - git: Fix remote branch picker (54576)
v0.233.6 (April 23, 2026) - - Fixed a crash that could occur when git worktree creating fails (54561) - bedrock: Fixed an issue where Opus 4.7 would not work because of an invali
v0.233.5 (April 22, 2026) - AI - Added Claude Opus 4.7 as an available language model (for BYOK). (54190) - Agent: Improved error messages in the agent panel to show specific, ac
v0.232.3 (April 20, 2026) - - copilotchat: Fix invalid reasoning effort for some models. (54105)
v0.232.2 (April 15, 2026) - AI - Added a max-width to the thread view for better readability, particularly when the panel is zoomed in. (52730) - Bedrock: Added 9 new models acro
v0.231.2 (April 10, 2026) - - Fixed a bug where the web search tool might cause Zed cloud Claude models to not work.
v0.231.1 (April 8, 2026) - AI - Made the thread generation be top-down instead of bottom-up. Agent content now streams from the top and auto-scrolls as it goes beyond the viewpo
v0.230.2 (April 6, 2026) - - Fixed a crash on windows with diffs. (53251)
v0.230.1 (April 3, 2026) - - Edited buffers are no longer saved by default before running a task, but you can still configure this using the "save" field in tasks.json. (52976)
v0.230.0 (April 1, 2026) - AI - Added support for pasting files and folders into the Agent Panel. (52300) - Anthropic: Added support for selecting reasoning effort. (51946) - Op
v0.229.0 (March 25, 2026) - AI - Agent: Updated BYOK integration to support the new 1M context window for Claude Opus and Sonnet. (51625) - Agent: Terminal tool permissions regex
v0.228.0 (March 18, 2026) - AI - Agent: Added ability to @-mention your branch diff to include all changes since main as context. (51235) - Agent: Enabled thinking mode when usin
v0.227.1 (March 11, 2026) - AI - Agent: Added a new spawnagent tool which allows the Zed Agent to utilize subagents for doing tasks in parallel and better context management. (50
v0.226.5 (March 6, 2026) - - Added GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4-pro as available models when using your own OpenAI API key. (50858) - Fixed an error when OpenRouter returns a usage-only
v0.226.4 (March 4, 2026) - AI - Added the ability to use a self-hosted OpenAI-compatible server for edit predictions. (49554) - Agent: Added the ability to undo the reject all a
v0.225.13 (March 4, 2026) - - Fixed Zed failing to initialize OpenGL on certain Linux devices (50652) - Fixed Zed not being responsive on some Linux configurations (50644)
v0.225.12 (March 3, 2026) - - linux: Reduce crashes in the face of transient GPU errors (50539) - Linux: Select a more appropriate GPU (50528) - Linux: Fix panic when requested w
v0.225.10 (February 27, 2026) - - Added the ability to use a self-hosted OpenAI-compatible server for edit predictions. (49554) - acp: Fix for config selectors not always being refre
v0.225.9 (February 25, 2026) - AI - ACP: Exposed session history for the following external agents: Auggie, Claude Agent, Codex, Factory Droid, Junie, Kimi CLI, Mistral Vibe, and Op
v0.224.11 (February 21, 2026) - - Fixed a panic that could occur when using the branch diff in split view mode. (49768)
v0.224.10 (February 20, 2026) - - Fixed a crash when using the split diff view. (49731)
v0.224.9 (February 20, 2026) - - Fixed a crash in split diff view when a folded buffer was removed and re-added. (49699)
v0.224.8 (February 20, 2026) - - Fixed an issue with relative line numbers where some rows would be missing their relative line number with deleted hunks showing. (49658)
v0.224.7 (February 19, 2026) - - Added support for Gemini 3.1 Pro (49634) - Fixed dev highlights view panicking when interacting with editor-like not-editors (49611)
v0.224.6 (February 19, 2026) - - Fixed a regression where the toolchain path selector would immediately dismiss upon selecting a path, preventing the addition of new toolchains. (49
v0.224.5 (February 18, 2026) - - Fixed some UI in split diff mode.
v0.224.4 (February 18, 2026) - AI - Agent: Introduced per-tool permission settings, including regexes for controlling when tools may be auto-allowed, auto-denied, or always require
v0.223.5 (February 17, 2026) - - Added BYOK support for Claude Sonnet 4.6 (49391) - Fix a potential crash around multibyte characters in edit predictions (49368) - ruby: Added Kanay
v0.223.4 (February 17, 2026) - - Fix panic that could occur when navigating external code (49339) - agent: Fix permission options not rendering on terminal commands (49275)
v0.223.3 (February 11, 2026) - AI - Edit Prediction: Added support for multiple edit prediction providers, including GitHub Copilot's Next Edit Suggestions, Ollama, Codestral, Sweep
v0.222.4 (February 6, 2026) - - Fixed a bug that caused Copilot Chat to not report any available models.
v0.222.3 (February 5, 2026) - - Added Claude Opus 4.6 - Now Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.5 BYOK models support variations that have context windows of 1 million tokens (and have di
v0.222.2 (February 4, 2026) - AI - Edit Prediction: Added support for multiple edit prediction providers, including GitHub Copilot's Next Edit Suggestions, Ollama, Codestral, Sweep
v0.221.5 (January 29, 2026) - - Fixed issues with signing into Copilot via the Settings UI (47954) - Fixed a typo in the link to the ACP registry URL blog post (47893)
v0.221.4 (January 28, 2026) - AI - Agent: Added the ability to install new Agents via the ACP Registry. (47470) - Agent: Added the ability to edit queued messages. (47234) - Agent:
v0.220.7 (January 27, 2026) - - Fixed excessive disk space usage from the hangtraces directory. (47692)
v0.220.6 (January 25, 2026) - - Fixed Anthropic models not appearing in the Copilot Chat model picker (47592)
v0.220.5 (January 24, 2026) - - editor: Fix a crash that could happen when the editor visible line height is zero (47501) - Fixed authentication issues with Copilot. (47493)
v0.220.3 (January 22, 2026) - Fix regression in tool call permission defaults for some terminal tool actions.
v0.220.2 (January 21, 2026) - AI - Agent: Added an agent.showturnstats setting, default to false, that shows the timer, the number of tokens, and whose turn it is. (46390) - Agent:

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