Zed v0.227.1

Zed v0.227.1 was released on .

Summary

AI - Agent: Added a new spawnagent tool which allows the Zed Agent to utilize subagents for doing tasks in parallel and better context management. (50493) - Agent: Added support for GPT-5.3-Codex a...

Release Context

  • This was the 34th Zed release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 5 days after Zed v0.226.5 (March 6, 2026).

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Release Notes

AI - Agent: Added a new spawnagent tool which allows the Zed Agent to utilize subagents for doing tasks in parallel and better context management. (50493) - Agent: Added support for GPT-5.3-Codex as a bring-your-own-key model in the OpenAI provider. (50122) - Agent: Added Vercel AI Gateway as a new LLM provider in Zed. (50207; thanks dancer) - Agent: Added the ability to jump to a file from a diff inside the agent conversation with option-enter (editor: Open excerpts). (50292) - Agent: Added persistence for draft prompts across Zed restarts. (49541) - Agent: Added persistence for the thinking mode toggle and thinking effort when selecting a thread from history. (49714) - Agent: Added restoration of token counts and scroll position when loading a previous agent thread. (50620) - Agent: Improved loading state for the thread view when there's only a running terminal command. (50501) - Agent: Improved the editing of queued messages by moving the content back to the main message editor, avoiding the chance of it getting sent mid-editing. (50490) - Agent: Made file mention chips in the chat input clickable so they open the referenced files in the editor. (46751; thanks soyllamas) - Agent: Added cmd-y keybinding for accepting changes in the agent diff review, matching the git diff review shortcut. (50656) - ACP: Made all built-in agents removable and manageable via the ACP Registry. (50094) - Added support for providing an API key to OpenAI-compatible edit prediction providers. (50615) This week's release includes support for parallel subagents, Vercel AI Gateway as a new LLM provider, git diff stats in the git panel, and support for compound emojis. We've also migrated all built-in agents to the ACP Registry, enabling you to remove agents you do not use. Features Git - Added trusted workspace support for Zed's git integration. (50649) - Added git diff stats to git panel entries. (49519; thanks bobbymannino) Languages - Added support for specifying settings for the Go LSP adapter. (50472) - Registered .prettierrc as a JSON file type. (50156) Windows - Improved auto-update robustness in the face of apps holding the Zed.exe handle. (50332) - Changed date and time formatting to respect the system time formatting preferences. (50227; thanks scuzqy) Linux - Reduced GPU memory usage during resize. (50030) Other - macOS: Added ctrl-enter keybinding to type a newline in search bars. (50420; thanks injust) - Added support for compound emojis. (50082; thanks marcocondrache) - Changed the language selector to auto-select the current buffer's language when opened. (48475; thanks cppcoffee) - Added file icons for YAML, Helm and GitLab files, and used the Docker icon for Containerfile. (50529; thanks tzabbi) - Added support for listing tree-sitter tokens in highlights tree view, including their resolved theme keys. Semantic token entries also show their resolved theme keys. (49197; thanks ozacod) - Added configurable vim.yank.background theme color for vim yank highlight. (49517; thanks kaspernyhus) - Added truncation for long file names in tab titles. (50550) - Changed miniprofiler file extension to .miniprof.json. (50429) - Improved redaction of sensitive environment variables from debugger error logs. (50008; thanks notpeter) Bug Fixes - Linux: Handle GPU device loss gracefully. (50902) - Collab: Fixed unable to rejoin project bug ("already subscribed to entity"). (50630) - Git: Fixed a bug that caused the git worktree picker from displaying and creating worktrees over collab. (50614) - Agent: Fixed a UI bug where the agent panel settings would sometimes render the empty state ("No MCP server added yet"), even if there are MCP servers configured in settings.json. In particular, this happened when one of them was hanging on startup. (50089) - Agent: Fixed Agent Panel code blocks not scrolling horizontally during text selection. (50416) - Fixed editor::JoinLines when a multi-line selection includes the end of the final line. (48035; thanks jrobsonchase) - Fixed a bug where files would still be marked as having git conflicts after resolving them. (50327) - Fixed a crash on Linux when window callbacks attempted to register new callbacks. (49533; thanks cardinalpointstudio) - Fixed a crash when opening the settings UI. (50488) - Fixed a crash when rendering mermaid diagrams in markdown preview. (50176) - Fixed a crash when using "Reveal in File Manager" on files in WSL projects (46767). (50610; thanks SarthakMishra) - Fixed an error when OpenRouter returns a usage-only event with empty choices. (50603; thanks imumesh18) - Fixed an issue where class names were not highlighted correctly in JavaScript files. (49325) - Fixed an issue where the log file and log file backup would keep growing indefinitely. (50571) - Fixed being able to scroll the edit prediction popover out of the containing pane. (50361) - Fixed a bug in project search where collapsing a single buffer then performing a new search in the same view would break the expand/collapse all button behavior. (50525)...

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