Zed v1.0.0
Zed v1.0.0 was released on .
Summary
AI - Agent: Added DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash models. (54731; thanks cppcoffee) - Added configure provider menu item to Copilot and Codestral. (53691; thanks npv12) - Added interleavedrea...
Release Context
- This was the 50th Zed release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 5 days after Zed v0.233.10 (April 24, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- Cline v3.82.0 (May 1, 2026)
- GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.40 (May 1, 2026)
- OpenCode v1.14.31 (May 1, 2026)
- Replit Agent 2026.05.01 (May 1, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.126 (April 30, 2026)
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Release Notes
AI - Agent: Added DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash models. (54731; thanks cppcoffee) - Added configure provider menu item to Copilot and Codestral. (53691; thanks npv12) - Added interleavedreasoning option to OpenAI-compatible models. (54016; thanks guiopen) - Changed to always use Responses API for OpenAI models. (54910) Today is a big day for us. Zed is now 1.0! 🎉🥳🎊 Read Nathan's blog post on what 1.0 means and where we're going. --- This week's release includes bookmarks support, a new git: view commit command palette action, GIF animation support in the Markdown preview, and support for DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash models. Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️ - Added bookmarks: Toggle bookmarks on lines with editor: toggle bookmark, navigate with editor: go to next bookmark / editor: go to previous bookmark, view all bookmarks with editor: view bookmarks, and clear with workspace: clear bookmarks. Bookmarks are shown in the gutter and persisted across sessions. (51404; thanks austincummings) - Fuzzy Nucleo: Improved the performance of path matching. (54112; thanks feitreim) - Improved fuzzy matching in the command palette, branch picker, tab switcher, and recent projects picker to support multi-word queries. (54123; thanks feitreim) - Vim: Fixed screen flickering during motions. (52270; thanks feitreim) - Fixed a bug where Copilot wouldn't use the thinking level the user had set. (53313; thanks TwistingTwists) - Fixed an issue where the cs Vim operator incorrectly identified symmetric quotes in certain contexts. (52321; thanks lingyaochu) - Fixed debugger not saving files before running a build task when "save": "all" is set in the task definition. (53353; thanks OmChillure) - Fixed file watching of symlinks that point outside of the project/watched directory. Zed should now properly respond to changes in files in symlinked directories. (50746; thanks prayanshchh) - Fixed nested object methods not appearing in the Outline panel for JavaScript and TypeScript files. (50754; thanks emamulandalib) - Fixed the Inline Assist button showing in the Project Diagnostics toolbar when the agent is disabled. (52706; thanks OmChillure) - Fixed true-color rendering in the terminal. (52162; thanks nihalxkumar) - Fixed Windows path handling in extension manifests to ensure extensions upload correctly to remote environments like WSL. (50653; thanks th0jensen) --- Learn about the Zed Guild. Features Git - Added a git: view commit command palette action that opens a commit in the commit view by git ref (e.g. HEAD, a SHA, a branch, or a tag). (39009; thanks schpet) - Added loading the commit message template from the file set in git config commit.template when starting a commit in the git panel. (42827; thanks jackjen) - Added git panel support for select all and deselect all check boxes. (41565; thanks cppcoffee) Languages - Added association of .mlx extensions with OCaml. (54197; thanks gf3) Terminal - Added "New Center Terminal" button to the window context menu. (53702; thanks svdragster) Remote Development - Changed Zed to reuse existing SSH ControlMaster sessions instead of prompting for credentials again. (51604; thanks nicosalm) - Improved dev container remote script execution to more closely align with the reference implementation. (54020; thanks KyleBarton) - Improved the Dev Container suggestion notification to include the project name, with the full path shown as a tooltip. (54297) - Changed all PortAttributes fields to be optional according to the Dev Container spec. (53799) Other - Added GIF animation support for Markdown Preview. (53459; thanks davidalecrim1) - Added "Copy Link" to the right-click context menu when clicking on a link in Markdown views (agent panel and Markdown preview). (53758; thanks saberoueslati) - Improved the editor: format selections action so that it is only shown in the command palette when the active formatter supports range formatting (e.g. Prettier, or LSPs like clangd that advertise the capability). (53178; thanks prertik) - Added support for auto-completing action names in the commandaliases setting. (54496) - Added action to copy installed extensions to clipboard. (48664; thanks mchisolm0) - Enabled diagnostic underlining in the split editor views. (54295) - Improved tab tooltip for multi buffers. (54060) Bug Fixes - Agent: Fixed worktree and branch labels not showing up in the thread switcher. (54126) - Agent: Fixed the thread switcher not selecting on hover. (54126) - Agent: Fixed a bug where cmd-clicking on the project header wouldn't actually take you to the last active workspace. (54128) - Agent: Fixed an issue where sessions would not immediately be cleaned up when archiving. (54775) - Dev Container: Fixed environment variables without an equals sign being treated as fatal parsing errors. (53864; thanks pigletfly) - Fixed dev container startup failing for docker-compose configs whose service Dockerfile uses build-arg substitution in the FROM li...
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- v1.23.2 (October 7, 2026)
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