Zed v1.1.8
Zed v1.1.8 was released on .
Summary
- 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 diffing non-existing files with Zed cli (56445)...
Release Context
- This was the 55th Zed release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 4 days after Zed v1.1.7 (May 8, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- OpenCode v1.15.0 (May 15, 2026)
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- Replit Agent 2026.05.15 (May 15, 2026)
- v0 2026.05.15 (May 15, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.142 (May 14, 2026)
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Release Notes
- 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 diffing non-existing files with Zed cli (56445)
- Fixed an issue where project files would take a long time to appear when opening Zed on a file system that requires polling (56207)
Other Recent Zed Releases
- v1.24.4 (October 20, 2026)
- v1.24.3 (October 19, 2026)
- v1.24.2 (October 14, 2026)
- v1.23.3 (October 12, 2026)
- v1.23.2 (October 7, 2026)
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