Zed v1.17.2

Zed v1.17.2 was released on .

Summary

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 selectable options, free-text input,...

Release Context

  • This was the 89th Zed release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 1 day after Zed v1.16.3 (August 26, 2026).

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Release Notes

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 selectable options, free-text input, or both. (61497; thanks e-r-w) - Improved ChatGPT subscription caching. (62556) - Improved OpenRouter reasoning continuity and request privacy. (62652) - Added the multi workspace: move project up and multi workspace: move project down actions for reordering projects in the Agent Sidebar. (62695; thanks choplin) This week's release includes tabular data previews for CSV, TSV, PSV, and SSV files with sortable and resizable columns, value-based row filtering, and right-click copying; new Git blame and stashing actions; and lower memory use when opening large files. Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️ - Added support for low reasoning effort for DeepSeek V4 Flash and V4 Pro. (62577; thanks lingyaochu) - Improved JetBrains keymap behavior with CamelHump-style subword navigation for alt-left, alt-right, shift-alt-left, and shift-alt-right in editors. (51540; thanks loadingalias) - Improved Markdown table column sizing based on content. (61773; thanks timvermeulen) - Improved filtering for language server completions. (62433; thanks lingyaochu) - Fixed authentication prompts not dismissing automatically when using SSH security keys. (61292; thanks tidely) - Fixed dock size resets only resetting the active panel when resizeallpanelsindock was enabled. (62552; thanks austincummings) - Fixed manual indentation being lost when replacing a line's contents or typing with an input method. (62644; thanks lingyaochu) - Fixed project paths being built incorrectly when connecting from Unix machines to Windows remote servers. (62038; thanks lingyaochu) --- Learn about the Zed Guild. Features Git - Added editor: blame revision and editor: blame previous revision actions for viewing a file's blame at the selected revision or its parent. (62614) - Added Stash Tracked and Stash Staged options to the Git Panel, letting you stash only tracked changes or only staged changes. (62254; thanks Priyadharshan0903) - Improved git panel: collapse selected entry to find and collapse the nearest parent directory, matching the Project Panel. (61846) - Enabled the Go to Previous Hunk and Go to Next Hunk buttons for diffs with a single hunk. (62615; thanks macayu17) Vim / Helix - Added support for using h and l in Vim and Helix modes to collapse and expand Git Panel entries. (61846) Languages - Added Shell Script language detection for .brushrc files. (62720; thanks acidx27x) macOS - Added a simple option to the fullscreenmode setting for fullscreen windows that cover the MacBook display notch. (60020; thanks RemcoSmitsDev) Other - Added tabular data previews for all users, with support for CSV, TSV, PSV, and SSV files; sortable and independently resizable data columns; filtering rows by selected values in one or more columns; a row-number column that stays visible while scrolling horizontally; and right-click copying for cells and column headers. (48207, 53295, 56619, 60339, 60768, 61769, 61796, 62773, and more; thanks HalavicH) - Improved editor rendering speed. (62715) - Improved memory use when opening large files, reducing peak memory during loading by roughly the size of the file. (62748; thanks 39ali) - Added support for the "..." entry in filescanexclusions, allowing custom exclusions to extend the defaults instead of replacing them. (62769; thanks porada) - Added support for the path property on VS Code npm tasks. (62044; thanks levrik) - Added a frame-time debug overlay, which can be cycled with ctrl-alt-shift-p; its statistics can be reset with ctrl-alt-shift-o on macOS and Linux or ctrl-alt-shift-d on Windows. (62749) Bug Fixes - Fixed a memory leak where canceled worktree creation could leave background scanning running and its snapshot growing for the lifetime of the window. (61009; thanks tnayuki) - Fixed ChatGPT Subscription accounts offering models that were not available to them. (62651) - Fixed ChatGPT Subscription context compaction failing with an API endpoint error. (62547) - Fixed ChatGPT subscription model discovery filtering models based on Zed's application version. (62729) - Fixed high CPU and memory usage when opening large directory trees that were not tracked by Git. (62583) - Fixed project search being very slow in projects with broad filescaninclusions settings. (62658; thanks 39ali) - Fixed Python toolchain discovery prompting installation of Apple Command Line Tools when using a separately managed Python installation. (62534; thanks cedws) - Fixed language servers receiving incorrect line endings for CRLF files, which caused linters and formatters to report false errors. (59941; thanks michaelhthomas) - Fixed Zed update downloads stalling after the system wakes from sleep. (60366)...

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