Zed v1.18.0

Zed v1.18.0 was released on .

Summary

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 models. (63129; thanks ArneshBanerjee) - Added...

Release Context

  • This was the 90th Zed release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 7 days after Zed v1.17.2 (August 26, 2026).

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Release Notes

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 models. (63129; thanks ArneshBanerjee) - Added Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.6 to the xAI models. (63234) - Added the ability to reload a broken external agent connection from the Agent Panel without restarting Zed. (62669; thanks gaojunran) - Added the configurable editpredictions.<provider>.predictiondebounce setting for inline completions. (61568; thanks ddeityy) - Added settings autocomplete for the OpenAI subscription language model provider. (62989) - Improved memory usage during long agent sessions. (63053; thanks Prohect) - Improved support for Claude Fable 5.1. (63571) - Improved language model connection errors by identifying the unreachable host. (62990) This week's release includes refreshed Markdown preview styling, inline debugger values for C and C++, and File Finder history that persists across workspace sessions. Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️ - Fixed the inline assistant doing nothing when the model emitted reasoning before its tool call. (61220; thanks aviatesk) - Fixed some Pyright and BasedPyright settings not being applied properly. (62673; thanks lingyaochu) - Fixed bookmarks not disappearing from the gutter immediately after clearing all bookmarks. (62847; thanks austincummings) - Fixed the LSP status tooltip to display the target script path for runtime-managed language servers. (62919; thanks lingyaochu) --- Learn about the Zed Guild. Features Git - Added permalink support for Tangled repositories. (63051) - Added the git: toggle diff base action to toggle the diff base between HEAD and the default branch. (62966) - Improved the Git Graph and Git history views to initially focus the search editor. (63002) - Improved the Git Panel's “Discard Tracked Changes” option to affect only files within the directory where its context menu was opened. (62872) Debugger - Added inline values for C and C++ when debugging with CodeLLDB or GDB. (46705; thanks xcb3d) - Added separate Continue Program and Continue Thread controls for debug adapters that support single-thread execution. (63135) Languages - Added support for configuring Bash Language Server through lsp.bash-language-server.settings. (57487; thanks CathalMullan) - Improved Markdown preview styling with better typography, spacing, and rounded inline code backgrounds. (63118; thanks archcorsair) - Improved the tabular data preview by moving its settings into a popover, freeing more vertical space for the table. (62812; thanks HalavicH) Terminal - Added terminal support for ctrl-alt-<letter> keystrokes. (62891; thanks nbdd0121) Linux - Improved rendering performance by prewarming font match caches. (63158) - Improved rasterization performance by caching glyphs after measuring bounds. (63209) Other - Added a Clear button to the Settings window's search field that clears the search and resets the navigation list. (56033; thanks asgoode) - Added the inpreview keybinding context for editors in preview mode. (61777; thanks krawitzzZ) - Improved file finder history to include recently opened files from previous sessions. (55034; thanks anilzeybek) - Improved typing and rendering performance in projects that use .editorconfig files. (63323) - Improved text input in GPUI web applications on Android by adding support for Gboard. (63201) - Improved responsiveness when closing projects that are loading large text files. (62831; thanks 39ali) Bug Fixes - Fixed a bug where last-session workspace state was not preserved or restored after closing the last macOS window with the red close button when onlastwindowclosed was set to "quitapp" and restoreonstartup was set to "lastsession". (60477; thanks Caleul) - Fixed a bug where the terminal panel failed to open in some circumstances and panels switched back to the restored panel during startup. (62712) - Fixed OAuth authentication failing with MCP servers that require non-default scopes. (63370; thanks blue42u) - Fixed a bug where Zed windows sometimes remained blank when first opened on X11. (62081; thanks mTvare6) - Fixed Continue Program resuming only the selected thread with some debug adapters instead of all threads. (63135) - Fixed global gitignore entries incorrectly matching directories outside the opened project and marking the entire project as ignored. (62130; thanks floesche) - Fixed language model provider rejections being retried and displayed without their actionable provider message. (63095) - Fixed performance issues caused by overly large LSP hovers. (63022) - Fixed the UI freezing in fullscreen on some Wayland compositors. (60690) - Fixed a bug where edits in GPUI web applications could be applied to stale text. (63201) - Fixed a bug where keybindings in the Git Panel context menu changed after the first frame. (63021) - Fixed a bug where the Debug Pa...

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