Zed v1.2.3

Zed v1.2.3 was released on .

Summary

AI - Agent: Improved the edit tool so it can still apply edits when a file has changed on disk, as long as the target text still matches. (55606) - Agent: Improved reliability when the LLM edits a...

Release Context

  • This was the 56th Zed release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 1 day after Zed v1.1.8 (May 12, 2026).

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Release Notes

AI - Agent: Improved the edit tool so it can still apply edits when a file has changed on disk, as long as the target text still matches. (55606) - Agent: Improved reliability when the LLM edits a file. (55612) - Agent: Reduced token usage when the LLM edits a file. (55752) - ACP: Added running agent version display in the External Agent settings. (55824) - Added support for the latest MCP version (2025-11-25). (54494) - Improved Zed Agent's terminal tool to much more consistently use --no-pager and GITEDITOR with git commands. (55787) - Mistral: Added Ministral 3 models and removed deprecated models. (55443; thanks dargor) - Bedrock: Changed to always use 1M context windows for Anthropic models. (56201) This week's release includes more reliable Agent edits, Git Graph remote support, the ability to use the project panel's View History action on folders, and improved text rendering clarity on macOS. Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️ - Terminal: Improved 256 color ANSI rendering. (54565; thanks feitreim) - Git Panel: Fixed empty state labels in the git panel becoming left-aligned when wrapped to multiple lines. (55235; thanks dongdong867) - Fixed "Diagnostics" in Editor Controls re-enabling itself after being manually disabled. (52907; thanks OmChillure) - Fixed agent profiles with enableallcontextservers: true ignoring per-tool false overrides in contextservers, allowing agents to call tools the user had explicitly disabled. (54863; thanks OmChillure) --- Learn about the Zed Guild. Features Git - Git Graph: Added remote support. (55788) - Git Graph: Added a context menu to the graph rows. (55720) - Added a git::ToggleFillCommitEditor action that expands the commit editor to fill the git panel's available vertical space. (55043) - Added View History to folder and project-root context menus in the project panel, opening Git history for the selected folder or the whole project. (52634; thanks robert7k) - Added an affordance to jump to the project file from the commit view. (55088) Terminal - Added path pasting functionality in the terminal. (48222; thanks dunkmann00) Vim / Helix - Improved Vim navigation in the git graph with Ctrl-U and Ctrl-D half-page scrolling. (55506; thanks aprogramq) Linux - Added support for using embedded bitmaps in fonts on Linux. (55202) - Reduced crash rate when recovering GPUs. (55343) Other - Improved performance of "Replace All" in buffer search. (51941) - Improved text rendering clarity on macOS, particularly in dark themes. (54886) - Improved the overall performance of the settings window. (56093) - Added text rendering support for BGR subpixel layouts. (55174) - Added the ability to move a currently open project to a new window through the recent projects modal. (55168) - Added editor: convert to base64 and editor: convert from base64 commands to the command palette. (55361; thanks chriskievit) - Improved Settings navigation by allowing root navbar entries to expand or collapse on double-click. (55526; thanks najeira) - Added the line endings button setting to the settings UI. (55707; thanks dunkmann00) - Added a new preserve option to gotodefinitionscrollstrategy that keeps the cursor at the same vertical position within the viewport when navigating to a definition. (55036) - Added a prompt to move Zed to /Applications on macOS when run from within the .dmg. (54719) Bug Fixes - Fixed the thread completion notification not dismissing when focusing the panel. (55188) - Fixed tool-calling permission checks so commands nested inside Bash arithmetic expansions, such as $(($(curl example.com))), are now detected. (54690) - Fixed the Send button in the Agent panel activating when the message input contains only whitespace (spaces or tabs). (55530; thanks GitGlimpse895) - Fixed create-directory agent tool cards showing a search icon. (55549; thanks KurodaKayn) - Debugger: Fixed Run Debugger failing silently when a Rust project's Cargo.toml contained invalid content, so Zed now reports the error instead. (52439; thanks tomaseesteves) - Git: Fixed remote branch creation based on default branch. (55387; thanks boaz-h) - Fixed git commit message editor text being behind the Open Commit Modal button. (55565; thanks RemcoSmitsDev) - Fixed git graph file diff view opening the wrong file if a previous one is already open. (55595; thanks jakenorris1124) - Fixed the Git panel commit message editor ignoring bufferfontsize. (55233; thanks GoldStrikeArch) - Fixed "thinking" text being badly formatted when sent to Ollama. (55540; thanks marius851000) - Fixed readfile tool returning an unhelpful error when given a directory path; it now suggests using listdirectory instead. (54303; thanks Prohect) - Fixed a bug where a thread within the currently active project would flash upon cmd-clicking the project header. (55190) - Fixed a bug where placeholder text in the agent panel's message editor woul...

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