Zed v1.22.0
Zed v1.22.0 was released on .
Summary
AI - Added an optional model parameter to spawnagent to choose a model for that spawn instead of using the configured subagent model or inheriting the parent model, with the active model shown in i...
Release Context
- This was the 96th Zed release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 7 days after Zed v1.21.0 (September 23, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
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Release Notes
AI - Added an optional model parameter to spawnagent to choose a model for that spawn instead of using the configured subagent model or inheriting the parent model, with the active model shown in its card. (64498; thanks itsfuad) - Added BYOK support for GPT-6.1 Sol with an OpenAI API key. (64968; thanks ktKongTong) - Added Grok 4.7 to the SuperGrok and xAI providers and made it their recommended default. (64567; thanks raphaelluethy) - Added the agent.threadssidebar.autoopen setting to control whether opening a folder in an existing window also opens the Threads Sidebar. (64259, 64395; thanks jackhwalters and joshkent94) - Added support for "..." in editpredictions.disabledglobs and editpredictionsdisabledin so settings can extend inherited edit prediction exclusions and scopes. (64540, 64546; thanks porada) - Enabled compaction for subagents. (64135) - Improved OpenCode model availability by fetching the Zen and Go model list dynamically instead of relying on one bundled with Zed. (64585) - Improved performance when resolving OpenCode models. (64666) - Improved Threads Sidebar sizing so changes to agent.threadssidebar.defaultwidth take effect even after manually resizing the sidebar. (64395; thanks joshkent94) - Hid deprecated OpenCode models. (64666) This week's release includes BYOK support for GPT-6.1 Sol, on-the-fly model selection for new subagents, automatic subagent compaction, a unified/split toggle for diffs opened from the command line, and dynamically fetched OpenCode models. Features Git - Added a unified/split toggle to the diff view opened with zed --diff <old> <new>. (64529; thanks rn23thakur) - Improved how quickly branch diffs show their first changes when a branch has drifted far from its base. (62536; thanks azeemshaik025) Terminal - Added support for "..." in terminal.pathhyperlinkregexes to extend inherited regexes without repeating them. (64552; thanks porada) macOS - Added macOS three-finger Look Up and translation gestures for text in focused Markdown previews. (59297; thanks cppcoffee) Windows - Added MicaBackdrop and MicaAltBackdrop options for the background.appearance theme setting. (48340; thanks Marocco2) Other - Added support for "..." in filescaninclusions and hiddenfiles so project settings can extend inherited inclusion and hidden-file patterns. (64440, 64484; thanks porada) - Added confirmation in the title bar when a manual update check found Zed was already up to date. (64106; thanks tahayvr) - Improved the pending keystrokes indicator with grouped bindings, a scrollable list, and support for chords without a timeout, such as shortcuts starting with cmd-k. (64362, 64522) Bug Fixes - Fixed invalid file patterns discarding valid exclusion, hidden-file, read-only, and private-file rules or causing inclusion and file-type settings to panic. (64525; thanks porada) - Fixed cmd-w (macOS) and ctrl-w (Linux/Windows) closing the active dock instead of the active pane item. (64515) - Fixed ligatures being disabled on Windows unless bufferfontfeatures was set. (62338; thanks interkelstar) - Fixed LSP completions without edit ranges ignoring the configured completions.lspinsertmode. (64139) - Fixed the Settings window opening with its header off-screen at high DPI scaling on Windows. (62073; thanks habisahmad) - Fixed importing VS Code files.exclude into filescanexclusions. (64492; thanks porada) - Fixed “Add to .git/info/exclude” failing in secondary Git worktrees. (63967; thanks mateioprea) - Fixed terminals retaining about 2 MB of memory per command after the command finished. (64405; thanks EcutAtom336) - Fixed external-agent terminals completing prematurely or reporting the wrong exit status. (64544) - Fixed a memory leak when closing macOS windows with experimental accessibility enabled. (64143; thanks feigeCode) - Fixed the terminal grid losing its top alignment when growing on Windows. (63699; thanks 39ali) - Fixed a crash on Linux (X11) when a window was redrawn immediately after GPU device recovery. (64570) - Fixed language servers not starting for files opened via UNC paths on Windows. (56553; thanks Joblen) - Fixed PowerShell installed by Scoop not being detected when Scoop uses a custom installation directory. (62473; thanks jliu666) - Fixed task worktree variables resolving to the wrong project when the global tasks.json file was focused, and paths containing spaces breaking Windows tasks. (55727; thanks di404) - Fixed adding the current line to an Agent thread when no text was selected using cmd-> (macOS), ctrl-> (Linux), or ctrl-shift-. (Windows). (64589) - Fixed a bug where the block cursor hid the character underneath until its animation completed. (64521; thanks linyisu) - Fixed columnar selections landing in the wrong column around non-ASCII text, tabs, soft wraps, and collapsed content. (63723; thanks itsfuad) - Fixed the cursor drifting from the center o...
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