Zed v1.23.2
Zed v1.23.2 was released on .
Summary
AI - Added the agent.maxidleretainedthreads setting to control how many idle agent threads remain loaded. (64547; thanks hazicy) - Improved Google AI error messages and added automatic retries when...
Release Context
- This was the 97th Zed release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 7 days after Zed v1.22.0 (September 30, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
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Release Notes
AI - Added the agent.maxidleretainedthreads setting to control how many idle agent threads remain loaded. (64547; thanks hazicy) - Improved Google AI error messages and added automatic retries when a model was overloaded. (64865) - Improved plan updates from ACP agents, including panel refreshes after status changes. (64884) - Improved the Agent Panel error shown when a Zed sign-in expired. (64754) - Improved visibility of keyboard-selected agent conversations in the Threads Sidebar. (63922; thanks jaklyk2103) This week's release includes the ability to preview JSONL and NDJSON files as tables. Features Git - Added a folder-specific context menu in the Git Panel's tree view. (59853; thanks Sondeyy) Languages - Added JSONL and NDJSON support to the tabular data preview. Open previews alongside the source with cmd-k v (macOS) or ctrl-k v (Linux/Windows). (64471; thanks unshDee) - Added extension installation suggestions for many more languages when opening unsupported files. (63211; thanks haolamnm) - Added support for rewrapping text in Typst files. (64858; thanks AdinAck) Remote Development - Added support for terminal.shell in remote sessions. (61451; thanks quinn) Other - Added alt-/ to show the bindings that can complete a pending multi-keystroke shortcut. (64803) - Added a softwrapindent setting ("none", "same", "extraone", "extratwo") to configure indentation for soft-wrapped continuation lines. (63468; thanks arusahni) - Improved responsiveness when watching paths on slow or unresponsive filesystems. (63410; thanks RemcoSmitsDev) - Improved editor: select next and editor: select previous to respect the buffer search whole-word option. (64137; thanks yawnnn) Bug Fixes - Debugger: Fixed "Rerun last debug scenario" not running the last scheduled scenario. (64856; thanks MeiramSh) - Fixed a crash on Windows when reading a stored credential that has no username. (64735) - Fixed a crash when pasting multiple selections at the end of a file in Vim mode. (64876) - Fixed a crash when typing the start of a multi-key binding at the end of a read-only file. (64730) - Fixed agent notifications showing a thread's original title after the thread was renamed. (64907; thanks IFafaa) - Fixed commit details and diffs waiting behind an in-progress fetch, pull, or push before opening. (64720; thanks azeemshaik025) - Fixed external-agent sessions remaining loaded after their conversation was closed during loading. (64717) - Fixed images in Markdown table cells ignoring column alignment and vertical centering. (64914; thanks dremnik) - Fixed issues where OpenAI model tool calls to MCP servers treated optional fields as required, causing errors. (64920) - Fixed missing or outdated output in agent tool results. (64708) - Fixed search highlights in Markdown Preview that hid matched text when the theme used opaque highlight colors. (64788; thanks IFafaa) - Fixed stale agent responses that could clear a newer prompt or show errors from an earlier send. (64917) - Fixed syntax highlighting for fenced code blocks with extra text after the language name. (64694; thanks maxmalkin) - Fixed the pending keybindings list showing task: spawn instead of the task name for bindings that spawn a task. (64937; thanks frinyvonnick) - Fixed the Zed Cloud connection failing with UnknownIssuer behind corporate TLS-inspecting proxies whose root CA is installed in the system trust store. (63686; thanks joepjoosten) - ACP: Fixed partial tool-call display updates when content referenced an unavailable terminal. (64784) - Fixed a bug where inlay hints positioned past the end of a buffer could appear on its last line, and inlay hints exactly at the end of a file without a trailing newline could be hidden. (64659; thanks HuaGu-Dragon) - Fixed a rare crash when hovering wrapped Markdown text on Linux. (64672) - Fixed centered layout not applying when a pane was zoomed in. (64064; thanks UdeshyaDhungana) - Fixed closing one LSP Logs view stopping streams used by another view or downstream client. (61222; thanks aviatesk) - Fixed completion details lacking visual distinction from completion labels. (64684; thanks GautamBytes) - Fixed delayed selection of the first entry when opening a context menu. (64365) - Fixed entries folding when clicked in the Outline Panel. (64736) - Fixed Helix buffer picker opening in the wrong pane on space b. (64494; thanks GautamBytes) - Fixed hover flicker after dismissing native menus on macOS. (64175; thanks yay) - Fixed incorrect selected and hover colors for threads in the Threads Sidebar. (62597; thanks Robot-Inventor) - Fixed indentation corruption during multicursor editing and block indentation. (64675; thanks GautamBytes) - Fixed language server formatting scrolling to the bottom when the server replaces the entire buffer. (57269; thanks [kalilamodow](https://github.com/...
Other Recent Zed Releases
- v1.24.4 (October 20, 2026)
- v1.24.3 (October 19, 2026)
- v1.24.2 (October 14, 2026)
- v1.21.0 (September 23, 2026)
- v1.20.2 (September 17, 2026)
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