Zed v1.8.2

Zed v1.8.2 was released on .

Summary

AI - Sidebar: Enabled creating a new worktree from the sidebar's "new thread" icon button. (59341) - Sidebar: Improved the archive "Search all threads" view so you can filter by project name, not j...

Release Context

  • This was the 72nd Zed release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 7 days after Zed v1.7.2 (June 17, 2026).

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Release Notes

AI - Sidebar: Enabled creating a new worktree from the sidebar's "new thread" icon button. (59341) - Sidebar: Improved the archive "Search all threads" view so you can filter by project name, not just by thread title — handy when many projects are open. (58214; thanks KevinLaveto) - Agent: Improved edit tool performance with a more succinct success response. (59335) - Agent: Improved scroll smoothness while a response is streaming. (59002) - Agent: Improved truncation of long configuration button labels for external agents. (57808; thanks Bitaru) - Agent: Added the agent.terminalinitcommand setting to automatically run a command when opening a new terminal thread in the agent panel. (59374) - Agent: Pressing up in an empty agent message editor now brings back the last queued message for editing if there is one. (58807) - Improved agent panel markdown rendering: Single newlines within agent responses now render as line breaks, matching the convention used by GitHub comments and Obsidian. (57376; thanks tredondo) - Agent: Added the ability to grant agent terminal commands network access to specific hosts (rather than all-or-nothing), enforced by an allowlisting proxy. (59220) - Agent: Improved sandbox permission prompts to show the command being requested. (59362, 59391) - Agent: Improved agent terminal sandbox network permission handling. (59385) - Agent: Improved the agent panel's empty-state toolbar to show a "New {agent} Thread" placeholder title (or your draft prompt as you type), with a stable new-thread button on the right. (59126) - Added Anthropic-compatible provider support in settings. (50381; thanks cppcoffee) This week's release includes the ability to create a new worktree right from the sidebar's new-thread button, a new agent.terminalinitcommand setting to automatically run a command when opening a new agent terminal thread, a workspace: reset pane sizes command to reset all panes to equal sizes, and new editor: select inside delimiters / editor: select around delimiters actions for expanding a selection through nested brackets and quotes. Features Git - Added "View File" to the Git Panel context menu to open a changed file in the editor without a diff view. (59383; thanks ahmedash95) - Improved scrolling performance in diff views containing large hunks. (58658) - Improved placeholder copywriting in both the branch and worktree pickers to communicate it's possible to type-to-create each. (59130) - Improved the toast shown after git: push to always display the "Create Pull Request" button. (53913) - Improved performance of git HEAD state resolution. (59044; thanks lgeiger) - Improved performance of git uncommit. (59069; thanks lgeiger) - Improved performance of listing git remotes. (59053; thanks lgeiger) - Improved performance of retrieving default git branch. (59087; thanks lgeiger) - Reduced git processes run on every file change. (59042; thanks lgeiger) - Reduced number of git operations when repository state changes outside of Zed. (59318; thanks lgeiger) Languages - Prettier now reads the project's .editorconfig files when formatting. (59149; thanks matt-h) - REPL: Added a Stop button to notebook cells to interrupt the running kernel while a cell is executing. (57093; thanks raideno) Remote Development - Added a devcontainerusebuildkit setting to build dev containers with the classic Docker builder for engines without an integrated BuildKit (e.g. Apple Container). (59288; thanks tnayuki) Other - Added a workspace: reset pane sizes command that equalizes the sizes of all panes in the center group. (59046; thanks 42piratas) - Added editor: select inside delimiters and editor: select around delimiters actions for selecting content within the nearest enclosing brackets, braces, parentheses, or quotes. Repeating the action expands the selection to the next enclosing pair. (53789; thanks subeax) - Editor: Improved multi cursor editing performance. (58510; thanks Rani367) - Improved long filename truncation in the tab switcher and file finder so extensions remain visible. (59072; thanks saberoueslati) - Improved performance when searching in markdown preview. (59473) - Added the file icon to the breadcrumbs when the tab bar is hidden, if file icons are enabled for tabs. (56267; thanks hron) - Added a zed: rebuild dev extension action to rebuild an installed dev extension from the command palette. (55173; thanks tahayvr) Bug Fixes - ACP: Fixed failed permission requests for external agents. (58537) - ACP: Fixed Cursor Agent only being able to use Fast mode with Composer 2.5. (59695) - Sidebar: Fixed a flicker when clicking on an empty draft thread. (59342) - macOS: Fixed fallback fonts missing weight/style. (56771) - Fixed the "Loading Commit History..." message in the History tab being stuck on projects with empty or no repositories. (58649; thanks Jeremy-Qian) - Fixed zed: open log and zed: reveal log in file manager appearing and erroring when Zed was launched directly from a terminal. These actions are now hidden in that scenario, since logs go to stdout rather than Zed's log file. (57114; thanks [tredondo](https://github.com/tredon...

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