zed version history

This week's release adds Telescope-style resizable pickers with file and text finder previews (resolving [a request](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/8279) with 860 👍s), including a new search modal that previews results live as you type, opened via the `text finder: toggle` action in the command palette, plus sandbox settings for Agent terminal tool commands and search in the Agent Panel. ## Features ### AI - Added in-thread search to the Agent Panel (Ctrl/Cmd+F). ([#57231](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/57231); thanks [dandv](https://github.com/dandv)) - Added an entry to the Agent Panel options menu to quickly add a remote MCP server. ([#59359](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59359)) - Improved saved thread model selection for cloud-based providers. ([#59417](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59417)) - Improved Agent Panel file search results from the agent's `grep` tool so they open files at the matched line when clicked. ([#59230](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59230)) - Included the thread title in Agent Panel notifications when Zed is not focused. ([#59377](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59377)

This week's release includes the ability to create a new worktree right from the sidebar's new-thread button, a new `agent.terminal_init_command` 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 ### AI - Sidebar: Enabled creating a new worktree from the sidebar's "new thread" icon button. ([#59341](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/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](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58214); thanks [KevinLaveto](https://github.com/KevinLaveto)) - Agent: Improved edit tool performance with a more succinct success response. ([#59335](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59335)) - Agent: Improved scroll smoothness while a response is streaming. ([#59002](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59002)) - Agent: Improved truncation

- Fixed missed file system events on case-insensitive filesystems that could cause stale git state and other sync issues ([#59714](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59714)) - Fixed Copilot sign-in window floating above all other applications instead of being scoped to Zed ([#59701](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59701)) - acp: Fix for Cursor agent only being able to use Fast mode with Composer 2.5 ([#59695](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59695)) - Improved file watcher performance on large worktrees ([#59560](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59560))

This week's release includes the ability to create a new worktree right from the sidebar's new-thread button, a new `agent.terminal_init_command` 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 ### AI - Sidebar: Enabled creating a new worktree from the sidebar's "new thread" icon button. ([#59341](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/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](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58214); thanks [KevinLaveto](https://github.com/KevinLaveto)) - Agent: Improved edit tool performance with a more succinct success response. ([#59335](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59335)) - Agent: Improved scroll smoothness while a response is streaming. ([#59002](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59002)) - Agent: Improved truncation

This week's release includes automatic agent context compaction that you can also trigger manually with the new `/compact` command, cleaner and more legible Markdown preview styling, and support for running custom git commands on git graph branches and tags. ## Features ### AI - Agent: Added auto-compaction and `/compact` to Zed Agent. ([#58931](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58931)) - Agent: Improved agent skills management by moving it into the settings UI. ([#58701](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58701)) - Agent: Improved how we communicate problems relative to skills, in both the agent panel and the settings UI. ([#58838](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58838)) - Agent: Improved the UX of the thread import flow. ([#57791](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/57791)) - Agent: Improved auto scroll location when using read-file tool. ([#58640](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58640); thanks [liigo](https://github.com/liigo)) - Agent: Show context window usage and cost metrics for external agents that support it. ([#58680](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58680)) - Agent: Allow deleting sessions from histor

- Fixed not being able to drag the settings UI window on macOS. ([#59216](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59216)) - Fixed an issue where the close button could overflow within a workspace error popup. ([#59186](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59186))

This week's release includes automatic agent context compaction that you can also trigger manually with the new `/compact` command, cleaner and more legible Markdown preview styling, and support for running custom git commands on git graph branches and tags. ## Features ### AI - Agent: Added auto-compaction and `/compact` to Zed Agent. ([#58931](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58931)) - Agent: Improved agent skills management by moving it into the settings UI. ([#58701](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58701)) - Agent: Improved how we communicate problems relative to skills, in both the agent panel and the settings UI. ([#58838](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58838)) - Agent: Improved the UX of the thread import flow. ([#57791](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/57791)) - Agent: Improved auto scroll location when using read-file tool. ([#58640](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58640); thanks [liigo](https://github.com/liigo)) - Agent: Show context window usage and cost metrics for external agents that support it. ([#58680](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58680)) - Agent: Allow deleting sessions from histor

This week's release includes the ability to open a Git diff for a single file in its own dedicated tab from the Git panel, "Fast mode" for Anthropic and OpenAI models in the agent panel, shareable agent skill links, split diff mode in the commit history view, total added/removed line counts in the Git panel, and the ability to open files from the file finder without dismissing it. ## Features ### AI - Agent: Added a way to share skills via links. ([#58009](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58009)) - Agent: Added support for symlinked global skill directories. ([#58095](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58095); thanks [David3u](https://github.com/David3u)) - Agent: Added a manual way to trigger the Rules to Skills migration. ([#58278](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58278)) - Agent: Improved project skills support in remote workspaces. ([#58094](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58094)) - Agent: Improved skill creation toast confirmation by making it auto-dismissed. ([#57855](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/57855)) - Agent: Added Claude Opus 4.8 BYOK support. ([#57984](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/57984))

- Fixed a hang that could occur when opening a new workspace. ([#58994](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58994))

- Add Claude Fable 5 to Anthropic BYOK. ([#58955](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58955)) - Fixed a crash in hang detection when foreground thread statistics were missing. ([#58850](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58850)) - Fixed a bug where clicking the button to trust a git repository would do nothing. ([#58715](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58715))