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Zed v1.17.2

What's new in Zed v1.17.2, released Aug 26, 2026 (). Newer: v1.25.3 (Oct 23, 2026)

Release notes

Zed v1.17.2

This week's release includes tabular data previews for CSV, TSV, PSV, and SSV files with sortable and resizable columns, value-based row filtering, and right-click copying; new Git blame and stashing actions; and lower memory use when opening large files.

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  • Added support for low reasoning effort for DeepSeek V4 Flash and V4 Pro. (#62577; thanks lingyaochu)
  • Improved JetBrains keymap behavior with CamelHump-style subword navigation for alt-left, alt-right, shift-alt-left, and shift-alt-right in editors. (#51540; thanks loadingalias)
  • Improved Markdown table column sizing based on content. (#61773; thanks timvermeulen)
  • Improved filtering for language server completions. (#62433; thanks lingyaochu)
  • Fixed authentication prompts not dismissing automatically when using SSH security keys. (#61292; thanks tidely)
  • Fixed dock size resets only resetting the active panel when resize_all_panels_in_dock was enabled. (#62552; thanks austincummings)
  • Fixed manual indentation being lost when replacing a line's contents or typing with an input method. (#62644; thanks lingyaochu)
  • Fixed project paths being built incorrectly when connecting from Unix machines to Windows remote servers. (#62038; thanks lingyaochu)

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Features

AI
  • Added Gemini 3.7 Flash to the Google AI models. (#62670; thanks ArneshBanerjee)
  • Added an ask_user tool that lets the Agent ask questions through forms with selectable options, free-text input, or both. (#61497; thanks e-r-w)
  • Improved ChatGPT subscription caching. (#62556)
  • Improved OpenRouter reasoning continuity and request privacy. (#62652)
  • Added the multi workspace: move project up and multi workspace: move project down actions for reordering projects in the Agent Sidebar. (#62695; thanks choplin)
Git
  • Added editor: blame revision and editor: blame previous revision actions for viewing a file's blame at the selected revision or its parent. (#62614)
  • Added Stash Tracked and Stash Staged options to the Git Panel, letting you stash only tracked changes or only staged changes. (#62254; thanks Priyadharshan0903)
  • Improved git panel: collapse selected entry to find and collapse the nearest parent directory, matching the Project Panel. (#61846)
  • Enabled the Go to Previous Hunk and Go to Next Hunk buttons for diffs with a single hunk. (#62615; thanks macayu17)
Vim / Helix
  • Added support for using h and l in Vim and Helix modes to collapse and expand Git Panel entries. (#61846)
Languages
  • Added Shell Script language detection for .brushrc files. (#62720; thanks acidx27x)
macOS
  • Added a simple option to the fullscreen_mode setting for fullscreen windows that cover the MacBook display notch. (#60020; thanks RemcoSmitsDev)
Other
  • Added tabular data previews for all users, with support for CSV, TSV, PSV, and SSV files; sortable and independently resizable data columns; filtering rows by selected values in one or more columns; a row-number column that stays visible while scrolling horizontally; and right-click copying for cells and column headers. (#48207, #53295, #56619, #60339, #60768, #61769, #61796, #62773, and more; thanks HalavicH)
  • Improved editor rendering speed. (#62715)
  • Improved memory use when opening large files, reducing peak memory during loading by roughly the size of the file. (#62748; thanks 39ali)
  • Added support for the "..." entry in file_scan_exclusions, allowing custom exclusions to extend the defaults instead of replacing them. (#62769; thanks porada)
  • Added support for the path property on VS Code npm tasks. (#62044; thanks levrik)
  • Added a frame-time debug overlay, which can be cycled with ctrl-alt-shift-p; its statistics can be reset with ctrl-alt-shift-o on macOS and Linux or ctrl-alt-shift-d on Windows. (#62749)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a memory leak where canceled worktree creation could leave background scanning running and its snapshot growing for the lifetime of the window. (#61009; thanks tnayuki)
  • Fixed ChatGPT Subscription accounts offering models that were not available to them. (#62651)
  • Fixed ChatGPT Subscription context compaction failing with an API endpoint error. (#62547)
  • Fixed ChatGPT subscription model discovery filtering models based on Zed's application version. (#62729)
  • Fixed high CPU and memory usage when opening large directory trees that were not tracked by Git. (#62583)
  • Fixed project search being very slow in projects with broad file_scan_inclusions settings. (#62658; thanks 39ali)
  • Fixed Python toolchain discovery prompting installation of Apple Command Line Tools when using a separately managed Python installation. (#62534; thanks cedws)
  • Fixed language servers receiving incorrect line endings for CRLF

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