Zed v1.18.0

This week's release includes refreshed Markdown preview styling, inline debugger values for C and C++, and File Finder history that persists across workspace sessions.

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• Fixed the inline assistant doing nothing when the model emitted reasoning before its tool call. (#61220; thanks aviatesk)
• Fixed some Pyright and BasedPyright settings not being applied properly. (#62673; thanks lingyaochu)
• Fixed bookmarks not disappearing from the gutter immediately after clearing all bookmarks. (#62847; thanks austincummings)
• Fixed the LSP status tooltip to display the target script path for runtime-managed language servers. (#62919; thanks lingyaochu)

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Features

AI

• Added support for GPT-5.6's 1M-token context window on Amazon Bedrock. (#63069; thanks 5herlocked)
• Added Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite to the Google AI models. (#63129; thanks ArneshBanerjee)
• Added Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.6 to the xAI models. (#63234)
• Added the ability to reload a broken external agent connection from the Agent Panel without restarting Zed. (#62669; thanks gaojunran)
• Added the configurable edit_predictions.<provider>.prediction_debounce setting for inline completions. (#61568; thanks ddeityy)
• Added settings autocomplete for the OpenAI subscription language model provider. (#62989)
• Improved memory usage during long agent sessions. (#63053; thanks Prohect)
• Improved support for Claude Fable 5.1. (#63571)
• Improved language model connection errors by identifying the unreachable host. (#62990)

Git

• Added permalink support for Tangled repositories. (#63051)
• Added the git: toggle diff base action to toggle the diff base between HEAD and the default branch. (#62966)
• Improved the Git Graph and Git history views to initially focus the search editor. (#63002)
• Improved the Git Panel's “Discard Tracked Changes” option to affect only files within the directory where its context menu was opened. (#62872)

Debugger

• Added inline values for C and C++ when debugging with CodeLLDB or GDB. (#46705; thanks xcb3d)
• Added separate Continue Program and Continue Thread controls for debug adapters that support single-thread execution. (#63135)

Languages

• Added support for configuring Bash Language Server through lsp.bash-language-server.settings. (#57487; thanks CathalMullan)
• Improved Markdown preview styling with better typography, spacing, and rounded inline code backgrounds. (#63118; thanks archcorsair)
• Improved the tabular data preview by moving its settings into a popover, freeing more vertical space for the table. (#62812; thanks HalavicH)

Terminal

• Added terminal support for ctrl-alt-<letter> keystrokes. (#62891; thanks nbdd0121)

Linux

• Improved rendering performance by prewarming font match caches. (#63158)
• Improved rasterization performance by caching glyphs after measuring bounds. (#63209)

Other

• Added a Clear button to the Settings window's search field that clears the search and resets the navigation list. (#56033; thanks asgoode)
• Added the in_preview keybinding context for editors in preview mode. (#61777; thanks krawitzzZ)
• Improved file finder history to include recently opened files from previous sessions. (#55034; thanks anilzeybek)
• Improved typing and rendering performance in projects that use .editorconfig files. (#63323)
• Improved text input in GPUI web applications on Android by adding support for Gboard. (#63201)
• Improved responsiveness when closing projects that are loading large text files. (#62831; thanks 39ali)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where last-session workspace state was not preserved or restored after closing the last macOS window with the red close button when on_last_window_closed was set to "quit_app" and restore_on_startup was set to "last_session". (#60477; thanks Caleul)
• Fixed a bug where the terminal panel failed to open in some circumstances and panels switched back to the restored panel during startup. (#62712)
• Fixed OAuth authentication failing with MCP servers that require non-default scopes. (#63370; thanks blue42u)
• Fixed a bug where Zed windows sometimes remained blank when first opened on X11. (#62081; thanks mTvare6)
• Fixed Continue Program resuming only the selected thread with some debug adapters instead of all threads. (#63135)
• Fixed global gitignore entries incorrectly matching directories outside the opened project and marking the entire project as ignored. (#62130; thanks floesche)
• Fixed language model provider rejections being retried and displayed without their actionable provider message. (#63095)
• Fixed performance issues caused by overly large LSP hovers. (#63022)
• Fixed the UI freezing in fullscreen on some Wayland compositors. (#60690)

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