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Zed v1.28.1

What's new in Zed v1.28.1, released Nov 11, 2026 (). This is the latest version.

Official release notes ↗ Zed changelog

Release notes

Zed v1.28.1

This week's release includes optional automatic Git fetching, a resizable Refs column in the Git Graph, dragging Git Panel files into terminals and editors, and mouse-wheel font zoom in diff views and terminals.

Features

AI
  • Added an edit_predictions.button setting to toggle the edit prediction button in the status bar. (#66450; thanks z0al)
  • Improved compatibility with the latest Agent Client Protocol, including handling of missing sessions, plan updates, diff formats, and cancellation of permission requests. (#66425)
  • Improved the Agent's read_file tool output by truncating lines longer than 2,000 characters to prevent context window overflow. (#65395; thanks Antphar)
  • Improved subagent cards so that full screen opens a finished subagent run at its start. (#66252)
Git
  • Added optional automatic fetching of the current branch's upstream remote and the default branch's remote. Enable it with git.auto_fetch.enabled; configure the interval with git.auto_fetch.interval_secs (60 seconds by default). Automatic fetching is disabled by default. (#53089; thanks andriygm)
  • Added a resizable "Refs" column to the Git Graph that can be toggled on or off from the column header's context menu. (#66260; thanks RemcoSmitsDev)
  • Added support for dragging files from the Git Panel to the terminal and editor panes. (#66423; thanks mmatczuk)
  • Added support for searching by branch name in the worktree picker. (#66384; thanks michelinux)
Debugger
  • Added support for configuring the debugger panel’s default size via debugger.default_width and debugger.default_height. (#66435)
Languages
  • Improved call hierarchy readability by adding spacing between item names and details. (#66144; thanks yskim308)
Linux
  • Improved window startup time on Linux with NVIDIA GPUs. (#66002; thanks runsonmypc)
Other
  • Added support for mouse-wheel font zoom in diff views and terminals with mouse_wheel_zoom enabled: cmd-scroll on macOS and ctrl-scroll on Linux/Windows. (#66296; thanks ndri)
  • Improved responsiveness when navigating code, loading completion details, and comparing files. (#66487)
  • Improved the reliability of language server and agent downloads with consistent checksum verification, rejection of failed HTTP responses, and better cleanup of partial downloads. (#66048)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where launching Zed on Windows while it was already running prevented the previous session from being restored. (#66364; thanks somtri)
  • Fixed Agent context compaction unnecessarily using uncached input tokens with supported providers, including OpenAI and xAI. (#64938; thanks tidely)
  • Fixed auto-compaction only running once during a long agent turn, which could let the thread exceed the model's context window. (#66215)
  • Fixed compaction not reusing the prompt cache for ChatGPT subscription models. (#66527)
  • Fixed creating pull requests from Zed for Forgejo remotes, including Codeberg. (#66182; thanks Lachstec)
  • Fixed external agents sometimes starting without MCP servers configured in user settings when the thread was created before the project folder finished loading. (#64612; thanks philwinder)
  • Fixed Helix mode operations overwriting the system clipboard when vim.use_system_clipboard was set to "always". (#55455; thanks SrGaabriel)
  • Fixed local files opening as empty buffers in remote workspaces. (#65771; thanks Huliiiiii)
  • Fixed mentioning, sharing, and deleting project skills in remote workspaces. (#66207)
  • Fixed Project Search buttons affecting the wrong pane when clicked in an unfocused split. (#50882; thanks transitoryangel)
  • Fixed registry agents installed via npm (such as Claude Agent) failing to launch with ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND after an interrupted or concurrent install. (#66235)
  • Fixed remote terminals and tasks failing on Windows SSH servers whose default shell is Nushell. (#65580; thanks lingyaochu)
  • Fixed remote workspaces sharing a directory being merged into one workspace after restarting Zed. (#66289; thanks buvidk1234)
  • Fixed SSH connections failing with "Missing remote shell" when the remote shell's startup reads from stdin. (#66737)
  • Fixed SSH connections to macOS hosts getting stuck on "Starting Proxy" when the remote server cannot access the system pasteboard. (#66736)
  • Fixed stale language server data being shown in multibuffers. (#66264)
  • Fixed SVG images failing to render in Markdown previews for remote projects. (#66404; thanks max1ab)
  • Fixed synthetic mouse movements on Windows repositioning the editor cursor when the window repainted, such as when opening the command palette. (#55739; thanks khaledtf19)
  • Fixed the Git Panel showing “No Git Repositories” after removing the active repository’s project folder from a remote workspace while other repositories remained open. (#66299; thanks buvidk1234)
  • Fixed the global busy cursor lingering after Zed opened on GNOME Wayland. (#64058; thanks eukreign)
  • Fixed the skill creator saving project skills to the local machine instead of the remote in remote workspaces. (#66224)
  • Fixed wide submenus and popovers covering the menu or button they open from. (#66496)

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