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Zed v1.7.2

What's new in Zed v1.7.2, released Jun 17, 2026 (). Newer: v1.25.3 (Oct 23, 2026)

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Release notes

Zed v1.7.2

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)
  • Agent: Improved agent skills management by moving it into the settings UI. (#58701)
  • Agent: Improved how we communicate problems relative to skills, in both the agent panel and the settings UI. (#58838)
  • Agent: Improved the UX of the thread import flow. (#57791)
  • Agent: Improved auto scroll location when using read-file tool. (#58640; thanks liigo)
  • Agent: Show context window usage and cost metrics for external agents that support it. (#58680)
  • Agent: Allow deleting sessions from history for external agents that support it. (#58680)
  • Agent: Allow loading skills whose descriptions exceed the 1024-byte limit by showing warnings instead of failing to load them. (#58356)
  • Agent: Removed the misleading "Always allow" button from agent permission prompts for edits to the agent skills directory, since those edits always require confirmation. (#58463)
  • Agent: Updated OpenCode models (added MiniMax M3, Qwen 3.7 Plus, DeepSeek V4 Flash, MiniMax M3 Free, and Nemotron 3 Ultra Free; removed Nemotron 3 Super Free, Qwen 3.5 Plus; updated MiniMax M2.7, MiniMax M2.5, Qwen 3.6 Plus). (#58743; thanks Vlaaaaaaad)
Git
  • Added a context menu for ref labels (branches, remote refs, and tags) in the git graph that runs custom git commands against the clicked ref, available as $ZED_GIT_REF (e.g. git checkout $ZED_GIT_REF). (#58781; thanks aobatact)
  • Improved commit details changed-file lists with an optional tree view. (#58198; thanks chirivelli)
  • Added Add to .git/info/exclude option under a new Git submenu in the project panel and git panel context menus, alongside the existing Add to .gitignore action. (#57044; thanks TomPlanche)
  • Added a button to the git worktree picker to remove an open worktree from the current window. (#58996)
  • Improved worktree navigation UX when a given project has more than one loaded. (#58555)
  • Warnings about the lengths of commit message titles are now disabled by default. (#58960)
  • Reduced short commit SHAs in blame and commit tooltips from 8 to 7, consistent with the graph and history views. (#58741; thanks albertbogusz)
  • Improved scrolling performance in diff views containing large hunks with many computed word diffs. (#58639)
  • Improved the performance of the project diff, especially in the presence of merge conflicts. (#57859)
  • Added icon for the Chromium code review remote provider. (#57713; thanks hferreiro)
  • Added the SourceHut remote icon. (#58668; thanks medzernik)
Languages
  • Improved markdown preview styles, making it more legible and easier to parse. (#58465)
  • LSP: Improved Zed's memory usage when a language server emits messages faster than the foreground thread can handle them. (#58867)
  • Improved editor: go to definition to avoid repeatedly querying the language server while moving the mouse over the same symbol or an unresolved position. (#58429)
  • Added a markdown: toggle block quote action. (#58383)
  • Added support for surrounding selected Markdown text with ~ by typing ~. (#58614)
  • Improved indentation for C/C++ to be more consistent. (#58740; thanks Helmutt03)
  • Added the ability to stylize built-in Python exceptions and warnings using the type.class.builtin syntax capture. (#58176; thanks allachance)
  • Detected .envrc files as Shell Script. (#58573; thanks injust)
  • Dropped fish from modeline_aliases, which forced the file to be detected as Shell Script instead of Fish. (#58550)
Terminal
  • Made zed:// links clickable in the terminal. (#58910; thanks r4victor)
Vim / Helix
  • Disabled the IME in Vim normal and visual modes on Linux Wayland. (#58237; thanks feeiyu)
Collaboration
  • Improved call controls design, making it clearer what button shares the project vs. the screen. (#58691)
Other
  • Improved the settings window: Sub-pages such as Skills and per-language settings now have a scope picker in the breadcrumb, so you can switch between User and project settings without leaving the page. (#58698)
  • Improved the performance of applying edits to large buffers. (#58681)
  • Added default_open_behavior, which controls which action (add to sidebar/open in new window) should be the default when selecting a project from the recent projects menu. (#58805)
  • Improved dev extension installation times for language extensions with multiple grammars or language servers. (#55160)
  • Outline: Improved symbol search with more consistent fuzzy matching and support for multi-term queries. (#56477; thanks feitreim)

Bug Fixes

  • Agent: Fix for current agent not being selected when creating a new git worktree. (#58636)
  • Agent: Fixed the scrollbar appearing on wrapped code blocks in the agent chat. (#58472; thanks albertbogusz)
  • Sidebar: Fixed a bug where affordances to collapse the project header would appear when searching. (#58696)

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