Zed v1.12.0 Changelog

This release is all about making your coding workflow smoother and less frustrating. It matters a lot to developers who use Git for version control (saving different versions of their code) and those using Zed's built-in AI assistant. A lot of the updates focus on organizing your workspace better, letting you open multiple things at once, and fixing annoying bugs that interrupted people's coding sessions.

What's new

• Smarter Git Panel: Your code changes are now split into "Staged" (ready to save) and "Unstaged" (still being worked on) sections, making it easier to see what you're about to commit.
• Multi-Select Searching: You can now select multiple files or text results at the same time (using Command/Ctrl-click or Tab) and open them all at once.
• Filtering CSV Files: When looking at spreadsheet-like data (CSV files), you can now filter the rows to find exactly what you need.
• Paste Images in Markdown: You can now paste images directly from your computer's clipboard right into your Markdown text files.
• AI Upgrades: The AI assistant now supports new models (like GPT 5.6 and Grok 4.5), can ask you structured questions to get better information, and lets you expand tool calls to see exactly what the AI is doing behind the scenes.
• Format Only Changed Code: A new setting lets you automatically clean up your code formatting only on the specific lines you changed, rather than the whole file.
• Better Code Navigation: When you jump to a definition or search for all references of a piece of code, you now get a filterable list with previews.

Improvements

• Branch Filtering: When picking a Git branch (a separate line of development), you can now filter to see all, local, or remote branches.
• Better Code Colors: The editor is smarter at coloring function parameters differently from local variables, making code easier to read.
• Narrower Windows: The settings menu looks much better if you have your window shrunk down to less than 900 pixels wide.
• Safer AI Skill Deletion: If you delete an AI "skill" (a custom instruction), Zed now asks for confirmation and moves it to your computer's trash instead of deleting it forever.
• Markdown Preview Shortcuts: You can now easily jump back and forth between your Markdown text and its visual preview using a keyboard shortcut.

Fixes

• Git Passphrase Bug: Fixed an issue where Zed annoyingly asked for your Git password on every single save, even if your computer already had it saved.
• Python Environment Recovery: Fixed a bug where Python virtual environments (isolated coding setups) wouldn't turn back on when you reopened a project.
• Window Controls: Fixed a glitch where the minimize, maximize, and close buttons on your window were grayed out and unusable.
• AI Panel Glitch: Fixed an issue where an "awaiting confirmation" message in the AI panel would annoyingly cover the entire screen.
• Search Bugs: Fixed double-clicking text and screen flickering in Markdown previews, plus a bug where ignored files kept showing up in your searches.
• Error Messages: The AI assistant now shows the actual error message if it fails to name your chat, instead of just failing silently.

Breaking changes

No breaking changes in this release.