Zed v1.8.2 Changelog

This update is all about making your coding workflow smoother and faster. It matters most to developers who use Zed's built-in AI tools and Git features, giving them quicker ways to manage projects, write code, and let the AI assistant help out without slowing things down.

What's new

• Quick Worktrees: You can now create a new Git worktree (a separate folder where you can test changes without messing up your main project) directly from the AI sidebar's "new thread" button.
• Auto-run Terminal Commands: A new setting lets you automatically run a specific command whenever you open a new AI agent terminal.
• Reset Window Layout: A new command lets you instantly reset all your window panes (the different split screens in your editor) back to equal sizes if you accidentally dragged them around.
• Smarter Text Selection: New actions let you quickly select text inside brackets, quotes, or parentheses. If you press the shortcut again, it expands to select the next outer layer of brackets—super handy for messy code.
• Stop Code Execution: Added a Stop button to coding notebooks so you can interrupt a running piece of code if it's taking too long.
• Custom AI Providers: You can now add Anthropic-compatible AI providers in your settings, meaning you can plug in different AI models.
• Network Permissions for AI: You can now give the AI assistant access to specific websites instead of it being all-or-nothing, making it much safer to use.
• Classic Docker Support: Added a setting to build remote dev containers using the classic Docker builder for older systems.

Improvements

• Faster Git: Tons of Git actions—like checking your project's history, undoing commits, and listing remote servers—are now much faster. Zed also runs fewer background Git processes when you save a file.
• Smoother AI: The AI panel scrolls much smoother while it's typing out a response to you, and the tool it uses to edit your code is faster.
• Better Search: When searching through old AI chats, you can now filter by project name, not just the chat title.
• Markdown Formatting: The AI panel now respects single line breaks (hitting "Enter" once) just like GitHub comments do, making its responses easier to read.
• Easier File Finding: When looking for files with really long names, the editor now makes sure the file extension (like .js or .py) stays visible so you don't get confused about what type of file it is.
• Code Formatting: Prettier (a tool that cleans up your code's appearance) now reads your .editorconfig files to match your exact spacing preferences.
• Push Notifications: When you push code to a server, the pop-up message now always includes a button to create a Pull Request.

Fixes

• Flickering Sidebar: Fixed an annoying screen flicker that happened when clicking on an empty AI chat draft.
• Stuck Loading Screen: Fixed an issue where the Git History tab would get stuck forever saying "Loading Commit History..." if your project didn't have a Git repository set up.
• Font Glitches: Fixed an issue on macOS where backup fonts were missing their correct bold or italic styles.
• Log Errors: Fixed a bug where trying to open Zed's log files from the menu would cause an error if you launched the app directly from the terminal. The app now smartly hides those options in that situation.
• AI Permissions: Fixed failed permission requests when using external AI agents.

Breaking changes

No breaking changes in this release.