Zed v1.9.0 Changelog

This release is all about making it easier to find exactly what you're looking for and manage your code. It heavily favors developers who use the AI assistant and Git for version control, giving them faster search tools, cleaner menus, and fixing several annoying glitches that used to get in the way.

What's new

• Resizable search with previews: When you search for files or text, the pop-up window can now be dragged to be bigger or smaller. Even better, it shows a live preview of your file right next to the search results so you can see the context without opening the file.
• Search inside AI chats: You can now press Ctrl/Cmd+F to search through your past conversations in the AI Agent Panel, just like searching a webpage.
• Smarter AI file searches: When the AI tool searches your code and gives you a file result, clicking it now jumps straight to the exact line of code you need.
• New AI models: Added support for GLM 5.2, Kimi K2.7 Code, and DeepSeek V4 Pro for certain AI providers.
• Easier remote AI servers: Added a quick menu option to connect the AI to remote MCP servers (MCP is just a standard way for AI to talk to outside tools).
• Better Git menus: The Git Panel header got a cleaner "Stage All" button, and you can now right-click the margin next to your code to easily toggle "Git blame" (a feature that shows who wrote each line of code and when).
• Custom Git views: You can now switch your Git file list between a tree view or a simple list, sort it by name or path, and group files by their status (like "changed" or "added").
• Terminal paragraph jumps: If you use Vim keyboard shortcuts in the terminal, you can now jump between paragraphs of text using shift-{ and shift-}.
• Helix debugger shortcuts: Added keyboard shortcuts for debugging code if you use Helix editing mode.
• Markdown width limits: Added settings to keep Markdown preview text from stretching too wide across your screen, making it easier to read.
• Command line auto-complete: You can now generate auto-complete scripts for your computer's terminal (using zed --completions), making it easier to type Zed commands from outside the app.

Improvements

• Faster startup: The app opens quicker than before.
• Smarter search pre-filling: When you open the text finder, it automatically copies whatever word you were currently highlighting so you don't have to retype it.
• Easier folder trust: When you open a project for the first time, the app asks if you "trust" the folder (a security step). It now lets you trust a higher-up parent folder, saving you from having to approve multiple sub-folders one by one.
• Better Python colors: Python functions and methods are now highlighted more clearly as you type them.
• Git hash search: You can now search your Git history graph using a shortened ID number to find a specific save point.
• Clearer Mac notifications: When the AI finishes a task while you're using another app, the notification now includes the title of the chat thread so you know exactly what it finished.

Fixes

• AI panel glitches: Fixed a bug where the Escape key wouldn't close the search box inside the AI chat, and fixed a button that opened the wrong settings menu.
• AI provider errors: Fixed issues where certain AI providers (like OpenRouter and OpenAI-compatible setups) were sending bad data that broke things like prompt caching. Also fixed a bug where custom AI models with slashes in their names wouldn't load.
• Remote tool crashes: Fixed a bug where external code-checking tools and formatters wouldn't start on Mac computers if they were set up a certain way.
• Markdown bug: Fixed an issue where text you had just deleted would still magically show up in the Markdown preview.
• Keyboard navigation: Fixed the Remote Projects menu so you can finally navigate it using arrow keys instead of being forced to use the mouse.
• Vim/Helix movement: Fixed the gg and ge keyboard shortcuts so they jump to the exact first character of a line, matching how the Helix editor is supposed to work.
• Go testing: Fixed an issue where trying to debug a specific sub-test in the Go language would accidentally match the wrong test.
• Git links with periods: Fixed a bug where Git remote links broke if your username had a period in it (like first.last@host), which previously broke "open in browser" links.

Breaking changes

No breaking changes in this release.