zed-industries/zed v0.234.0-pre

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This week's release includes bookmarks support, a new git: view commit command palette action, and GIF animation support in the Markdown preview.

Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

• Added bookmarks: Toggle bookmarks on lines with editor: toggle bookmark, navigate with editor: go to next bookmark / editor: go to previous bookmark, view all bookmarks with editor: view bookmarks, and clear with workspace: clear bookmarks. Bookmarks are shown in the gutter and persisted across sessions. (#51404; thanks austincummings)
• Fuzzy Nucleo: Improved the performance of path matching. (#54112; thanks feitreim)
• Improved fuzzy matching in the command palette, branch picker, tab switcher, and recent projects picker to support multi-word queries. (#54123; thanks feitreim)
• Vim: Fixed screen flickering during motions. (#52270; thanks feitreim)
• Fixed a bug where Copilot wouldn't use the thinking level the user had set. (#53313; thanks TwistingTwists)
• Fixed an issue where the cs Vim operator incorrectly identified symmetric quotes in certain contexts. (#52321; thanks lingyaochu)
• Fixed debugger not saving files before running a build task when "save": "all" is set in the task definition. (#53353; thanks OmChillure)
• Fixed file watching of symlinks that point outside of the project/watched directory. Zed should now properly respond to changes in files in symlinked directories. (#50746; thanks prayanshchh)
• Fixed nested object methods not appearing in the Outline panel for JavaScript and TypeScript files. (#50754; thanks emamulandalib)
• Fixed the Inline Assist button showing in the Project Diagnostics toolbar when the agent is disabled. (#52706; thanks OmChillure)
• Fixed true-color rendering in the terminal. (#52162; thanks nihalxkumar)
• Fixed unsaved scratch buffers being lost across restarts and an occasional error when opening a recent project. (#54224; thanks transitoryangel)
• Fixed Windows path handling in extension manifests to ensure extensions upload correctly to remote environments like WSL. (#50653; thanks th0jensen)

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Features

AI

• (Preview only) Agent: Added an action to the command palette that imports threads from other Zed release channels into the current one. (#54002)
• (Preview only) Agent: Agent favorite models now remember and restore per-model thinking, effort level, and fast mode preferences. (#54318)
• (Preview only) Agent: Agent sidebar now shows worktree and branch names only for linked worktrees. (#54067)
• Agent: Automatically select a default model based on environment when there's no selected model. (#54125)
• (Preview only) Agent: Improved the scrollbar overlap with the thread item icon buttons in the threads sidebar. (#54469)
• Added configure provider menu item to Copilot and Codestral. (#53691; thanks npv12)
• (Preview only) Renamed the threads Archive view to Thread History and updated its icon to a clock. (#54075)
• Added interleaved_reasoning option to OpenAI-compatible models. (#54016; thanks guiopen)

Git

• Added a git: view commit command palette action that opens a commit in the commit view by git ref (e.g. HEAD, a SHA, a branch, or a tag). (#39009; thanks schpet)
• Added loading the commit message template from the file set in git config commit.template when starting a commit in the git panel. (#42827; thanks jackjen)
• Added git panel support for select all and deselect all check boxes. (#41565; thanks cppcoffee)

Languages

• Added association of .mlx extensions with OCaml. (#54197; thanks gf3)

Terminal

• Added "New Center Terminal" button to the window context menu. (#53702; thanks svdragster)

Remote Development

• Changed Zed to reuse existing SSH ControlMaster sessions instead of prompting for credentials again. (#51604; thanks nicosalm)
• Improved dev container remote script execution to more closely align with the reference implementation. (#54020; thanks KyleBarton)
• Improved the Dev Container suggestion notification to include the project name, with the full path shown as a tooltip. (#54297)
• Changed all PortAttributes fields to be optional according to the Dev Container spec. (#53799)

Other

• Added GIF animation support for Markdown Preview. (#53459; thanks davidalecrim1)
• Added "Copy Link" to the right-click context menu when clicking on a link in Markdown views (agent panel and Markdown preview). (#53758; thanks saberoueslati)
• Improved the editor: format selections action so that it is only shown in the command palette when the active formatter supports range formatting (e.g. Prettier, or LSPs like clangd that advertise the capability). (#53178; thanks prertik)
• Added support for PNM image previews (.pbm, .ppm, .pgm). (#54256; thanks viniciusdutra314)
• Added support for auto-completing action names in the command_aliases setting. (#54496)
• Added action to copy installed extensions to clipboard. (#48664; thanks mchisolm0)
• Enabled diagnostic underlining in the split editor views. (#54295)
• Improved tab tooltip for multi buffers. (#54060)

Bug Fixes

• ACP: Fixed some replay events getting dropped when loading a previous session. (#54431)
• Agent: Fixed worktree and branch labels not showing up in the thread switcher. (#54126)
• Agent: Fixed the thread switcher not selecting on hover. (#54126)
• Fixed dev container builds failing on Docker installations without the buildx plugin. (#53910; thanks krisswee)
• Dev Container: Fixed environment variables without an equals sign being treated as fatal parsing errors. (#53864; thanks pigletfly)
• Fixed dev container startup failing for docker-compose configs whose service Dockerfile uses build-arg substitution in the FROM line (for example, FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}). (#54270; thanks fechu)
• Fixed gap where runArgs were not respected when specified in devcontainer.json. (#53931; thanks KyleBarton)
• Fixed an image aliasing bug; respect build context and build args in dev containers. (#54210; thanks KyleBarton)
• Fixed docker-compose dockerfile path being resolved relative to the compose file instead of the build context directory. (#53860; thanks antont)
• Fixed issues with Windows pathing when calculating target workspace directory for dev containers. (#53829; thanks KyleBarton)
• Fixed substitution of ${localEnv:VARNAME} and ${containerEnv:VARNAME} in devcontainer.json when the variable is not defined. (#53728; thanks im-0)
• Fixed Helix vgl to correctly select to end of line without including the newline character in the selection. (#54238; thanks cavebatsofware)
• Fixed zed --wait --diff <left> <right> blocking until the entire window was closed instead of just until the diff was closed. (#54367; thanks timvermeulen)
• Git Graph: Fixed misalignment issues between the graph canvas and the graph table. (#54429)
• Fixed blank git diff view on Windows when working in a subfolder. (#52234; thanks HiteshRohira)
• Agent: Fixed a bug where cmd-clicking on the project header wouldn't actually take you to the last active workspace. (#54128)
• Fixed ctrl-n / cmd-n (New File) not working on the Welcome tab. (#52463; thanks Dnreikronos)
• Fixed a bug in the branch picker where the buttons wouldn't properly get activated. (#54117)
• Fixed a panic when using the split diff view. (#54352)
• Fixed a visual glitch where the git blame popover could briefly appear empty while its markdown content was being parsed. (#52231; thanks timvermeulen)
• Fixed ACP agent and other breakage when terminal.shell was set to a non-shell program like tmux. (#51741; thanks oliverbarnes)
• Fixed Agent menu shortcut context handling so Alt-Shift-L consistently resolves to Rules (and displays correctly) when the Toggle Agent Menu is open, while preserving existing global/context-specific shortcuts such as Language Servers and onboarding bindings outside Agent menu context. (#54420; thanks galuis116)
• Fixed Alt modifier key stuck after Alt-Tab on Windows. Modifier state is now synchronized when the window regains focus, ensuring correct key interpretation after window switching. (#52220; thanks HuaGu-Dragon)
• Fixed an issue where committing agent-written code would sometimes not mark edits as accepted. (#53884)
• Fixed an issue where holding the modifiers used in editor::AcceptEditPrediction would cause the code action menu to disappear. (#54194)
• Fixed an issue where incorrect project paths would be displayed on the welcome tab. (#54056)
• Fixed an issue where token estimation would be incorrect in cases where the thread contained downscaled images. (#54357; thanks dastrobu)
• Fixed an outline panel issue where the pin/unpin tooltip could show stale text after toggling. (#54310; thanks galuis116)
• Fixed archiving an agent thread deleting linked git worktrees the user created outside of Zed's managed worktrees directory. (#53991)
• Fixed auto indent leaving trailing whitespace on blank indented lines when creating new lines. (#52628; thanks GoncaloAleixo4)
• Fixed cmd-e on macOS to work when seed_search_query_from_cursor has been changed. (#54451)
• Fixed completion ordering when two items are otherwise tied and only differ by case, so typing a now prefers abc over ABC (and typing A prefers ABC over abc). (#54072; thanks foretoo)
• Fixed creating a new file from the project panel context menu in empty local projects. (#53947; thanks DevDonzo)
• Fixed Ctrl+Right and related word movement shortcuts failing to skip over folded ranges and @mention chips. (#53979)
• Fixed ctrl-delete keybinding in the terminal. (#51726; thanks injust)
• Fixed extension language servers not starting when Zed launches with files already open from a restored session. (#51308; thanks Dnreikronos)
• Fixed heading sizes in the markdown preview to correctly reflect the H1–H6 size hierarchy, matching standard markdown renderers. (#54374; thanks saberoueslati)
• Fixed hover popovers sometimes briefly appearing after the hover already ended. (#53168; thanks timvermeulen)
• Fixed inconsistent keybinding hint casing in the outline panel ("Toggle Panel With …") by using standard keybinding rendering. (#54307; thanks galuis116)
• Fixed inlay hints navigating to the wrong position. (#54048; thanks van-sprundel)
• Fixed issue on Linux X11 where you couldn't input the space key in some cases. (#53903)
• Fixed issue where Mistral models errored out with "Tool call id has to be defined" when using tools. (#54058)
• Fixed JSON schema downloads ignoring Zed's proxy setting. (#53954; thanks DevDonzo)
• Fixed kernel discovery in the Python notebook editor. (#50978; thanks raideno)
• Fixed Node.js language servers failing with --user-data-dir on Windows. (#50767)
• Fixed onboarding UI scrollbar placement so the vertical scrollbar now appears at the right edge of the onboarding pane, while keeping onboarding content centered. (#54392; thanks galuis116)
• Fixed One Dark link_text not being italic. (#53220; thanks 0x5ea000000)
• Fixed outline panel becoming empty when switching focus to a Markdown Preview pane. (#54301)
• Fixed play button appearing in gutter for unsaved buffers where clicking it was a no-op. (#53195; thanks Dnreikronos)
• Fixed Python LSP servers (Pyright, Ruff, etc.) using the wrong workspace folder in uv/Poetry/PDM workspaces with multiple subprojects. (#53781; thanks space192)
• Fixed remote terminals incorrectly trying to change to a local home directory. (#53071; thanks pepyakin)
• Fixed save dialog defaulting to dependency directories (e.g. .venv/, node_modules/) after using Go to Definition, when those directories are configured as read_only_files. (#53100; thanks pdrgds)
• Fixed shortcut label alignment in the Recent Projects quick-switch footer by rendering action rows with a consistent two-column layout (label left, keybinding right) for "Add Local Folders" and "Add Remote Folder". (#54325; thanks galuis116)
• Fixed sticky headers sometimes obscuring the current row. (#53165; thanks timvermeulen)
• Fixed system clipboard being overwritten when pasting over a visual selection with Cmd-V/Ctrl-V in vim mode. (#52948; thanks Dnreikronos)
• Fixed terminal bar and underline cursors set via escape sequences not visually distinguishing between focused and unfocused states. (#53713; thanks Dnreikronos)
• Fixed terminal child processes surviving after closing Zed by sending SIGTERM synchronously on terminal drop. (#53107; thanks Dnreikronos)
• Fixed terminal path detection for paths inside parentheses without preceding space (e.g. Update(path) or Write(path) patterns from CLI tool output). (#52222; thanks butvinm)
• Fixed the inline Git blame popover sometimes appearing after opening a modal. (#52525; thanks timvermeulen)
• Fixed tsgo LSP. (#54201; thanks neo773)
• Fixed various instances of hint-level diagnostics using the color designated for info. (#54046; thanks vonEdfa)
• Fixed vim search (/) stealing focus from the Agent panel when a file is open in the editor. (#54012)
• Fixed YAML language server settings (like customTags) being ignored, causing valid tags to show as errors. (#54148)
• Fixed Git graph commit detail header to now use "1 Changed File" when exactly one file changed, and "N Changed Files" otherwise, instead of always saying "Changed Files". (#54284; thanks galuis116)
• Fixed editor rendering behind sticky scroll headers while using a transparent theme. (#54465)
• Fixed menu::SecondaryConfirm doing nothing when executing a command generated by the terminal inline assistant. (#48764)
• Fixed edit predictions polluting the completions menu with unrelated snippets (e.g. Unicode symbols) when show_in_completions_menu is disabled. (#50403; thanks Dnreikronos)
• Fixed rules files (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, .rules, etc.) sometimes not being applied in agent threads. (#53659; thanks AJenbo)
• Fixed GitHub Copilot re-prompting for authentication after filesystem rescan events. (#53659; thanks AJenbo)
• Fixed git commits editor not respecting soft wrap boundaries. (#54051)
• Fixed a crash in certain scenarios when opening Markdown Preview with GIFs. (#53459; thanks davidalecrim1)

Breaking Changes and Notices

• Settings: Removed "soft_wrap": "preferred_line_length" in favor of "soft_wrap": "bounded". Soft wrap now always respects editor width when it's enabled. (#54051)