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Velocity5.0

High-performance multiplayer code editor built in Rust

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Zed ships weekly across AI, git, and language tooling — cadence is the product.

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◆Current state
Zed releases every week with a consistent spread: new AI model integrations, git workflow improvements, editor features, and platform fixes. Recent weeks added tabular CSV previews, call hierarchy support, an ask_user agent form tool, and explicit support for GPT-5.6, Gemini 3.5–3.7, and Grok 4.5–4.6. The release pace is fast enough that any given week's headline risks being overshadowed by the next one.
◆Where it's heading
The editor is increasingly built around agentic workflows — sandboxed terminal tools, compaction settings, multi-model routing, and agent panel polish all point in the same direction. Each weekly release extends either the model surface or the tooling surface; rarely does a release pull back. The Guild community model is also accelerating contributions across language support, Vim/Helix modes, and platform-specific fixes.
◆Prediction
Expect deeper agent orchestration primitives — spawning subagents, managing long sessions, multi-file editing with rollback. The ask_user tool and agent.compaction_model setting are the earliest visible signals of that direction.

◆Recent moves

  1. 6d ago

    Zed 1.19.2: Call hierarchy, git multi-select, and project search on type

    1.19.2 adds call hierarchy, multi-select in the git panel, automatic language detection, and project search-on-type by default — a broad functional sweep that advances both language tooling and everyday editor UX.

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  2. 11d ago

    Zed 1.18.1

    1.18.1 is a targeted patch: AltGr input on Windows terminals, a go-to-definition edge case, dev container env var logging, and an OpenCode Go request fix. Nothing user-facing for most developers.

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  3. 13d ago

    Zed 1.18.0: Gemini 3.7 Flash, Grok 4.6, inline C/C++ debugger values

    1.18.0 adds five new AI models (GPT-5.6 Bedrock 1M context, Gemini 3.5–3.7, Grok 4.5–4.6), inline debugger values for C/C++, and persistent file finder history — the model roster is expanding faster than any single model can be evaluated, but the routing infrastructure keeps absorbing them cleanly.

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  4. 20d ago

    Zed 1.17.2: CSV/TSV table previews and an ask_user tool for AI agents

    1.17.2 ships tabular data previews for CSV/TSV/PSV/SSV with sortable columns, value filtering, and right-click copy — a genuine new surface pushing Zed into light data inspection. The ask_user agent tool (selectable options, free-text forms) extends agentic workflows toward interactive mid-task prompting.

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  5. 21d ago

    Zed 1.16.3

    1.16.3 patches a single crash in the git panel tree view when collapsed sections were active. Narrow fix, no user-visible behavior changes beyond the crash.

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  6. 22d ago

    Zed 1.16.2

    1.16.2 closes a filesystem sandbox escape in extensions and fixes GitHub Copilot Enterprise Cloud routing. Security-relevant but invisible to users not hitting those specific edge cases.

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