Zed 0.217.1 released
There's fresh excitement around Zed, particularly with Vim users. One welcome touch is command palette history; it remembers your past commands so you can easily dig them up again. This is super handy if you're reusing complex actions often.
Digging deeper into the AI side, the agent panel has gotten smarter. Now when you paste code into it, Zed automatically figures out what context that snippet belongs to from its surroundings, let's say elsewhere on your screen or tabs. It also shows extension agents with their actual names in the menu.
Performance and power are up another notch thanks to Grok 4.1 Fast models. These boast a massive 2M token context window, bringing full vision capabilities onboard. This builds directly upon the existing Grok integration but makes things smoother, especially for users who need that extra context length previously available only via xAI providers. And yes, image support is included across all the Grok 4 models, too.
Git integration keeps moving forward nicely. The "Let's Git Together" push has seen real results: they shipped 54 community PRs and cleared 182 issues so far. Currently, attention is turning towards finishing that specific goal of closing the remaining 182 issues within nine weeks from where they are.
Related to that, Zed makes your Git conflicts clearer. Branch names replace the cryptic HEAD/ORIGIN references, making it easier during merges. The focus shifts directly to unresolved merge conflicts in those files, and you can see commit history without visual clutter from breakpoints.
Elsewhere, things feel smoother too. Edit predictions are faster or at least working better; the recent projects picker is likely more reliable now. Search results show matches with greater clarity, and remote development feels less heavy-footed thanks to general efficiency gains. Even the settings for preview tabs got some attention to allow finer control.
And it's not just about speed; reliability is key too. This release includes a significant number of bug fixes that address crashes, memory leaks, performance slowdowns, and other issues in various parts of the app. macOS users specifically benefited from LSP-related fixes that improved their experience; additionally, enhanced error reporting on GPU initialization makes troubleshooting easier for all users.
Finally, Zed's been tidying up its codebase by removing deprecated features tied to old collaboration tools. Keybindings will need updating for those affected; it means they're keeping the API lean and focused purely on current functionality now.
Release Zed v0.217.1
This week's release includes command palette history, git remotes support, branch names on git conflict buttons, automatic file context detection when pasting code into the agent panel, Grok 4.1 Fast models.
