# Zed v1.16.0-pre

- Product: Zed (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/zed)
- Vendor: Zed Industries
- Date: 2026-08-12
- Version: v1.16.0-pre
- Original notes: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.16.0-pre
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/zed/releases/v1.16.0-pre
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Add Gemini 3.6 Flash to the Google AI models
- **added** — Add optional message prompt when stashing changes in Git Panel
- **added** — Add Copy Path and Copy Relative Path options to the Git Panel context menu
- **added** — Add support for using tab and shift-tab to navigate the code actions menu in Helix mode
- **added** — Add highlighting for Python dunder variables via attribute.special in themes
- **added** — Add suggestion to install the windows-batch extension when opening .bat and .cmd files
- **added** — Add terminal.starts_open setting to control whether the Terminal Panel opens automatically in new workspaces
- **added** — Add frame-rendering performance data to diagnostics when telemetry is enabled
- **changed** — Make Git Panel grouped change sections collapsible
- **changed** — Improve the terminal tool's ability to target project subdirectories
- **changed** — Improve Agent Panel terminals to shrink after being cleared
- **changed** — Improve navigation of wide Markdown tables by adding horizontal scrollbars
- **changed** — Improve Mermaid diagrams with zooming and horizontal scrolling in Markdown Preview and Agent Panel
- **changed** — Improve loading spinners to rotate in phase with one another
- **changed** — Improve Text Finder by highlighting queries as regular expressions when the regex filter is enabled
- **changed** — Improve memory usage on Linux
- **fixed** — Fix update checks for extension-provided language servers getting stuck on flaky internet connections
- **fixed** — Fix directional focus navigation into the Git Panel's History tab
- **fixed** — Fix language server RPC logs displaying untimed requests beneath an unrelated response's duration header
- **fixed** — Fix word movement and selection stopping on the wrong side of punctuation

This week's release includes Gemini 3.6 Flash support, collapsible grouped changes and optional stash messages in the Git Panel, zooming and horizontal scrolling for Mermaid diagrams, and a new setting for controlling whether the Terminal Panel opens automatically in new workspaces.

##### Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

- Improved Git Panel organization by making grouped change sections collapsible. ([#62441](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62441); thanks [chirivelli](https://github.com/chirivelli))
- Linux: Improved memory usage. ([#62192](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62192); thanks [tidely](https://github.com/tidely))
- Fixed a bug where update checks for extension-provided language servers could get stuck on flaky internet connections. ([#62175](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62175); thanks [vitallium](https://github.com/vitallium))
- Fixed directional focus navigation into the Git Panel's History tab. ([#62215](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62215); thanks [feeiyu](https://github.com/feeiyu))
- Fixed language server RPC logs displaying untimed requests beneath an unrelated response's duration header. ([#61452](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61452); thanks [aviatesk](https://github.com/aviatesk))

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*Learn about the [Zed Guild](https://zed.dev/community/zed-guild).*

##### Features

###### AI

- Added Gemini 3.6 Flash to the Google AI models. ([#62010](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62010); thanks [ArneshBanerjee](https://github.com/ArneshBanerjee))
- Improved the terminal tool's ability to target project subdirectories. ([#59937](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59937); thanks [infogulch](https://github.com/infogulch))
- Improved Agent Panel terminals to shrink after being cleared. ([#62504](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62504))

###### Git

- Added an optional message prompt when stashing changes. ([#62439](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62439); thanks [Priyadharshan0903](https://github.com/Priyadharshan0903))
- Added `Copy Path` and `Copy Relative Path` options to the Git Panel context menu. ([#62352](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62352); thanks [Huliiiiii](https://github.com/Huliiiiii))

###### Vim / Helix

- Added support for using `tab` and `shift-tab` to navigate the code actions menu in Helix mode. ([#62356](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62356); thanks [Huliiiiii](https://github.com/Huliiiiii))

###### Languages

- Added highlighting for Python dunder variables via `attribute.special` in themes. ([#58158](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58158); thanks [allachance](https://github.com/allachance))
- Added a suggestion to install the `windows-batch` extension when opening `.bat` and `.cmd` files. ([#62363](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62363); thanks [pleahmacaka](https://github.com/pleahmacaka))
- Improved navigation of wide Markdown tables by adding horizontal scrollbars. ([#61745](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61745); thanks [Zeraphim](https://github.com/Zeraphim))

###### Terminal

- Added `terminal.starts_open` to control whether the Terminal Panel opens automatically in new workspaces. ([#54373](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/54373); thanks [jknlsn](https://github.com/jknlsn))

###### Other

- Improved Mermaid diagrams with zooming and horizontal scrolling in the Markdown Preview and Agent Panel. ([#62115](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62115))
- Added frame-rendering performance data to the diagnostics Zed collects when telemetry is enabled, helping identify stutters and dropped frames. ([#61871](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61871))
- Improved loading spinners to rotate in phase with one another. ([#62332](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62332))
- Improved the Text Finder by highlighting queries as regular expressions when the regex filter is enable

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