# Zed v1.16.1

- Product: Zed (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/zed)
- Vendor: Zed Industries
- Date: 2026-08-19
- Version: v1.16.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.16.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/zed/releases/v1.16.1

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- **added** — Add Gemini 3.6 Flash to the Google AI models
- **added** — Add Claude Opus 5, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Kimi K3, Grok 4.6, and Muse Spark 1.2 to OpenCode Zen
- **added** — Add Kimi K3, Grok 4.5, Hy3, GPT 5.6 Luna, Qwen 3.8 Max, and GLM 5.3 to OpenCode Go
- **changed** — Improve the terminal tool's ability to target project subdirectories
- **changed** — Improve Agent Panel terminals to shrink after being cleared
- **added** — Add an optional message prompt when stashing changes
- **added** — Add Copy Path and Copy Relative Path options to the Git Panel context menu
- **added** — Add the gutter.git_gutter_width setting to the Settings UI with default and custom options
- **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
- **changed** — Improve navigation of wide Markdown tables by adding horizontal scrollbars
- **added** — Add terminal.starts_open to control whether the Terminal Panel opens automatically in new workspaces
- **changed** — Improve Mermaid diagrams with zooming and horizontal scrolling in the Markdown Preview and Agent Panel
- **added** — Add frame-rendering performance data to the diagnostics Zed collects when telemetry is enabled
- **changed** — Improve loading spinners to rotate in phase with one another
- **changed** — Improve the Text Finder by highlighting queries as regular expressions when the regex filter is enabled
- **changed** — Make grouped change sections in the Git Panel collapsible
- **changed** — Improve memory usage on Linux
- **fixed** — Fix a bug where update checks for extension-provided language servers could get stuck on flaky internet connections
- **fixed** — Fix directional focus navigation into the Git Panel's History tab

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))
- Added Claude Opus 5, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Kimi K3, Grok 4.6, and Muse Spark 1.2 to OpenCode Zen. ([#61199](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61199); thanks [Vlaaaaaaad](https://github.com/Vlaaaaaaad))
- Added Kimi K3, Grok 4.5, Hy3, GPT 5.6 Luna, Qwen 3.8 Max, and GLM 5.3 to OpenCode Go. ([#61199](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61199); thanks [Vlaaaaaaad](https://github.com/Vlaaaaaaad))
- 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))
- Added the `gutter.git_gutter_width` setting to the Settings UI with default (font-size-scaled) and custom (fixed pixel width) options. ([#62813](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62813))

###### 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))
- 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))
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