# Zed v1.18.0-pre

- Product: Zed (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/zed)
- Vendor: Zed Industries
- Date: 2026-08-26
- Version: v1.18.0-pre
- Original notes: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.18.0-pre
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/zed/releases/v1.18.0-pre
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Added support for GPT-5.6's 1M-token context window on Amazon Bedrock
- **added** — Added Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite to the Google AI models
- **added** — Added Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.6 to the xAI models
- **added** — Added the ability to reload a broken external agent connection from the Agent Panel without restarting Zed
- **added** — Added the configurable edit_predictions.<provider>.prediction_debounce setting for inline completions
- **added** — Added settings autocomplete for the OpenAI subscription language model provider
- **changed** — Improved language model connection errors by identifying the unreachable host
- **added** — Added permalink support for Tangled repositories
- **added** — Added the git: toggle diff base action to toggle the diff base between HEAD and the default branch
- **changed** — Improved the Git Graph and Git history views to initially focus the search editor
- **changed** — Improved the Git Panel's Discard Tracked Changes option to affect only files within the directory where its context menu was opened
- **added** — Added inline values for C and C++ when debugging with CodeLLDB or GDB
- **added** — Added separate Continue Program and Continue Thread controls for debug adapters that support single-thread execution
- **changed** — Improved Markdown preview styling with better typography, spacing, and rounded inline code backgrounds
- **added** — Added support for configuring Bash Language Server through lsp.bash-language-server.settings
- **changed** — Improved the tabular data preview by moving its settings into a popover, freeing more vertical space for the table
- **added** — Added terminal support for ctrl-alt-<letter> keystrokes
- **changed** — Improved rendering performance by prewarming font match caches
- **changed** — Improved rasterization performance by caching glyphs after measuring bounds
- **changed** — Improved file finder history to include recently opened files from previous sessions

This week's release includes refreshed Markdown preview styling, inline debugger values for C and C++, and File Finder history that persists across workspace sessions.

##### Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️

- Fixed the inline assistant doing nothing when the model emitted reasoning before its tool call. ([#61220](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61220); thanks [aviatesk](https://github.com/aviatesk))
- Fixed some Pyright and BasedPyright settings not being applied properly. ([#62673](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62673); thanks [lingyaochu](https://github.com/lingyaochu))
- Fixed bookmarks not disappearing from the gutter immediately after clearing all bookmarks. ([#62847](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62847); thanks [austincummings](https://github.com/austincummings))
- Fixed the LSP status tooltip to display the target script path for runtime-managed language servers. ([#62919](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62919); thanks [lingyaochu](https://github.com/lingyaochu))

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

##### Features

###### AI

- Added support for GPT-5.6's 1M-token context window on Amazon Bedrock. ([#63069](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/63069); thanks [5herlocked](https://github.com/5herlocked))
- Added Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite to the Google AI models. ([#63129](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/63129); thanks [ArneshBanerjee](https://github.com/ArneshBanerjee))
- Added Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.6 to the xAI models. ([#63234](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/63234))
- Added the ability to reload a broken external agent connection from the Agent Panel without restarting Zed. ([#62669](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62669); thanks [gaojunran](https://github.com/gaojunran))
- Added the configurable `edit_predictions.<provider>.prediction_debounce` setting for inline completions. ([#61568](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61568); thanks [ddeityy](https://github.com/ddeityy))
- Added settings autocomplete for the OpenAI subscription language model provider. ([#62989](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62989))
- Improved language model connection errors by identifying the unreachable host. ([#62990](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62990))

###### Git

- Added permalink support for [Tangled](https://tangled.org/) repositories. ([#63051](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/63051))
- Added the `git: toggle diff base` action to toggle the diff base between `HEAD` and the default branch. ([#62966](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62966))
- Improved the Git Graph and Git history views to initially focus the search editor. ([#63002](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/63002))
- Improved the Git Panel's “Discard Tracked Changes” option to affect only files within the directory where its context menu was opened. ([#62872](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62872))

###### Debugger

- Added inline values for C and C++ when debugging with CodeLLDB or GDB. ([#46705](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/46705); thanks [xcb3d](https://github.com/xcb3d))
- Added separate Continue Program and Continue Thread controls for debug adapters that support single-thread execution. ([#63135](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/63135))

###### Languages

- Improved Markdown preview styling with better typography, spacing, and rounded inline code backgrounds. ([#63118](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/63118); thanks [archcorsair](https://github.com/archcorsair))
- Added support for configuring Bash Language Server through `lsp.bash-language-server.settings`. ([#57487](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/57487); thanks [CathalMullan](https://github.com/CathalMullan))
- Improved the tabular data preview by moving its settings into a popover, freeing more vertical space for the table. ([#62812](https://github.

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