Zed 1.15.0

Zed 1.15.0 is here — and this week's drop from the Zed Guild is a feature-packed one. Released on August 12, 2026, it brings a new Git diff base setting, drag-and-drop file exporting, and fresh web-dev superpowers.

Git Goodness

Meet git.diff_base — choose whether editor gutters, file-status colors, and diffs compare against HEAD or against the default branch's merge base. There's also a new gutter.git_gutter_width setting to size those diff indicators, and it's all exposed as "Diff Against Default Branch" in the editor controls menu.

Drag & Drop Delight

Drag files straight from the Project Panel into external macOS apps, and on Linux Wayland too. Plus: the project switcher now lets you close the selected project and hop to a neighboring local or remote project in a single motion.

Web Dev Wins

• Linked editing for custom elements in JSX and TSX
• Emmet completions in return and arrow-function bodies
• A gentle nudge to install the windows-batch extension when opening .bat and .cmd files

Bug Bashes

Roughly 30 fixes landed, including an unbounded npm cache that could consume gigabytes of disk, an extra macOS window on CLI launch with session restore, Agent terminal commands hanging after a syntax error, and a memory leak when previewing repeatedly-updated images.

Breaking Bits

One heads-up: Copilot Chat authentication is now separated from edit predictions. Existing users will need to reauthenticate with Copilot after upgrading — a small price for a more robust provider setup.

Upgrade when you can — and if you're on the fence, the new diff-base setting alone is worth the download.