v1.16.1

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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## 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))
- 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 enabled. ([#61128](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61128); thanks [apoorva-01](https://github.com/apoorva-01))

## Bug Fixes

- Fixed the terminal tool failing to block path traversal escapes. ([#59937](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59937); thanks [infogulch](https://github.com/infogulch))
- Fixed the terminal tool targeting absolute directories on Windows hosts connected to remote SSH or WSL projects. ([#59937](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59937); thanks [infogulch](https://github.com/infogulch))
- Fixed word movement and selection stopping on the wrong side of punctuation. ([#62224](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62224))
- Fixed IOPub connection failures over SSH on slow or unstable connections by retrying with exponential backoff. ([#62358](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62358); thanks [marsjane](https://github.com/marsjane) and [MostlyKIGuess](https://github.com/MostlyKIGuess) for the earlier implementation in [#52302](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/52302))
- Fixed `alt-shift` gestures potentially triggering standalone `shift` keybindings. ([#62036](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62036); thanks [terror](https://github.com/terror))
- Fixed `cmd-click` go-to-definition falling back to a references multibuffer when `lsp_results_location` was set to `picker`. ([#61187](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61187); thanks [savked](https://github.com/savked))
- Fixed a bug where expanding a "Context Compacted" message in the Agent Panel scrolled to the end of the thread instead of preserving the scroll position. ([#62210](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62210))
- Fixed a bug where renaming a symbol also renamed its file but left the open buffer at the old path. ([#61142](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61142); thanks [tnayuki](https://github.com/tnayuki))
- Fixed auto-indent occasionally using stale syntax after rapid edits. ([#62024](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62024))
- Fixed hover interactions not updating when interface elements moved beneath a stationary pointer. ([#62335](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62335))
- Fixed images not rendering in Markdown Preview over remote connections. ([#62490](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62490))
- Fixed Markdown previews not respecting the `scrollbar.show` setting. ([#60410](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/60410); thanks [akshitj11](https://github.com/akshitj11))
- Fixed Mermaid diagrams in Markdown previews when they used triple-tilde fences. ([#62257](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62257); thanks [KimSeogyu](https://github.com/KimSeogyu))
- Fixed Mermaid entity-relationship diagrams with multibyte attribute tokens failing to render. ([#62236](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62236))
- Fixed missing separators between OpenAI reasoning summaries. ([#62466](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62466))
- Fixed remote SFTP uploads for paths containing spaces. ([#62239](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62239); thanks [twitchyliquid64](https://github.com/twitchyliquid64))
- Fixed the error toast not appearing for malformed `tasks.json` files. ([#62387](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62387))
- Fixed Zed hanging when opening certain binary files, such as game assets and maps, that were misdetected as UTF-16 text. ([#61250](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61250); thanks [MillhioreBT](https://github.com/MillhioreBT))

## Breaking Changes and Notices

- Changed the default model for OpenAI subscription users to GPT-5.6 Sol. ([#62477](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62477))
- Removed OpenCode Free models from Zed's built-in OpenCode provider because they are only available through OpenCode surfaces, such as its external agent through ACP. ([#61199](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61199); thanks [Vlaaaaaaad](https://github.com/Vlaaaaaaad))
- Removed the deprecated Claude Opus 4.1 model from OpenCode Zen. ([#61199](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61199); thanks [Vlaaaaaaad](https://github.com/Vlaaaaaaad))