This has lots of benefits, but mainly allows users to uninstall agents.
Release Notes:
- N/A
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Co-authored-by: Anthony Eid <hello@anthonyeid.me>
Co-authored-by: cameron <cameron.studdstreet@gmail.com>
Use a separate `display_name` field (distinct from `server_name`) so
that session titles show a human-readable name. For custom agents this
resolves to the configured display name; for built-ins it falls back to
the server name.
Release Notes:
- N/A
Removes the feature flag around listing and loading existing sessions
for external agents.
Release Notes
- acp: Expose session history for all external agents that support it.
Co-authored-by: Bennet Bo Fenner <bennetbo@gmx.de>
## Summary
This PR extends the `always_allow` tool permission patterns to work with
Nushell, Elvish, and Rc shells. Previously, these shells were
incorrectly excluded because they don't use `&&`/`||` operators for
command chaining. However, brush-parser can safely parse their command
syntax since they all use `;` for sequential execution.
## Changes
- Add `ShellKind::Nushell`, `ShellKind::Elvish`, and `ShellKind::Rc` to
`supports_posix_chaining()`
- Split `ShellKind::Unknown` into `ShellKind::UnknownWindows` and
`ShellKind::UnknownUnix` to preserve platform-specific fallback behavior
while still denying `always_allow` patterns for unrecognized shells
- Add comprehensive tests for the new shell support
- Clarify documentation about shell compatibility
## Shell Notes
- **Nushell**: Uses `;` for sequential execution. The `and`/`or`
keywords are boolean operators on values, not command chaining.
- **Elvish**: Uses `;` to separate pipelines. Does not have `&&` or `||`
operators. Its `and`/`or` are special commands operating on values.
- **Rc (Plan 9)**: Uses `;` for sequential execution and `|` for piping.
Does not have `&&`/`||` operators.
## Security
Unknown shells still return `false` from `supports_posix_chaining()`, so
`always_allow` patterns are denied for safety when we can't verify the
shell's syntax.
(No release notes because granular tool permissions are still
feature-flagged.)
Release Notes:
- N/A
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Co-authored-by: Zed Zippy <234243425+zed-zippy[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
- **title_bar: Extract platform_title_bar from title_bar**
- **file_finder no longer depends on search and agent_servers no longer
depend on language_models**
Release Notes:
- N/A
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Co-authored-by: Zed Zippy <234243425+zed-zippy[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
We might interface with the LSP using URL heres across remotes that have
differing path styles which then breaks every now and then when we have
windows to unix connections. This should helps us fix these occurences
more correctly
Release Notes:
- N/A *or* Added/Fixed/Improved ...
This is behind the beta flag. But some agents don't support a full load
flow, but rather just a resume from the current state of the session.
They don't emit notifications for past thread messages, which isn't
ideal, but the user can at least resume their work without completely
losing it.
We use it as a fallback if the agent doesn't support loading only, and
signal to the user that they won't be able to see previous messages.
Release Notes:
- N/A
Before we were checking it even if you weren't using registry agents.
Now happens less frfrequently, and only when you are actually using
registry agents.
Release Notes:
- N/A
This is still behind a feature flag as the registry is still WIP, but
allows downloading binary agents from the registry on github.
Release Notes:
- N/A
This makes sure all of the new granular permission logic and ui only
applies to the zed agent and doesn't affect the UI of external agents.
Release Notes:
- N/A
Closes #ISSUE
Moves the settings content definitions into their own crate, so that
they are compiled+cached separately from settings, primarily to avoid
recompiles due to changes in gpui. In that vain many gpui types such as
font weight/features, and `SharedString` were replaced in the content
crate, either with `*Content` types for font/modifier things, or
`String`/`Arc<str>` for `SharedString`. To make the conversions easy a
new trait method in the settings crate named `IntoGpui::into_gpui`
allows for `into()` like conversions to the gpui types in
`from_settings` impls.
Release Notes:
- N/A
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Co-authored-by: Piotr Osiewicz <24362066+osiewicz@users.noreply.github.com>
Closes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/34402
Release Notes:
- MCP servers can now be run on the remote server when using remote
development. This can be enabled by setting the `"remote": true`
property in the settings entry for the MCP server.
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Co-authored-by: localcc <kate@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Lukas Wirth <me@lukaswirth.dev>
Feature flagged for now as we test this out with actual agents to see if
we need to provide any more feedback to the RFD before committing to the
current setup.
Release Notes:
- N/A
### Closes
- Maybe https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/38252 (there might
be something going on with NPX too)
- Also addresses
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/39021#issuecomment-3644818347
### Why
Some more involved MCP servers timeout often, especially on first setup.
I got tired of having to set timeouts manually per server. I also
noticed a timeout could not be set for http context servers, which
causes Context7 or GitHub's remote servers to timeout at 60s sometimes.
### Overview
MCP Timeout Configuration Feature
This PR adds additional configurable timeout settings for Model Context
Protocol servers including a global timeout and the addition of timeouts
for http servers, addressing issues where servers were timing out after
a fixed 60 seconds regardless of user needs.
**Key Features:**
- **Global timeout setting** (`context_server_timeout`) - default
timeout for all MCP servers (default: 60s, max: 10min)
- **Per-server timeout overrides** - individual servers can specify
custom timeouts via `timeout` field
- **Precedence hierarchy** - per-server timeout > global timeout >
default (60s)
- **Automatic bounds checking** - enforces 10-minute maximum to prevent
resource exhaustion
- **Support for both transports** - works with stdio and HTTP-based
context servers
- **Comprehensive test coverage** - 3 new tests validating global,
override, and stdio timeout behavior
- **Full backward compatibility** - existing configurations work
unchanged with sensible defaults
### Release Notes:
- Added the ability to configure timeouts for context server tool calls.
The new global `context_server_timeout` setting controls the default
timeout (default is 60s, max: 10min). Additionally, per-server timeouts
can be configured using the `timeout` field within servers defined in
the `"context_servers" setting
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Co-authored-by: Ben Kunkle <ben@zed.dev>
Closes#45211
This ensures that all sub-processes that were launched by the ACP server
are terminated. One scenario where this is easily reproducible:
- Start a new Claude Code ACP session
- Submit a prompt
- While Claude-code is still responding, start a new session
- The `claude-code` subprocess is leaked from the previous session (The
Claude-code SDK runs the Claude-code binary in a sub process)
This PR fixes this by using process groups on Unix.
It does not fix the process leaks on Windows yet (will follow up with
another PR)
Release Notes:
- Fixed an issue where subprocesses of ACP servers could be leaked after
starting a new session
This PR adds the ability to favorite models for external agents—writing
to the settings in the `agent_servers` key—as well as a handful of other
improvements:
- Make the cycling keybinding `alt-enter` work for the inline assistant
as well as previous user messages
- Better organized the keybinding files removing some outdated
agent-related keybinding definitions
- Renamed the inline assistant key context to "InlineAssistant" as
"PromptEditor" is old and confusing
- Made the keybindings to rate an inline assistant response visible in
the thumbs up/down button's tooltip
- Created a unified component for the model selector tooltip given we
had 3 different places creating the same element
- Make the "Cycle Favorited Models" row in the tooltip visible only if
there is more than one favorite models
Release Notes:
- agent: External agents also now support the favoriting model feature,
which comes with a handy keybinding to cycle through the favorite list.
### Summary:
- Ensure the external agents with ACP servers start via non-interactive
shells to prevent shell startup noise from corrupting JSON-RPC.
- Apply the same tweak to MCP stdio transports so remote context servers
aren’t affected by prompts or greetings.
### Description:
Switch both ACP and MCP stdio launch paths to call
`ShellBuilder::non_interactive()` before building the command. This
removes `-i` on POSIX shells, suppressing prompt/title sequences that
previously prefixed the first JSON line and caused `serde_json` parse
failures. No functional regressions are expected: both code paths only
need a shell for Windows/npm script compatibility, not for
interactivity.
Release Notes:
- Fixed external agents that hung on “Loading…” when shell startup
output broke JSON-RPC initialization.
We were defining these in multiple places and also weren't leveraging
the ids the agents were already providing.
This should make sure we use them consistently and avoid issues in the
future.
Release Notes:
- N/A
Uses the latest version of the SDK + schema crate. A bit painful because
we needed to move to `#[non_exhaustive]` on all of these structs/enums,
but will be much easier going forward.
Also, since we depend on unstable features, I am pinning the version so
we don't accidentally introduce compilation errors from other update
cycles.
Release Notes:
- N/A
This allows you to specify default_model and default_mode for ACP
extensions, e.g.
```
"auggie": {
"default_model": "gpt-5",
"default_mode": "default",
"type": "extension"
},
```
Release Notes:
- Added support for specifying settings for ACP extensions
(`default_mode`, `default_model`)
This PR builds on top of the `default_mode` feature where it was
possible to set an external agent mode as the default if you held a
modifier while clicking on the desired option. Now, if you want to have,
for example, Haiku as your default Claude Code model, you can do that.
This feature adds parity between external agents and Zed's built-in one,
which already supported this feature for a little while.
Note: This still doesn't work with external agents installed from
extensions. At the moment, this is limited to Claude Code, Codex, and
Gemini—the ones we include out of the box.
Release Notes:
- agent: Added the ability to set a model as the default for a given
built-in external agent (Claude Code, Codex CLI, or Gemini CLI).
### What this solves
This PR adds support for HTTP and SSE (Server-Sent Events) transports to
Zed's context server implementation, enabling communication with remote
MCP servers. Currently, Zed only supports local MCP servers via stdio
transport. This limitation prevents users from:
- Connecting to cloud-hosted MCP servers
- Using MCP servers running in containers or on remote machines
- Leveraging MCP servers that are designed to work over HTTP/SSE
### Why it's important
The MCP (Model Context Protocol) specification includes HTTP/SSE as
standard transport options, and many MCP server implementations are
being built with these transports in mind. Without this support, Zed
users are limited to a subset of the MCP ecosystem. This is particularly
important for:
- Enterprise users who need to connect to centralized MCP services
- Developers working with MCP servers that require network isolation
- Users wanting to leverage cloud-based context providers (e.g.,
knowledge bases, API integrations)
### Implementation approach
The implementation follows Zed's existing architectural patterns:
- **Transports**: Added `HttpTransport` and `SseTransport` to the
`context_server` crate, built on top of the existing `http_client` crate
- **Async handling**: Uses `gpui::spawn` for network operations instead
of introducing a new Tokio runtime
- **Settings**: Extended `ContextServerSettings` enum with a `Remote`
variant to support URL-based configuration
- **UI**: Updated the agent configuration UI with an "Add Remote Server"
option and dedicated modal for remote server management
### Changes included
- [x] HTTP transport implementation with request/response handling
- [x] SSE transport for server-sent events streaming
- [x] `build_transport` function to construct appropriate transport
based on URL scheme
- [x] Settings system updates to support remote server configuration
- [x] UI updates for adding/editing remote servers
- [x] Unit tests using `FakeHttpClient` for both transports
- [x] Integration tests (WIP)
- [x] Documentation updates (WIP)
### Testing
- Unit tests for both `HttpTransport` and `SseTransport` using mocked
HTTP client
- Manual testing with example MCP servers over HTTP/SSE
- Settings validation and UI interaction testing
### Screenshots/Recordings
[TODO: Add screenshots of the new "Add Remote Server" UI and
configuration modal]
### Example configuration
Users can now configure remote MCP servers in their `settings.json`:
```json
{
"context_servers": {
"my-remote-server": {
"enabled": true,
"url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp"
}
}
}
```
### AI assistance disclosure
I used AI to help with:
- Understanding the MCP protocol specification and how HTTP/SSE
transports should work
- Reviewing Zed's existing patterns for async operations and suggesting
consistent approaches
- Generating boilerplate for test cases
- Debugging SSE streaming issues
All code has been manually reviewed, tested, and adapted to fit Zed's
architecture. The core logic, architectural decisions, and integration
with Zed's systems were done with human understanding of the codebase.
AI was primarily used as a reference tool and for getting unstuck on
specific technical issues.
Release notes:
* You can now configure MCP Servers that connect over HTTP in your
settings file. These are not yet available in the extensions API.
```
{
"context_servers": {
"my-remote-server": {
"enabled": true,
"url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp"
}
}
}
```
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Co-authored-by: Conrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com>
As discussed with @benbrandt and @mikayla-maki:
* We now tell ACP clients we support the nonstandard `terminal-auth`
`_meta` field for terminal-based authentication
* In the future, we anticipate ACP itself supporting *some* form of
terminal-based authentication, but that hasn't been designed yet or gone
through the RFD process
* For now, this unblocks terminal-based auth
Release Notes:
- Added experimental terminal-based authentication to ACP support
Updates to acp crate 0.7, which allows us to send information about the
client to the Agent.
In the future, we can also use the AgentInfo on the response for
internal metrics.
Release Notes:
- N/A
