Closes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/52346 Given the parallel nature of subagents calls, it's possible that there is a subagent way out of view that's waiting for the user to give permissions. Right now, it's kind of hard to know this and you may think something wrong is happening given the thread generation isn't making any progress. This PR adds an "activity bar" to the thread view that displays subagents on a "waiting for confirmation" status. We display the subagent's summary label as well as allow clicking on it to quickly scrolling to that subagent. <img width="500" height="1100" alt="Screenshot 2026-03-25 at 10 09@2x" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/17d2d398-25fc-4660-85c2-bf66ec98c1f1" /> Release Notes: - Agent: Improved the experience of interacting with subagents waiting for confirmation.
Zed
Welcome to Zed, a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
Installation
On macOS, Linux, and Windows you can download Zed directly or install Zed via your local package manager (macOS/Linux/Windows).
Other platforms are not yet available:
- Web (tracking issue)
Developing Zed
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for ways you can contribute to Zed.
Also... we're hiring! Check out our jobs page for open roles.
Licensing
License information for third party dependencies must be correctly provided for CI to pass.
We use cargo-about to automatically comply with open source licenses. If CI is failing, check the following:
- Is it showing a
no license specifiederror for a crate you've created? If so, addpublish = falseunder[package]in your crate's Cargo.toml. - Is the error
failed to satisfy license requirementsfor a dependency? If so, first determine what license the project has and whether this system is sufficient to comply with this license's requirements. If you're unsure, ask a lawyer. Once you've verified that this system is acceptable add the license's SPDX identifier to theacceptedarray inscript/licenses/zed-licenses.toml. - Is
cargo-aboutunable to find the license for a dependency? If so, add a clarification field at the end ofscript/licenses/zed-licenses.toml, as specified in the cargo-about book.
Sponsorship
Zed is developed by Zed Industries, Inc., a for-profit company.
If you’d like to financially support the project, you can do so via GitHub Sponsors. Sponsorships go directly to Zed Industries and are used as general company revenue. There are no perks or entitlements associated with sponsorship.