Zed v1.24.2 and 1.25.0-pre: context compaction for external agents, 33% smaller binaries
Zed Industries
Zed v1.24.2 (Oct 14, latest stable) adds Git tag creation, a side-by-side zed --diff view, drag-and-drop of Terminal tabs into the Agent Panel, and File Finder query pre-fill. Pre-release v1.25.0-pre adds auto-unfolding of code on jump and context compaction for external agents, adds Gemini 4 Argon, GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5.5 via Amazon Bedrock, and cuts binary size roughly 33% on macOS and 28% on Windows.
Why it matters
Context compaction for external agents means third-party agents (not just Zed's own) now work inside long Zed sessions.
Importance: 2/5
notable update (minor version with real changes)
Sources
official
zed-industries/zed GitHub releases