Fetch doesn't work if i don't restart Zed

[paterkleomenis]

Reproduction steps

1. Fetch
2. Restart Zed

Current vs. Expected behavior

I fetch and nothing happens unless i restart Zed.

Zed version and system specs

Zed: v1.8.2+stable (Zed)
OS: Linux Wayland arch unknown
Memory: 15.4 GiB
Architecture: x86_64
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 || NVIDIA || 610.43.02

Attach Zed log file

Zed.log

Relevant Zed settings

settings.json

Relevant Keymap

keymap.json

(for AI issues) Model provider details

No response

If you are using WSL on Windows, what flavor of Linux are you using?

No response

[zed-community-bot]

This issue appears to be a duplicate of:

• Project Panel content isn’t updated automatically #53901

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Why were these issues selected?

#53901: Issue #53901 describes the Project Panel not updating when files are created/modified outside of Zed (e.g., by external commands or build steps), requiring a restart to see changes. The new issue reports that after running a git fetch, the results are not reflected in Zed until it is restarted — the same stale-refresh symptom with the same trigger pattern (external filesystem change not picked up automatically).

Shared root cause: Project Panel / worktree does not automatically refresh to reflect filesystem changes made by external git operations

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[eibrahim95]

Yes, happens with me as well on Linux, X11

[miguelraz]

Hey @paterkleomenis - we'll need a much more detailed description and logs to drive this issue to an actionable state.

What do you mean precisely by fetch? Is it the autoinstaller or git fetch inside a git repo?

What does the screen look like before you take the action? How are you taking it? What does it show afterwards? Are there any records of any log files to document the failure mode?

[eibrahim95]

@miguelraz It is git fetch, so basically click on fetch button in the git panel, if there are remote changes, it is expected that the fetch button becomes pull, that doesn't happen.
I'll try to get you logs as well, is there a documentations on how to get logs?

[paterkleomenis]

@miguelraz It is git fetch, so basically click on fetch button in the git panel, if there are remote changes, it is expected that the fetch button becomes pull, that doesn't happen.
I'll try to get you logs as well, is there a documentations on how to get logs?

Exactly this

[eibrahim95]

Interesting, it is working now, not sure if it was because of inotify limits or some thing similar, I'll keep monitoring and report back, If it happens again.

Thanks

[miguelraz]

@eibrahim95 If you have an open source repo + commit where this happens, that would help the best for replicating the bug.

Also, can you please share the output of git --version and make sure it's updated?

[eibrahim95]

My repo is not open source unfortunately
git version 2.47.3
Something is diffidently wrong with the git panel, currently it is showing changes, but there are no changes.

vokoscreenNG-2026-07-01_12-05-49.mp4

[paterkleomenis]

@eibrahim95 If you have an open source repo + commit where this happens, that would help the best for replicating the bug.

Also, can you please share the output of git --version and make sure it's updated?

[pater@kleomenis ~]$ git --version
git version 2.55.0

[eibrahim95]

Zed thinks there is something to push, when there isn't