AI dialog unexpectedly shut down

[somewheve]

Reproduction steps

open first project A which set to

{
"agent": { "enabled": true }
} 

then open a project on a new windows which set to

{
"agent": { "enabled": false }
}

the first project'agent function will be close , I can't see the AI ​​dialog

I believe this is a bug.

Current vs. Expected behavior

The AI ​​functionality of the first window should be retained.

Zed version and system specs

version: Zed v1.11.3 (2026-07-15) win11 amd64 32GB

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]

Additional recent context for triagers

Possibly related open issues:

• Support for project settings to enable/disable/control AI features #16156 — Issue Support for project settings to enable/disable/control AI features #16156 explicitly tracks that agent.* settings (including agent.enabled) cannot be properly configured via project settings. The new issue is a concrete symptom: opening a second project with agent.enabled: false disables the agent panel in the first project's window, indicating the setting is applied globally rather than per-project. Both issues stem from project-scoped agent settings not being isolated per workspace.
  • Possible shared root cause: Project-level agent.enabled (and other AI settings) not being properly scoped per-project/window, causing cross-project settings bleed

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[miguelraz]

This shares the root cause of the duplicate issue - the initial design of disabling features (such as AI and the agent panel) chose global priority to disable the surprise factor of nested settings overriding the global preference.