fix(editors): open remote projects in Zed (pingdotgg#11022)

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: maria-rcks

apps/desktop/src/electron/ElectronShell.test.ts

@@ -88,6 +88,33 @@ describe("ElectronShell", () => {
     }).pipe(Effect.provide(ElectronShell.layer)),
   );
 
+  it.effect("opens Zed's ssh deep link", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      openExternalMock.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+      const electronShell = yield* ElectronShell.ElectronShell;
+      const result = yield* electronShell.openExternal("zed://ssh/example.com/home/user/project");
+
+      assert.equal(result, true);
+      assert.deepEqual(openExternalMock.mock.calls, [["zed://ssh/example.com/home/user/project"]]);
+    }).pipe(Effect.provide(ElectronShell.layer)),
+  );
+
+  it.effect("does not open editor URLs that mix up link shapes", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      openExternalMock.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+      const electronShell = yield* ElectronShell.ElectronShell;
+      const results = yield* Effect.all([
+        electronShell.openExternal("zed://extension/attacker"),
+        electronShell.openExternal("vscode://ssh/example.com/home/user/project"),
+      ]);
+
+      assert.deepEqual(results, [false, false]);
+      assert.equal(openExternalMock.mock.calls.length, 0);
+    }).pipe(Effect.provide(ElectronShell.layer)),
+  );
+
   it.effect("does not open remote editor URLs with userinfo", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       openExternalMock.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
@@ -100,9 +127,10 @@ describe("ElectronShell", () => {
         electronShell.openExternal(
           "vscode://:secret@vscode-remote/ssh-remote+example.com/home/user/project",
         ),
+        electronShell.openExternal("zed://ssh/user@example.com/home/user/project"),
       ]);
 
-      assert.deepEqual(results, [false, false]);
+      assert.deepEqual(results, [false, false, false]);
       assert.equal(openExternalMock.mock.calls.length, 0);
     }).pipe(Effect.provide(ElectronShell.layer)),
   );

apps/desktop/src/electron/ElectronShell.ts

@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ const SYSTEM_SETTINGS_URLS: Record<SystemSettingsPane, string> = {
     "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.settings.PrivacySecurity.extension?Privacy_AllFiles",
 };
 
-// Remote open-in-editor deep links (`vscode://vscode-remote/ssh-remote+…`)
-// must reach the OS handler; every other non-web scheme stays blocked.
+// Remote open-in-editor deep links (`vscode://vscode-remote/ssh-remote+…`,
+// `zed://ssh/<host>/<path>`) must reach the OS handler; every other non-web
+// scheme stays blocked.
 const SAFE_WEB_PROTOCOLS = new Set(["http:", "https:"]);
 const REMOTE_EDITOR_PROTOCOLS = new Set(
   REMOTE_CAPABLE_EDITOR_IDS.flatMap((id) => {
@@ -34,13 +35,18 @@ const REMOTE_EDITOR_PROTOCOLS = new Set(
   }),
 );
 
+// Zed's host sits in the first path segment, so it needs its own userinfo ban.
+const ZED_SSH_PATHNAME = /^\/[^/@:]+\/.+$/;
+
 const isRemoteEditorUrl = (url: URL) =>
   REMOTE_EDITOR_PROTOCOLS.has(url.protocol) &&
   url.username.length === 0 &&
   url.password.length === 0 &&
-  url.host === "vscode-remote" &&
-  url.pathname.startsWith("/ssh-remote+") &&
-  url.pathname.length > "/ssh-remote+".length;
+  (url.protocol === "zed:"
+    ? url.host === "ssh" && ZED_SSH_PATHNAME.test(url.pathname)
+    : url.host === "vscode-remote" &&
+      url.pathname.startsWith("/ssh-remote+") &&
+      url.pathname.length > "/ssh-remote+".length);
 
 export function parseSafeExternalUrl(rawUrl: unknown): Option.Option<string> {
   if (typeof rawUrl !== "string") {

apps/web/src/remoteOpen.test.ts

@@ -141,8 +141,18 @@ describe("buildRemoteOpenUrl", () => {
     ).toBe("vscode://vscode-remote/ssh-remote+sol/C%3A/Users/theo");
   });
 
+  it("builds Zed's ssh deep link", () => {
+    expect(
+      buildRemoteOpenUrl({
+        editor: "zed",
+        host: "sol.tail1234.ts.net",
+        absolutePath: "/home/theo/code/my repo",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("zed://ssh/sol.tail1234.ts.net/home/theo/code/my%20repo");
+  });
+
   it("returns undefined for editors without remote support", () => {
-    expect(buildRemoteOpenUrl({ editor: "zed", host: "sol", absolutePath: "/tmp/x" })).toBe(
+    expect(buildRemoteOpenUrl({ editor: "idea", host: "sol", absolutePath: "/tmp/x" })).toBe(
       undefined,
     );
   });

packages/contracts/src/editor.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ type EditorDefinition = {
   /**
    * URL scheme for editors that support VS Code's remote deep links
    * (`<scheme>://vscode-remote/ssh-remote+<host><path>`). Only set for VS Code
-   * and forks that ship the Remote-SSH machinery.
+   * and forks that ship the Remote-SSH machinery, plus Zed, which uses its own
+   * `zed://ssh/<host><path>` shape.
    */
   readonly remoteScheme?: string;
 };
@@ -49,7 +50,13 @@ export const EDITORS = [
     launchStyle: "goto",
     remoteScheme: "vscodium",
   },
-  { id: "zed", label: "Zed", commands: ["zed", "zeditor"], launchStyle: "direct-path" },
+  {
+    id: "zed",
+    label: "Zed",
+    commands: ["zed", "zeditor"],
+    launchStyle: "direct-path",
+    remoteScheme: "zed",
+  },
   { id: "antigravity", label: "Antigravity", commands: ["agy"], launchStyle: "goto" },
   { id: "idea", label: "IntelliJ IDEA", commands: ["idea"], launchStyle: "line-column" },
   { id: "aqua", label: "Aqua", commands: ["aqua"], launchStyle: "line-column" },
@@ -95,9 +102,10 @@ export const remoteSchemeForEditor = (id: EditorId): string | undefined => {
 };
 
 /**
- * Builds a `<scheme>://vscode-remote/ssh-remote+<host><path>` deep link that
- * opens `absolutePath` on `host` in the local editor over SSH. Returns
- * undefined for editors without remote deep-link support.
+ * Builds a `<scheme>://vscode-remote/ssh-remote+<host><path>` deep link (Zed
+ * takes `zed://ssh/<host><path>`) that opens `absolutePath` on `host` in the
+ * local editor over SSH. Returns undefined for editors without remote
+ * deep-link support.
  */
 export const buildRemoteOpenUrl = (input: {
   readonly editor: EditorId;
@@ -112,7 +120,10 @@ export const buildRemoteOpenUrl = (input: {
   const posixPath = input.absolutePath.replaceAll("\\", "/");
   const rootedPath = posixPath.startsWith("/") ? posixPath : `/${posixPath}`;
   const encodedPath = rootedPath.split("/").map(encodeURIComponent).join("/");
-  return `${scheme}://vscode-remote/ssh-remote+${encodeURIComponent(input.host)}${encodedPath}`;
+  const encodedHost = encodeURIComponent(input.host);
+  return input.editor === "zed"
+    ? `${scheme}://ssh/${encodedHost}${encodedPath}`
+    : `${scheme}://vscode-remote/ssh-remote+${encodedHost}${encodedPath}`;
 };
 
 /**