Summary
Zed master as well as 0.198.3 and 0.198.5 crash on Wayland Linux with beta 580.65.06 NVIDIA drivers as well as newer stable 580.76.05 drivers. The previous stable 575.64.05 drivers run fine. The 580 series seems to also be causing issues with other applications. This issue is independent of PRIME or forcibly disabling the now enabled by default RMIntrLockingMode. Forcing use of XWayland avoids the issue. The WAYLAND_DEBUG logs seem to indicate Zed is using the wp_fifo_manager_v1 protocol, which NVIDIA's 580.65.06 driver , the first version to be broken, adds Vulkan support for. This seems to be the most likely culprit to me.
zed-nvidia-bug.mp4
Zed Version and System Specs
Zed System Specs (from CLI):
vulkaninfo --summary output
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VULKANINFO
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Vulkan Instance Version: 1.4.313
Instance Extensions: count = 25
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VK_EXT_acquire_drm_display : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_debug_report : extension revision 10
VK_EXT_debug_utils : extension revision 2
VK_EXT_direct_mode_display : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_display_surface_counter : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_headless_surface : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_surface_maintenance1 : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace : extension revision 5
VK_KHR_device_group_creation : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_display : extension revision 23
VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_get_display_properties2 : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 : extension revision 2
VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_portability_enumeration : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_surface : extension revision 25
VK_KHR_surface_protected_capabilities : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_wayland_surface : extension revision 6
VK_KHR_xcb_surface : extension revision 6
VK_KHR_xlib_surface : extension revision 6
VK_LUNARG_direct_driver_loading : extension revision 1
VK_NV_display_stereo : extension revision 1
Instance Layers: count = 19
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VK_LAYER_FROG_gamescope_wsi_x86_64 Gamescope WSI (XWayland Bypass) Layer (x86_64) 1.3.221 version 1
VK_LAYER_INTEL_nullhw INTEL NULL HW 1.1.73 version 1
VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_shader_object Khronos Shader object layer 1.4.313 version 1
VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_synchronization2 Khronos Synchronization2 layer 1.4.313 version 1
VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_timeline_semaphore Khronos timeline Semaphore layer 1.4.313 version 1
VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation Khronos Validation Layer 1.4.313 version 1
VK_LAYER_LFX_LatencyFleX LatencyFleX (TM) latency reduction middleware 1.3.0 version 1
VK_LAYER_MANGOHUD_overlay_32_x86 Vulkan Hud Overlay 1.3.0 version 1
VK_LAYER_MANGOHUD_overlay_64_x86_64 Vulkan Hud Overlay 1.3.0 version 1
VK_LAYER_MESA_device_select Linux device selection layer 1.4.303 version 1
VK_LAYER_MESA_overlay Mesa Overlay layer 1.4.303 version 1
VK_LAYER_MESA_screenshot Mesa Screenshot layer 1.4.303 version 1
VK_LAYER_MESA_vram_report_limit Limit reported VRAM 1.4.303 version 1
VK_LAYER_NV_optimus NVIDIA Optimus layer 1.4.303 version 1
VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_fossilize_32 Steam Pipeline Caching Layer 1.3.207 version 1
VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_fossilize_64 Steam Pipeline Caching Layer 1.3.207 version 1
VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_overlay_32 Steam Overlay Layer 1.3.207 version 1
VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_overlay_64 Steam Overlay Layer 1.3.207 version 1
VK_LAYER_hdr_wsi WSI HDR Layer (x86_64) 1.3.221 version 1
Devices:
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GPU0:
apiVersion = 1.4.303
driverVersion = 580.65.6.0
vendorID = 0x10de
deviceID = 0x2f04
deviceType = PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_DISCRETE_GPU
deviceName = NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
driverID = DRIVER_ID_NVIDIA_PROPRIETARY
driverName = NVIDIA
driverInfo = 580.65.06
conformanceVersion = 1.4.1.0
deviceUUID = 7b8506ff-ca44-89c3-92e8-1f933278af1f
driverUUID = 14e63d60-03d4-5a1b-be7a-2c639c56a6ab
GPU1:
apiVersion = 1.4.318
driverVersion = 25.2.0
vendorID = 0x10005
deviceID = 0x0000
deviceType = PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU
deviceName = llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7, 256 bits)
driverID = DRIVER_ID_MESA_LLVMPIPE
driverName = llvmpipe
driverInfo = Mesa 25.2.0 (LLVM 19.1.7)
conformanceVersion = 1.3.1.1
deviceUUID = 6d657361-3235-2e32-2e30-000000000000
driverUUID = 6c6c766d-7069-7065-5555-494400000000
Summary
Zed master as well as 0.198.3 and 0.198.5 crash on Wayland Linux with beta 580.65.06 NVIDIA drivers as well as newer stable 580.76.05 drivers. The previous stable 575.64.05 drivers run fine. The 580 series seems to also be causing issues with other applications. This issue is independent of PRIME or forcibly disabling the now enabled by default RMIntrLockingMode. Forcing use of XWayland avoids the issue. The WAYLAND_DEBUG logs seem to indicate Zed is using the wp_fifo_manager_v1 protocol, which NVIDIA's 580.65.06 driver, the first version to be broken, adds Vulkan support for. This seems to be the most likely culprit to me.
zed-nvidia-bug.mp4
Zed Version and System Specs
Zed System Specs (from CLI):
Zed: v0.200.0 (Zed Nightly)
OS: Linux Wayland nixos 25.11
Memory: 31 GiB
Architecture: x86_64
GPU:
vulkaninfo --summaryoutput