Release / 22 Apr 2026

Neovim v0.12.2

Restart Neovim with the ZR keys.

What changed in v0.12.2

ZR in Normal mode runs :restart. :Open with no arguments opens the current file. After resuming from suspend, Neovim re-reads the terminal's background color and updates 'background'.

v0.12.2, a patch release of 0.12.

Fixed and improved

ZR restarts Neovim, like :restart.

ImprovedRestart Neovim from inside it with :restart, without leaving the terminal or GUI.

Read the evidence

neovim/neovim/blob/v0.12.2/runtime/doc/news.txt
neovim/neovim/compare/v0.12.1...v0.12.2

Seeded by @iluxav with Claude Code (canido), from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.