Preserve window tab names when using Zed as $EDITOR from integrated terminal?

[benswift]

I'm using the new "use_system_window_tabs": true setting, and I've noticed an interesting behaviour that I'd like to discuss and potentially request as a feature improvement.

My workflow

I frequently run TUI applications (neomutt, git, etc.) in Zed's integrated terminal with EDITOR="zed-preview --wait". This creates a seamless editing experience where:

1. The TUI app launches Zed to edit a file
2. I edit the file in a new Zed tab
3. When I close the tab, the TUI app resumes with the edited content

This works well---except for one small detail.

The challenge

When files are opened this way (often temporary files outside the project directory), the system window tab name changes to include the file path. For example:

• A tab that was simply my-project becomes something like my-project — /tmp/mutt-compose-123.txt
• This makes it harder to quickly identify project tabs when multiple windows are open

Questions for discussion

1. Is there currently a way to keep window tab names "locked" to just the project folder name?
2. Would others find it useful to have an option like "preserve_window_tab_names": true that prevents external file paths from being added to window tab titles?
3. Or perhaps a setting to exclude certain path patterns (like /tmp/*) from window tab names?

I'm curious if others have encountered this with their $EDITOR workflows, and whether this resonates as something worth addressing. The current behaviour makes sense for normal file editing, but for temporary external editor sessions it creates visual noise.