Handle new profile form in migrate_settings and migrate_language_setting (#53681)

Joseph T. Lyons and Smit Barmase created

I noticed that there are helper migration functions that apply settings
transformations to multiple layers (root, platform, release-channel, and
profile):

`migrate_settings`
`migrate_language_setting`

Both of these handle the old settings profile forms, so I've updated
them to handle either form, for usage in historical and future
migrations.

Migration `m_2026_04_10` actually introduced a wrapper function to
provide to `migrate_settings` to handle both forms, which is what clued
me into the fact that I missed these migration helpers when I wrote the
`m_2026_04_01` originally (I didn't know they existed).

Self-Review Checklist:

- [X] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [N/A] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [N/A] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [X] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [X] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable

Closes #ISSUE

Release Notes:

- N/A

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Co-authored-by: Smit Barmase <heysmitbarmase@gmail.com>

Change summary

crates/migrator/src/migrations.rs                       | 36 +++-
crates/migrator/src/migrations/m_2026_04_10/settings.rs | 16 -
crates/migrator/src/migrator.rs                         | 92 +++++++++++
3 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

Detailed changes

crates/migrator/src/migrations.rs 🔗

@@ -29,9 +29,16 @@ pub(crate) fn migrate_settings(
 
     if let Some(profiles) = root_object.get_mut("profiles") {
         if let Some(profiles_object) = profiles.as_object_mut() {
-            for (_profile_name, profile_settings) in profiles_object.iter_mut() {
-                if let Some(profile_map) = profile_settings.as_object_mut() {
-                    migrate_one(profile_map)?;
+            for profile_value in profiles_object.values_mut() {
+                if let Some(profile_map) = profile_value.as_object_mut() {
+                    if let Some(inner) = profile_map
+                        .get_mut("settings")
+                        .and_then(|v| v.as_object_mut())
+                    {
+                        migrate_one(inner)?;
+                    } else {
+                        migrate_one(profile_map)?;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -93,12 +100,23 @@ pub(crate) fn migrate_language_setting(
         if let Some(profiles_object) = profiles.as_object_mut() {
             let profile_names: Vec<String> = profiles_object.keys().cloned().collect();
             for profile_name in &profile_names {
-                if let Some(profile_settings) = profiles_object.get_mut(profile_name.as_str()) {
-                    apply_to_value_and_languages(
-                        profile_settings,
-                        &["profiles", profile_name],
-                        migrate_fn,
-                    )?;
+                if let Some(profile_value) = profiles_object.get_mut(profile_name.as_str()) {
+                    if let Some(settings_value) = profile_value
+                        .as_object_mut()
+                        .and_then(|m| m.get_mut("settings"))
+                    {
+                        apply_to_value_and_languages(
+                            settings_value,
+                            &["profiles", profile_name],
+                            migrate_fn,
+                        )?;
+                    } else {
+                        apply_to_value_and_languages(
+                            profile_value,
+                            &["profiles", profile_name],
+                            migrate_fn,
+                        )?;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }

crates/migrator/src/migrations/m_2026_04_10/settings.rs 🔗

@@ -5,27 +5,13 @@ use crate::migrations::migrate_settings;
 
 const AGENT_KEY: &str = "agent";
 const PROFILES_KEY: &str = "profiles";
-const SETTINGS_KEY: &str = "settings";
 const TOOL_PERMISSIONS_KEY: &str = "tool_permissions";
 const TOOLS_KEY: &str = "tools";
 const OLD_TOOL_NAME: &str = "web_search";
 const NEW_TOOL_NAME: &str = "search_web";
 
 pub fn rename_web_search_to_search_web(value: &mut Value) -> Result<()> {
-    migrate_settings(value, &mut migrate_one)
-}
-
-fn migrate_one(object: &mut serde_json::Map<String, Value>) -> Result<()> {
-    migrate_agent_value(object)?;
-
-    // Root-level profiles have a `settings` wrapper after m_2026_04_01,
-    // but `migrate_settings` calls us with the profile map directly,
-    // so we need to look inside `settings` too.
-    if let Some(settings) = object.get_mut(SETTINGS_KEY).and_then(|v| v.as_object_mut()) {
-        migrate_agent_value(settings)?;
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
+    migrate_settings(value, &mut migrate_agent_value)
 }
 
 fn migrate_agent_value(object: &mut serde_json::Map<String, Value>) -> Result<()> {

crates/migrator/src/migrator.rs 🔗

@@ -4933,6 +4933,98 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_migration_helpers_handle_various_profile_forms() {
+        let setting = "a_setting";
+        let old_value = "old_value";
+        let new_value = "new_value";
+
+        fn language_setting_fn(value: &mut serde_json::Value, _: &[&str]) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+            if let Some(obj) = value.as_object_mut() {
+                if let Some(v) = obj.get_mut("a_setting") {
+                    *v = serde_json::json!("new_value");
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(())
+        }
+
+        let mut settings_fn = |map: &mut serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>| {
+            if let Some(v) = map.get_mut(setting) {
+                *v = serde_json::json!(new_value);
+            }
+            Ok(())
+        };
+
+        // Legacy form
+        let input = serde_json::json!({
+            "profiles": {
+                "work": {
+                    setting: old_value
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        let expected = serde_json::json!({
+            "profiles": {
+                "work": {
+                    setting: new_value
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        let mut value = input.clone();
+        migrations::migrate_settings(&mut value, &mut settings_fn).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(value, expected);
+
+        let mut value = input;
+        migrations::migrate_language_setting(&mut value, language_setting_fn).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(value, expected);
+
+        // Form after migration: `m_2026_04_01`
+        let input = serde_json::json!({
+            "profiles": {
+                "work": {
+                    "settings": {
+                        setting: old_value
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        let expected = serde_json::json!({
+            "profiles": {
+                "work": {
+                    "settings": {
+                        setting: new_value
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        let mut value = input.clone();
+        migrations::migrate_settings(&mut value, &mut settings_fn).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(value, expected);
+
+        let mut value = input;
+        migrations::migrate_language_setting(&mut value, language_setting_fn).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(value, expected);
+
+        // Base-only form after migration: `m_2026_04_01` (no settings to migrate)
+        let input = serde_json::json!({
+            "profiles": {
+                "work": {
+                    "base": "default"
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        let mut value = input.clone();
+        migrations::migrate_settings(&mut value, &mut settings_fn).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(value, input);
+
+        let mut value = input.clone();
+        migrations::migrate_language_setting(&mut value, language_setting_fn).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(value, input);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_rename_web_search_to_search_web_root_level_profile() {
         assert_migrate_with_migrations(