diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 14affc3281cdf60e56474e861e12c2319af74eb7..ed428585bfb75549a53b348fa569e8a52bb95ea4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2425,6 +2425,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "postage",
  "project",
  "rand 0.8.5",
+ "release_channel",
  "rich_text",
  "rpc",
  "schemars",
@@ -4021,6 +4022,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "language",
  "lsp",
  "project",
+ "release_channel",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "settings",
@@ -4265,6 +4267,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lsp-types",
  "parking_lot 0.11.2",
  "postage",
+ "release_channel",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
@@ -5819,6 +5822,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pretty_assertions",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "regex",
+ "release_channel",
  "rpc",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
@@ -5883,6 +5887,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "picker",
  "postage",
  "project",
+ "release_channel",
  "serde_json",
  "settings",
  "smol",
@@ -9443,6 +9448,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot 0.11.2",
  "project",
  "regex",
+ "release_channel",
  "search",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
diff --git a/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs b/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
index 16f941d16f7f9ea19bea8a10609f9b394e14da5e..d4d7539a05c680a86c0393d41b85a71d3c5f45f4 100644
--- a/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
+++ b/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ impl Copilot {
                     )
                     .detach();
 
-                let server = server.initialize(Default::default()).await?;
+                let server = cx.update(|cx| server.initialize(None, cx))?.await?;
 
                 let status = server
                     .request::<request::CheckStatus>(request::CheckStatusParams {
diff --git a/crates/editor/Cargo.toml b/crates/editor/Cargo.toml
index b5067afbf24e00cf3b43771b486190f2395c3d98..3e6b4d709c1dd912d98b864740500b43c860772d 100644
--- a/crates/editor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/editor/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ language = { path = "../language", features = ["test-support"] }
 lsp = { path = "../lsp", features = ["test-support"] }
 multi_buffer = { path = "../multi_buffer", features = ["test-support"] }
 project = { path = "../project", features = ["test-support"] }
+release_channel = { path = "../release_channel" }
 rand.workspace = true
 settings = { path = "../settings", features = ["test-support"] }
 text = { path = "../text", features = ["test-support"] }
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs b/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs
index 297ee0770bf40dd750917c194a01faac1c65a116..6b23e13d15bb64ba3678234071d2fafb02661bed 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs
@@ -8392,6 +8392,7 @@ pub(crate) fn init_test(cx: &mut TestAppContext, f: fn(&mut AllLanguageSettingsC
         let store = SettingsStore::test(cx);
         cx.set_global(store);
         theme::init(theme::LoadThemes::JustBase, cx);
+        release_channel::init("0.0.0", cx);
         client::init_settings(cx);
         language::init(cx);
         Project::init_settings(cx);
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/inlay_hint_cache.rs b/crates/editor/src/inlay_hint_cache.rs
index 71e039a843f49618a65d7ce3f734c92195444228..ae5a0ef9a3115c2f1410c69517a5cdd971b5e62b 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/inlay_hint_cache.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/inlay_hint_cache.rs
@@ -3216,6 +3216,7 @@ pub mod tests {
             let settings_store = SettingsStore::test(cx);
             cx.set_global(settings_store);
             theme::init(theme::LoadThemes::JustBase, cx);
+            release_channel::init("0.0.0", cx);
             client::init_settings(cx);
             language::init(cx);
             Project::init_settings(cx);
diff --git a/crates/language_tools/Cargo.toml b/crates/language_tools/Cargo.toml
index d32677fd6e9aef5cf1129b3711c548d593f7e80e..769509aa6bfc9300d3ba1dbec75575421d26c4a1 100644
--- a/crates/language_tools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/language_tools/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ workspace = { path = "../workspace" }
 [dev-dependencies]
 client = { path = "../client", features = ["test-support"] }
 editor = { path = "../editor", features = ["test-support"] }
+release_channel = { path = "../release_channel" }
 env_logger.workspace = true
 gpui = { path = "../gpui", features = ["test-support"] }
 unindent.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/language_tools/src/lsp_log_tests.rs b/crates/language_tools/src/lsp_log_tests.rs
index 14683ae8069771b730c4e008c19801b669160154..24b23df88035f68caf9e49c807d56ca463b6e369 100644
--- a/crates/language_tools/src/lsp_log_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/language_tools/src/lsp_log_tests.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ fn init_test(cx: &mut gpui::TestAppContext) {
         let settings_store = SettingsStore::test(cx);
         cx.set_global(settings_store);
         theme::init(theme::LoadThemes::JustBase, cx);
+        release_channel::init("0.0.0", cx);
         language::init(cx);
         client::init_settings(cx);
         Project::init_settings(cx);
diff --git a/crates/lsp/Cargo.toml b/crates/lsp/Cargo.toml
index f43c8a4bd88a0619de7af870857b8687580e8bf7..c1fdd7b10765a54aa9f31bc7a6833bfd95f5af63 100644
--- a/crates/lsp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lsp/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ serde_derive.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 smol.workspace = true
 util = { path = "../util" }
+release_channel = { path = "../release_channel" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 async-pipe = { git = "https://github.com/zed-industries/async-pipe-rs", rev = "82d00a04211cf4e1236029aa03e6b6ce2a74c553" }
diff --git a/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs b/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs
index 65da2bc7dcddfb78e2373d5f056e8f1c5aba5389..0d88e1507c7e9c70337a98b05fbb34e26b9acfdd 100644
--- a/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs
+++ b/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub use lsp_types::*;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use collections::HashMap;
 use futures::{channel::oneshot, io::BufWriter, AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, FutureExt};
-use gpui::{AsyncAppContext, BackgroundExecutor, Task};
+use gpui::{AppContext, AsyncAppContext, BackgroundExecutor, Task};
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use postage::{barrier, prelude::Stream};
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -450,7 +450,11 @@ impl LanguageServer {
     /// Note that `options` is used directly to construct [`InitializeParams`], which is why it is owned.
     ///
     /// [LSP Specification](https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/specifications/lsp/3.17/specification/#initialize)
-    pub async fn initialize(mut self, options: Option<Value>) -> Result<Arc<Self>> {
+    pub fn initialize(
+        mut self,
+        options: Option<Value>,
+        cx: &AppContext,
+    ) -> Task<Result<Arc<Self>>> {
         let root_uri = Url::from_file_path(&self.root_path).unwrap();
         #[allow(deprecated)]
         let params = InitializeParams {
@@ -579,18 +583,25 @@ impl LanguageServer {
                 uri: root_uri,
                 name: Default::default(),
             }]),
-            client_info: None,
+            client_info: Some(ClientInfo {
+                name: release_channel::ReleaseChannel::global(cx)
+                    .display_name()
+                    .to_string(),
+                version: Some(release_channel::AppVersion::global(cx).to_string()),
+            }),
             locale: None,
         };
 
-        let response = self.request::<request::Initialize>(params).await?;
-        if let Some(info) = response.server_info {
-            self.name = info.name;
-        }
-        self.capabilities = response.capabilities;
+        cx.spawn(|_| async move {
+            let response = self.request::<request::Initialize>(params).await?;
+            if let Some(info) = response.server_info {
+                self.name = info.name;
+            }
+            self.capabilities = response.capabilities;
 
-        self.notify::<notification::Initialized>(InitializedParams {})?;
-        Ok(Arc::new(self))
+            self.notify::<notification::Initialized>(InitializedParams {})?;
+            Ok(Arc::new(self))
+        })
     }
 
     /// Sends a shutdown request to the language server process and prepares the [`LanguageServer`] to be dropped.
@@ -1213,6 +1224,9 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[gpui::test]
     async fn test_fake(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+        cx.update(|cx| {
+            release_channel::init("0.0.0", cx);
+        });
         let (server, mut fake) =
             FakeLanguageServer::new("the-lsp".to_string(), Default::default(), cx.to_async());
 
@@ -1229,7 +1243,7 @@ mod tests {
             })
             .detach();
 
-        let server = server.initialize(None).await.unwrap();
+        let server = cx.update(|cx| server.initialize(None, cx)).await.unwrap();
         server
             .notify::<notification::DidOpenTextDocument>(DidOpenTextDocumentParams {
                 text_document: TextDocumentItem::new(
diff --git a/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs b/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
index 61bcf9c9b3520993b09ed6110723fa5a7631b1ca..b029aefb70ad4fa0c5c69dade6e77f2495ae5a4b 100644
--- a/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
+++ b/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
@@ -195,11 +195,11 @@ impl Prettier {
             },
             Path::new("/"),
             None,
-            cx,
+            cx.clone(),
         )
         .context("prettier server creation")?;
-        let server = executor
-            .spawn(server.initialize(None))
+        let server = cx
+            .update(|cx| executor.spawn(server.initialize(None, cx)))?
             .await
             .context("prettier server initialization")?;
         Ok(Self::Real(RealPrettier {
diff --git a/crates/project/Cargo.toml b/crates/project/Cargo.toml
index 78e9625afb40c0e94fe30c4bc6ac92d4f181628c..1854feb8fe4e25cfa76ac22350a0b1accfab0ebb 100644
--- a/crates/project/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/project/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ fs = { path = "../fs",  features = ["test-support"] }
 git2.workspace = true
 gpui = { path = "../gpui", features = ["test-support"] }
 language = { path = "../language", features = ["test-support"] }
+release_channel = { path = "../release_channel" }
 lsp = { path = "../lsp", features = ["test-support"] }
 prettier = { path = "../prettier", features = ["test-support"] }
 pretty_assertions.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/project/src/project.rs b/crates/project/src/project.rs
index fdd273059bbf139f75286b0c01472d4019a56640..0788594222d4662904264473ddaedf4b9db227f3 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/project.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/project.rs
@@ -3130,7 +3130,9 @@ impl Project {
             (None, override_options) => initialization_options = override_options,
             _ => {}
         }
-        let language_server = language_server.initialize(initialization_options).await?;
+        let language_server = cx
+            .update(|cx| language_server.initialize(initialization_options, cx))?
+            .await?;
 
         language_server
             .notify::<lsp::notification::DidChangeConfiguration>(
diff --git a/crates/project/src/project_tests.rs b/crates/project/src/project_tests.rs
index e90d3237127efa3b29d75ee110a7bbd27caa6de9..2e222c24fb2976a999c07285dd199c0edc89e1fa 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/project_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/project_tests.rs
@@ -4380,6 +4380,7 @@ fn init_test(cx: &mut gpui::TestAppContext) {
     cx.update(|cx| {
         let settings_store = SettingsStore::test(cx);
         cx.set_global(settings_store);
+        release_channel::init("0.0.0", cx);
         language::init(cx);
         Project::init_settings(cx);
     });
diff --git a/crates/project_symbols/Cargo.toml b/crates/project_symbols/Cargo.toml
index 27d36ea99af7e52f5eab86c3a9a63dd20c68063e..2b3027a08942f80e1dc6b83041a224dee2349442 100644
--- a/crates/project_symbols/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/project_symbols/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ gpui = { path = "../gpui", features = ["test-support"] }
 language = { path = "../language", features = ["test-support"] }
 lsp = { path = "../lsp", features = ["test-support"] }
 project = { path = "../project", features = ["test-support"] }
+release_channel = { path = "../release_channel" }
 settings = { path = "../settings", features = ["test-support"] }
 theme = { path = "../theme", features = ["test-support"] }
 workspace = { path = "../workspace", features = ["test-support"] }
diff --git a/crates/project_symbols/src/project_symbols.rs b/crates/project_symbols/src/project_symbols.rs
index 3d3e2328954d628d9c61cef7d0fb2c49f27464cf..8aa7fac3594b48aee782fd8337e13cabeb8a1df2 100644
--- a/crates/project_symbols/src/project_symbols.rs
+++ b/crates/project_symbols/src/project_symbols.rs
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ mod tests {
             let store = SettingsStore::test(cx);
             cx.set_global(store);
             theme::init(theme::LoadThemes::JustBase, cx);
+            release_channel::init("0.0.0", cx);
             language::init(cx);
             Project::init_settings(cx);
             workspace::init_settings(cx);
diff --git a/crates/vim/Cargo.toml b/crates/vim/Cargo.toml
index c5b6ec07325112ac6e62cd8ab45ce98ba84c72fa..8415111849632575e6fca51cc62af40383aa470e 100644
--- a/crates/vim/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/vim/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ zed_actions = { path = "../zed_actions" }
 editor = { path = "../editor", features = ["test-support"] }
 futures.workspace = true
 gpui = { path = "../gpui", features = ["test-support"] }
+release_channel = { path = "../release_channel" }
 indoc.workspace = true
 language = { path = "../language", features = ["test-support"] }
 lsp = { path = "../lsp", features = ["test-support"] }
diff --git a/crates/vim/src/test/vim_test_context.rs b/crates/vim/src/test/vim_test_context.rs
index 0e41f5a03687f2c16cd79e21cb33c6abab6476b5..70334d70d497b0c5e447118e98cd7111a66ff61c 100644
--- a/crates/vim/src/test/vim_test_context.rs
+++ b/crates/vim/src/test/vim_test_context.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ impl VimTestContext {
             search::init(cx);
             let settings = SettingsStore::test(cx);
             cx.set_global(settings);
+            release_channel::init("0.0.0", cx);
             command_palette::init(cx);
             crate::init(cx);
         });