GLM-5 Is Public, GLM-5.1 Is Already in Coding Agents: Zhipu Is Pushing from Coding to Engineering
As of March 28, 2026, Zhipu’s official release notes clearly list GLM-5 on February 12 and GLM-5-Turbo on March 15. At the same time, its developer docs already position GLM-5.1 as the latest model inside Coding Agent workflows. That mismatch is the story: Zhipu is shifting the value of its models from one-shot code generation toward agent engineering, long task chains, and tool-heavy work.