diff --git a/crates/language/src/buffer.rs b/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
index 7c616762d8..86b0b0b92b 100644
--- a/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/language/src/buffer.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ pub struct Buffer {
     diagnostics_timestamp: clock::Lamport,
     file_update_count: usize,
     completion_triggers: Vec<String>,
+    completion_triggers_timestamp: clock::Lamport,
     deferred_ops: OperationQueue<Operation>,
 }
 
@@ -375,34 +376,6 @@ impl Buffer {
             .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
         this.apply_ops(ops, cx)?;
 
-        for selection_set in message.selections {
-            let lamport_timestamp = clock::Lamport {
-                replica_id: selection_set.replica_id as ReplicaId,
-                value: selection_set.lamport_timestamp,
-            };
-            this.remote_selections.insert(
-                selection_set.replica_id as ReplicaId,
-                SelectionSet {
-                    line_mode: selection_set.line_mode,
-                    selections: proto::deserialize_selections(selection_set.selections),
-                    lamport_timestamp,
-                },
-            );
-            this.text.lamport_clock.observe(lamport_timestamp);
-        }
-        let snapshot = this.snapshot();
-        let entries = proto::deserialize_diagnostics(message.diagnostics);
-        this.apply_diagnostic_update(
-            DiagnosticSet::from_sorted_entries(entries.iter().cloned(), &snapshot),
-            clock::Lamport {
-                replica_id: 0,
-                value: message.diagnostics_timestamp,
-            },
-            cx,
-        );
-
-        this.completion_triggers = message.completion_triggers;
-
         Ok(this)
     }
 
@@ -412,6 +385,25 @@ impl Buffer {
             .history()
             .map(|op| proto::serialize_operation(&Operation::Buffer(op.clone())))
             .chain(self.deferred_ops.iter().map(proto::serialize_operation))
+            .chain(self.remote_selections.iter().map(|(_, set)| {
+                proto::serialize_operation(&Operation::UpdateSelections {
+                    selections: set.selections.clone(),
+                    lamport_timestamp: set.lamport_timestamp,
+                    line_mode: set.line_mode,
+                })
+            }))
+            .chain(Some(proto::serialize_operation(
+                &Operation::UpdateDiagnostics {
+                    diagnostics: self.diagnostics.iter().cloned().collect(),
+                    lamport_timestamp: self.diagnostics_timestamp,
+                },
+            )))
+            .chain(Some(proto::serialize_operation(
+                &Operation::UpdateCompletionTriggers {
+                    triggers: self.completion_triggers.clone(),
+                    lamport_timestamp: self.completion_triggers_timestamp,
+                },
+            )))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         operations.sort_unstable_by_key(proto::lamport_timestamp_for_operation);
         proto::Buffer {
@@ -419,19 +411,6 @@ impl Buffer {
             file: self.file.as_ref().map(|f| f.to_proto()),
             base_text: self.base_text().to_string(),
             operations,
-            selections: self
-                .remote_selections
-                .iter()
-                .map(|(replica_id, set)| proto::SelectionSet {
-                    replica_id: *replica_id as u32,
-                    selections: proto::serialize_selections(&set.selections),
-                    lamport_timestamp: set.lamport_timestamp.value,
-                    line_mode: set.line_mode,
-                })
-                .collect(),
-            diagnostics: proto::serialize_diagnostics(self.diagnostics.iter()),
-            diagnostics_timestamp: self.diagnostics_timestamp.value,
-            completion_triggers: self.completion_triggers.clone(),
             line_ending: proto::serialize_line_ending(self.line_ending()) as i32,
         }
     }
@@ -470,6 +449,7 @@ impl Buffer {
             diagnostics_timestamp: Default::default(),
             file_update_count: 0,
             completion_triggers: Default::default(),
+            completion_triggers_timestamp: Default::default(),
             deferred_ops: OperationQueue::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -1517,11 +1497,11 @@ impl Buffer {
 
     pub fn set_completion_triggers(&mut self, triggers: Vec<String>, cx: &mut ModelContext<Self>) {
         self.completion_triggers = triggers.clone();
-        let lamport_timestamp = self.text.lamport_clock.tick();
+        self.completion_triggers_timestamp = self.text.lamport_clock.tick();
         self.send_operation(
             Operation::UpdateCompletionTriggers {
                 triggers,
-                lamport_timestamp,
+                lamport_timestamp: self.completion_triggers_timestamp,
             },
             cx,
         );
diff --git a/crates/rpc/proto/zed.proto b/crates/rpc/proto/zed.proto
index c803ff85b5..0da6d4d360 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/proto/zed.proto
+++ b/crates/rpc/proto/zed.proto
@@ -813,11 +813,7 @@ message Buffer {
     optional File file = 2;
     string base_text = 3;
     repeated Operation operations = 4;
-    repeated SelectionSet selections = 5;
-    repeated Diagnostic diagnostics = 6;
-    uint32 diagnostics_timestamp = 7;
-    repeated string completion_triggers = 8;
-    LineEnding line_ending = 9;
+    LineEnding line_ending = 5;
 }
 
 enum LineEnding {
diff --git a/crates/rpc/src/rpc.rs b/crates/rpc/src/rpc.rs
index b3c7aa0046..308e5b0f43 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/src/rpc.rs
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ pub use conn::Connection;
 pub use peer::*;
 mod macros;
 
-pub const PROTOCOL_VERSION: u32 = 30;
+pub const PROTOCOL_VERSION: u32 = 31;