1.5 "Always" Global ruleset not applying

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When creating a new chat window with the (+) icon, it does not auto apply the global.mdc file I have configured.

Steps to Reproduce

Open a new tab, no rules applied.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.5.9
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: de327274300c6f38ec9f4240d11e82c3b0660b20
Date: 2025-08-30T21:02:27.236Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0Version: 1.5.9
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: de327274300c6f38ec9f4240d11e82c3b0660b20
Date: 2025-08-30T21:02:27.236Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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3

Hey, thanks for the report. Does restarting Cursor and creating a new chat resolve the issue?

4

No, nothing I do will cause it to appear sadly.

5

Just thinking, the potential “odd” setup I have is a top level directory that is NOT a git repo, which has 4 git repo’s underneath it. The cursor project is the top level directory so that it would properly index and see all of the sub-repo’s. So the rules file it should be applying is in one of the subdirectories.

e.g.

src/repo1
src/repo2
src/repo3
src/repo4/.cursor/rules/global.mdc

6

Thanks for the additional info, we’ll look into it.

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