Add file to new chat

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When right clicking on a file in the solution area there’s the option to add the file to a new chat. However using this replaces the old chat rather than creating a new tab.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Right click on file
  2. Click add file to new cursor chat
  3. Watch old chat disappear

Expected Behavior

New chat tab

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.4.5 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: af58d92614edb1f72bdd756615d131bf8dfa5290
Date: 2025-08-13T02:08:56.371Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.17763

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

4

I think it should work this way: the old chat is replaced by the new one instead of opening in a new tab. Otherwise, we would have to call it “Add file to a new tab.”

5

Maybe I’m not understanding something but essentially it’s destructive. It’s destroying my current chat. Why would I want that? To me a new chat is a new tab.
If I hover over the plus button it says that opens a ‘New Chat’ and in doing so it opens a new tab. So at the very least there’s contradictory terminology here between the solution explorer and the plus buttons hover label.

6

Yes, I agree with you, we’ll try to improve it.