Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Cursor IDE
Describe the Bug
If I try to attach a currently running terminal to a new chat (including but not limited to sandbox terminals spawned in an earlier conversation), it doesn’t work. If I click the “@” and type “term”, all I get is the option “Add new terminal”.
If I type “@terminal” I can pick any of them, but it doesn’t actually add the terminal to the chat, just a reference that doesn’t hold any information.
This is pretty annoying because I don’t want to have to restart my frontend and backend each time I switch between conversations.
I use WSL.
Steps to Reproduce
- first start a terminal
- then start a new chat
- terminal cannot be added to chat
Expected Behavior
I can type “@term”, pick one, and that terminal will get added to the chat context.
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.7.39 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: a9c77ceae65b77ff772d6adfe05f24d8ebcb2790
Date: 2025-10-08T00:33:20.352Z
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 10.0.26100
Does this stop you from using Cursor
No - Cursor works, but with this issue