Agent chat missing from sidebar — session exists on disk (composerData present)

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URGENT: Lost access to multi-day agent chat — data exists on disk but UI shows empty list.

Session title: Vault prototype development discussion
Composer ID: d88f8e12-9aec-4fbc-8cbc-d21056a80f4d
Workspace: /Users/mikespeer/vaults-neobank-protocol
Workspace storage ID: 9988a77720fcf7dcddf3504fb102a3c7

What happened:

  • Multi-day session (May 25 – today, ~4700 messages)
  • Setup chat-first layout → Developer: Reload Window → Cmd+W
  • Chat list now empty; opened new session instead

What I verified:

  • globalStorage has composerData:d88f8e12-… (~2.8MB), status “aborted”
  • workspace composer.composerData shows 0 composers (disconnected?)
  • Transcript at ~/.cursor/projects/Users-mikespeer-vaults-neobank-protocol/agent-transcripts/d88f8e12-…/

Need: Restore this session in Agents sidebar OR instructions to reopen it.

Mac, Cursor [your version — Cursor menu → About Cursor] From Mike: i’ve lost access to the chat session which is massive. io have tohave access back to this chat urgently. i cant seem to find it or navigate to it, there was a connection loss as my hotpsot ohone died and. when i reconnected it was gone and working with cursor ai tryign to get it back i havent been able to. can you restore that session somehow? so it was like a crash i guess and then now i dont have access to sesion. agents can see it exists, but i cant navigatet to it to open as the path i thik was changed and i cant fine the right path?

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[SOLVED] Agent chat missing from sidebar — data on disk, session was archived + aborted

SYMPTOM
Multi-day agent chat vanished from Agents sidebar after Developer: Reload Window + Cmd+W.
Local Storage showed 2 workspaces (VP + sister-dex) — expected. Chat was inside VP workspace but not listed.

CONFIRMED DATA EXISTS (not Render/cloud — local Mac only):
ls -lh ~/.cursor/projects/Users-mikespeer-vaults-neobank-protocol/agent-transcripts//
→ ~8.7MB .jsonl file present

ROOT CAUSE (on my machine):

  • composerData status: “aborted”
  • composerHeaders had isArchived: true for the session
  • workspace composer list empty/disconnected from sidebar

FIX THAT WORKED:

  1. Quit Cursor fully (Cmd+Q) — required before touching DB
  2. Backup transcript to Desktop:
    cp “…/agent-transcripts//.jsonl” ~/Desktop/.jsonl
  3. Unarchive + fix status in Cursor DB (or use a small script):
    • composer.composerHeaders → set isArchived: false for composer id
    • cursorDiskKV composerData: → status “aborted” → “completed”
    • workspace composer.composerData → selectedComposerIds = [composer id]
  4. Reopen Cursor on the SAME folder path:
    /Users/mikespeer/vaults-neobank-protocol
    (UI may show as “vault-platform” — same repo)

UI CHECK: Agents Window → vault-platform → “Vault prototype development discussion” restored.

TIP: Opening ~/top-vault instead of vaults-neobank-protocol shows a different workspace with no VP chat history.

Composer ID: d88f8e12-9aec-4fbc-8cbc-d21056a80f4d
Workspace storage ID: 9988a77720fcf7dcddf3504fb102a3c7