Agent Review Controls appearing when no changes pending

[user1085 (Matthew)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor IDE persistently displays green highlighting on a specific line of code and shows the “Undo All / Keep All / Review next file” buttons at the bottom of the editor, even when the file has no actual uncommitted or unreviewed changes according to source control or direct file content comparison. This behavior is consistent with an active AI review mode, but no AI edits have been made or are pending. I did previously use the AI agent to edit this file, but this suggestion does not actually change the line of code at all as source control confirms.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Perform a fresh installation of Cursor IDE. Observe that the UI bug is not present.
2. Create a full backup of Cursor’s configuration and data, including:
   %APPDATA%\Cursor (user settings, UI config, keybindings, themes)
   %USERPROFILE%.cursor (MCPs, AI agent configs, local model/context)
   settings.json export
   List of installed extensions (cursor-extensions.txt)
3. Restore the full backup data to the fresh Cursor installation.
4. Open the file (test.cshtml)
5. Observe that the green highlighting and “Undo All / Keep All / Review next file” buttons reappear for the line of code (see attached photo snippet)

I don’t know exactly how I produced the bug or how to reproduced it, but what I’ve gathered at least is that the bug did not appear when I did a fresh install of Cursor (clearing my old app data, user profile, etc. in the process), but it reappeared when after doing my fresh install I copied over the backed-up configuration files to the appropriate folders.

Expected Behavior

The Cursor IDE should not display green highlighting or the AI review action buttons (“Undo All”, “Keep All”, “Review next file”) when there are no actual AI-proposed or pending edits for the file, and the file is in a clean state according to source control. The editor should reflect the current saved state of the file without indicating phantom changes.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.64 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 25412918da7e74b2686b25d62da1f01cfcd27680
Date: 2025-11-06T04:35:14.424Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. I found a very similar issue that may help.

Another user saw the same phantom review controls and found a workaround: review all prior agent changes in the editor UI and click “Keep All” or “Undo All” for each file. After doing this for all affected files, the issue stopped after a restart. Details: Cursor modifying files on startup

Please try:

• Look through your agent chat history and click the “review” button on recent chats
• For any files showing review controls, explicitly click “Keep All” or “Undo All”
• Restart Cursor and see if the issue persists

If this doesn’t help, please share:

• Any errors in Help > Toggle Developer Tools > Console
• Whether clicking “Undo All” or “Keep All” on the affected file does anything

This looks like a state management issue where the review system isn’t clearing properly. Let me know if the workaround helps!