Agent window opens on startup when it's turned off

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1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Agent window opens on startup when it’s turned off in settings.
“Open Agents Window on Startup” is set to “Off” but every time I start Cursor it starts with Agents Window and I need to click IDE every time to start working.

Version: 3.10.20 (Universal)
VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0
Commit: 23b9fb205fe595ea2be29da7214e19762d037fc0
Date: 2026-07-07T07:03:33.071Z
Layout: Agent Window
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Darwin arm64 25.5.0

Steps to Reproduce

  • Start Cursor, it opens Agents window
  • Change in settings “Open Agents Window on Startup” to “Off”
  • Close Cursor
  • Start Cursor again, Agents window is opened on startup but it should not open

Expected Behavior

Agents window should not open if its turned off in settings.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.10.20 (Universal)
VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0
Commit: 23b9fb205fe595ea2be29da7214e19762d037fc0
Date: 2026-07-07T07:03:33.071Z
Layout: Agent Window
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Darwin arm64 25.5.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

5

Hey, thanks for the report.

Before quitting, try switching to a normal IDE window, not the Agents Window, then quit Cursor from there with Cmd+Q. On the next start, it should restore whichever window was last active. Let me know if that helps. If not, we can dig in further.

6

I am on the latest version and this bug is annoying and still not patched its opening agents window everytime please fix.
Version: 3.11.13
VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0
Commit: 3f21b08f0b436a07be29fbfe00b304fa15553350
Date: 2026-07-10T01:45:28.254Z
Layout: IDE
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Darwin arm64 25.5.0

7

This workaround does not fix it completely :frowning:

8

There are many ongoing threads about this. I suggest we consolidate them into the following!