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. V…

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.

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 Trac…

This workaround does not fix it completely :frowning:

There are many ongoing threads about this. I suggest we consolidate them into the following! [image] Cursor Always Starts in Agent Mode Instead of IDE Mode Help Hey all! Sorry for the confusion here. Let me (hopefully) clear things up. Switching “Open Agent…

Agent window opens on startup when it's turned off

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Colin (Colin) July 15, 2026, 3:59pm 8

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

Topic		Replies	Views
Open Agents Window on Startup is ignored when the last active window is Agents Bug Reports agents-window	5	112	July 15, 2026
"Open agents windows on startup" option ignored Bug Reports agents-window	3	124	July 15, 2026
Opening in Agent Mode Bug Reports agents-window	6	539	July 15, 2026
Agents window launches on off Bug Reports agents-window	1	97	July 15, 2026
How do I make Cursor one IDE by default? (it started to open chat mode after updates) Bug Reports agents-window	7	885	July 15, 2026

Agent window opens on startup when it's turned off

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