# Agents panel / right sidebar lost session list – no way to restore

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/agents-panel-right-sidebar-lost-session-list-no-way-to-restore/153481>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [March 3, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agents-panel-right-sidebar-lost-session-list-no-way-to-restore/153481 "2026-03-03T17:34:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agents-panel-right-sidebar-lost-session-list-no-way-to-restore/153481/4 "2026-03-04T19:33:09Z")

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> [@Paul\_Baumgarten](#):
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> I was trying to improve performance and it happened during that process

This most likely happened because the workspace storage database (`state.vscdb`) was cleared or corrupted during the performance tuning. Along with other data, Cursor stores the session list (which conversations appear in the sidebar) inside SQLite files called `state.vscdb` (one per workspace), and unfortunately, there’s no built-in way to rebuild that list once it’s gone.

These files live under the Cursor user data directory:

- macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage/<workspace-id>/state.vscdb`
- Windows: `%APPDATA%\Cursor\User\workspaceStorage\<workspace-id>\state.vscdb`
- Linux: `~/.config/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage/<workspace-id>/state.vscdb`

Cursor does maintain a `state.vscdb.backup` alongside each database, but if space was being cleared, that’s likely gone too.

The good news is the agent transcripts folder has already been found. Those are the raw conversation logs and they’re independent of the session list. Your user might find it useful to point the Cursor at that folder and ask to summarize each transcript, search for specific conversations, or answer any other questions about what was discussed. Not quite the same as having the sidebar back, but the content itself won’t be lost.

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