Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cloud Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear) Describe the Bug Hi, there is a new bug: if you select a workspace for cursor agent and start working, sometimes it switches to another workspace randomly. In this case you need to stop working and restart in the…

Hey, thanks for the report. This looks like something we’re already tracking, but I want to make sure I understand which exact case you’re seeing so I can route it to the right place. A couple questions: Does the wrong workspace show up right when the agent starts, like after New Agent or Split, …

Hi, Sometimes it switches right after launching, but other times it switches while I’m typing the prompt, and I have to manually set it back. Yes, I have 5–6 projects open, including some combined workspaces (multiple repos together). I only use the desktop app. If it happens again, I’ll try to g…

Thanks for the video and the extra info. What you’re describing, the workspace switching when the agent starts or while you’re typing a prompt, especially when multiple projects are open and you’re using combined workspaces with multiple repos, is an issue we’re already tracking in the multi-root sc…

Any updates? Work is practically impossible.

same problem. Opened the agent, opposite the desired project. Made changes, but it turned out that a completely different project was active and the changes flew to the prod server, disrupting its operation.

Similar problem here, but it happens also when i click on an existing chat in the agents window. Project A Chat A1 Chat A2 Project B Chat B1 Chat B2 If i now click e.g. on Chat B1 to add something there or look at the results of an agent, it randomly jumps to e.g. Chat A1. If i then click again…

Hey, thanks everyone for the extra details. For the main case where the workspace switches when creating an agent or while typing a prompt when multiple projects are open, including a combined multi-root, that’s something we’re already tracking. It shouldn’t happen, and it’s not caused by anything i…

Done, here is the report for people that come here also with the WSL switching bug… [image] Agents Window jumps back to previous WSL workspace after Connecting… Bug Reports Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug In the Agents…

I have the same problem. I use AI agents view/windows only in the Cursor Windows app. The last couple of days, quite often when I press the “+” sign in the left side workspace/projects pane to start a new session/chat something strange happens, and that chat gets like a new dupilcated folder in th…

Agents randomly switching workspace

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Karsten_Beyer (Karsten Beyer) August 25, 2026, 3:34pm 14

Done, here is the report for people that come here also with the WSL switching bug…

Topic		Replies	Views
Agents Window jumps back to previous WSL workspace after Connecting… Bug Reports chat , wsl , agents-window	2	49	August 26, 2026
Glass Agents: new draft agent binds to wrong workspace after typing a few chars Bug Reports agents-window	1	41	August 25, 2026
Multi-Repo Workspace Causes Agent turns to terminate early Bug Reports chat , large-codebases	3	99	September 11, 2026
Worktree agents fork automatically into separate workspaces Bug Reports worktrees , subagents	14	302	April 5, 2026
Lost my workspace and whole Chat history after clicking "Agents Window" and closing it Bug Reports chat , agents-window	3	281	August 11, 2026

Agents randomly switching workspace

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