I would like to be able to fork a chat, here’s why with an example. you’re working on some code changes or a new feature. You need to be able to restore checkpoints but i don’t want to lose my prompts i have already written and that have generated either code and a text response or both, I don’t w…

Yes its done!!! - Duplicate Chat. Must have been added since i requested this! brilliant.

Have you tried background tasks?

Hi fitz, no i haven’t, but that’s not what I am after. I want a simple fork rather than background. This is foreground iterative work, - rinse and repeat request.

That’s a great idea. Seems like a dupe of Fork a chat from a given message ?

Hey Ollie, welcome to the Cursor Forum. Would this not be similar to the current duplicate chat feature?

Oh I didn’t know duplicate chat existed or where it was but I found it. [image] It looks like what I was looking for, then maybe the feature I linked should also be closed with “Implemented” status?

Happy to oblige :slight_smile: Though Ollie’s suggestion sounds a bit more advanced. Would be sure interesting to check out the difference and pottential enhancements.

Hey, yes, the branch chat is something that has already been requested on the forum.

[CleanShot 2025-12-08 at 09.05.22@2x] Hi, was Duplicate Chat removed? I don’t see it on the latest cursor.

Can we Fork Chats pls

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rojo (Fernando Rojo) December 8, 2025, 2:08pm 10

Hi, was Duplicate Chat removed? I don’t see it on the latest cursor.

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Can we Fork Chats pls

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