# Cancelling an agent multiple times deletes current chat

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cancelling-an-agent-multiple-times-deletes-current-chat/165186>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** agents-window, chat\
**Created:** [July 8, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cancelling-an-agent-multiple-times-deletes-current-chat/165186 "2026-07-08T16:47:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Scott\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Scott\_Griffin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Scott_Griffin)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cancelling-an-agent-multiple-times-deletes-current-chat/165186/1 "2026-07-08T16:47:25Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

### Describe the Bug

When I cancel an agent multiple times in a row, sometimes it will delete the conversation and start a new chat.

### Steps to Reproduce

Cancel an agent multiple times in a row, sometimes it will delete the conversation and start a new chat.

### Expected Behavior

Stop the agent without deleting the conversation and starting a new chat.

### Operating System

Windows 10/11

### Version Information

Version: 3.10.20 (user setup)  
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: Windows\_NT arm64 10.0.26200

### For AI issues: which model did you use?

Composer 2.5

### For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

It was deleted

### Additional Information

Really annoying, bugs where I lose progress makes me consider other services

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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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:** [July 8, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cancelling-an-agent-multiple-times-deletes-current-chat/165186/5 "2026-07-08T18:11:50Z")

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Hey @Scott_Griffin!

Pressing Stop on a just-submitted first message (before any assistant output appears) makes the Agent Window archive the whole chat, bounce back to the empty New Agent view, and refill your prompt.

Is this happening to you after an assistant message has been emitted? A screen recording would be great here!

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cancelling-an-agent-multiple-times-deletes-current-chat/165186/8 "2026-08-14T11:46:22Z")

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