I applied chat’s suggested changes to a file, then included that file in the next message because the change didn’t work. The response was as if I had never applied the changes. I don’t know how to get the model to see the latest version of the file.

Chat is not using latest version of files for its context

OssianRavn December 5, 2024, 10:37am 2

I’ve experienced the same issue. Restarting Cursor solved it for me.

Composer doesn't seem to monitor source files for manual changes

AI Process Previous (Not Actual) Version of Code

Manually written changes are deleted on composer chat start

Topic		Replies	Views
AI Process Previous (Not Actual) Version of Code Bug Reports	2	33	December 5, 2024
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Please look at updated file before generating code or applying changes Discussions	0	138	September 12, 2024
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0.46.2 regression: File context no longer follows selected file Bug Reports	1	54	March 26, 2025