Chat regression: can’t add skills when editing old messages; old messages lose blue links / orange skills

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

After a recent update:
(1) editing an earlier user message no longer lets me attach a skill to that message.
(2) In long chats, older messages no longer show URLs as blue link previews or skills in orange like before.

Steps to Reproduce

Open a chat with old messages → edit a past user message → no skill attach.
Scroll to older messages with URLs/skills → plain text, no blue/orange styling.

Expected Behavior

Edit + skill on any message;
link/skill styling on all messages in the thread.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Version: 3.22.7
VS Code Extension API: 1.128.0
Commit: 37076c6c3f9e253c0fa2305197e45befd13a2260
Date: 2026-09-24T05:01:24.589Z
Layout: IDE
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 42.10.0
Chromium: 148.0.7778.280
Node.js: 24.18.1
V8: 14.8.178.38-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.291
OS: Linux x64 7.0.0-34-generic

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey @Talha_Yousaf, thanks for the report and the screenshots! Neither of these is caused by anything in your setup, and we’ve let the team know about both.

Adding skills when editing an earlier message:

The / menu in the edit box for earlier messages currently doesn’t list your skills, even though the main input at the bottom does. Two workarounds for now:

  1. Send the skill in a new message from the main input at the bottom of the chat instead of editing the earlier one.
  2. Open the Agents Window (the Open Agents Window button in the title bar, or search “Agents Window” in the Command Palette), select this chat, and edit the message there. The / menu in that edit box lists your skills.

Skills and links showing as plain text:

Messages sent from the chat panel that contain a skill or a link are currently displayed as plain text instead of with the orange skill and blue link styling. This only affects how the message is displayed. The skill and link were included when the message was sent. If you edit one of those messages, re-add the skill from the / menu (in the Agents Window, as above) before resending.

I’ll post here when there’s an update!

@kevinn any ETA or fix shipped for the missing / skills on in-panel message edit and the plain-text skill/link display? Workarounds are fine for now; just wondering if this is still on the roadmap. Thanks!