Chat Visual issues

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The chat panel gets truncated or hidden, and there are several visual/layout issues where chat messages disappear or become partially hidden.

Steps to Reproduce

Open 5 to 10 chat tabs in Cursor, then actively use each chat for multiple prompts or follow-up messages. After switching between them and continuing the conversations, the chat panel starts showing visual/layout problems.

Issues I noticed:

  • Some chat messages become partially hidden.
  • The chat panel gets truncated.
  • Parts of the conversation disappear until I resize, scroll, or switch views.
  • The layout does not consistently preserve the full visible chat area when many chats are open and active.

Expected Behavior

It should remain reliable even when 10+ chat tabs are open and active. The chat panel should preserve the full visible conversation area without requiring resize, scroll reset, or switching views to make hidden messages reappear.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

LATEST STABLE

For AI issues: which model did you use?

auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Hey, thanks for the detailed report and the screenshot. I can see the transcript is cut off at the top, and there’s an empty area below it down to the input field.

This is a known client-side chat rendering bug. With a lot of active tabs and long chats, the virtualized transcript sometimes won’t render some messages until you resize, scroll, or switch views. This is on our side. I don’t have an exact ETA for a fix yet, but we ship changes in this area regularly, so it should improve in upcoming stable builds.

For now, a reliable workaround that restores rendering:

  • Cmd+Shift+P then Developer: Reload Window
  • Or just resize the panel or window, or scroll a bit. That forces a redraw.

One more thing. Can you confirm your exact version in Cursor > About Cursor, not just latest stable but the actual number. It’ll help us track when the fix reaches you. If this still happens after updates, please reply in the thread.