Closing maximized panel broken

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

If you maximize the panel (i.e your maximized terminal), it always opens the fully maximized Chat pane upon toggling it closed.

This completely covers the screen and i’m unable to jump back and forth between code and the maximixed terminal. This is pretty bad for my workflow. It happens whether the chat pane is open or not.

Steps to Reproduce

Open cursor,
Maximize the panel,
Close the panel,
New Chat takes up screen

Expected Behavior

Like vscode (or previous cursor version). I close the maximized terminal and I’m returned to the code screen i was looking at. Chat pane doesn’t become randomly maximized.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.6.19
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 224838f96445be37e3db643a163a817c15b36060
Date: 2026-03-12T04:07:27.435Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.4.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. The video really helps, the bug reproduces clearly.

This is an issue with how the panel maximization state interacts with the chat state. When you close a maximized terminal, the system incorrectly thinks the chat was maximized and shows it fullscreen.

I’ve passed this to the team. There’s no ETA right now, but your report helps with prioritization.

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