Cloud Agent Branches not appearing

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I want to start a new cloud agent session, but I don’t have any branch to choose from. Searching also does not reveal anything.

I’m using a private gitlab repository. If I try the same thing through the web app, it works and it shows me all branches. Once I started the session through the web, I’m able to use it in my Cursor IDE again.

Also interesting: for some projects on the same gitlab.com group, it works, for some not.

Steps to Reproduce

Start a new cloud agent session. Try to select a branch

Expected Behavior

All my branches should be shown as in the web app.

Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Version: 3.15.19
VS Code Extension API: 1.128.0
Commit: de07bee81cefe43461ebf4f40c3d2d78d15052a0
Date: 2026-08-11T05:22:54.627Z
Layout: IDE
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.291
OS: Linux x64 7.0.0-29-generic

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey there!

What you’re seeing isn’t intended behavior, and it isn’t anything you’ve misconfigured. The IDE branch picker only sees GitLab projects that have already been picked up on the web side, which is why some projects in your group work and others don’t.

Your workaround is the right one, and you only need it once per project: open that repo on cursor.com/agents (starting a session there does it; just loading the repo list may be enough), and the IDE picker should work for it after that.

We’ve let the team know and this is an issue we’re tracking. I’ll post here when there’s an update.

8

Unfortunately the problem persists. I have plenty of sessions on this project but still the branches are not shown for this particular project.