CMD + N No Longer Creates a New Editor Panel

[Liamazing (Liam Osler)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

CMD + N now starts a new agent chat instead of creating a new editor window. I never changed any settings or consented to any updates and all of a sudden this started happening.

Simlarly, I never changed any settings or consented to any updates and all of a sudden I have agents on the left?

Similarly, every time I change my settings to have chat on the right and sidebar on the left the settings are discarded every time that I close cursor. I never changed any settings or consented to any updates to have this happen.

Similarly, every time I open up a different remote machine, my chat is on the left and sidebar is on the right.

Steps to Reproduce

CMD N

Expected Behavior

new editor

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.20 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: b3573281c4775bfc6bba466bf6563d3d498d1070
Date: 2025-12-12T06:29:26.017Z (5 days ago)
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.1.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[Colin]

Hey @Liamazing

We can’t handle 4 bug reports in one thread – but I’m happy to address the first one!

CMD + N now starts a new agent chat instead of creating a new editor window. I never changed any settings or consented to any updates and all of a sudden this started happening.

In Agent mode, if you’re focused on an editor window, it should open up a new editor. If you’re focused anywhere else, it will open up a new chat.

In Editor mode, however, CMD + N always opens up a new editor window.

Does that match what you’re experiencing?