Composer tab gone?

I no longer have the composer tab or agent feature, just the simple chat and then “apply in editor” workflow. No idea why, searched internet, asked AI, browsed cursor settings. No clue.

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MacOS: 15.1 (24B2083)
Version: 0.45.11
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: f5f18731406b73244e0558ee7716d77c8096d150
Date: 2025-02-07T09:43:58.555Z
Electron: 32.2.6
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.1.0

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Hey, can you confirm that you haven’t hidden the activity bar? Also, what happens if you press Cmd + I, does it open the Composer?

@deanrie I have the composer tab but no agent … just “normal”. happened this morning.

Hey, what happens if you create a new Composer session by clicking the + button at the top of the window? Will it bring back the mode selection?

yeah, that fixed it. any reason why it was disappearing?

Mode selection is only available in a new session, you can’t change it in an existing one.