Continue without reverting

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Hey everyone,

I’ve been using the Agent Chat and noticed that whenever I make changes higher up in the chat history, it automatically reverts back to that state without asking me anymore. Previously, I used to get a prompt asking whether I want to restore the checkpoint or continue without reverting, but at some point, I must have checked “Don’t Ask Again.”

Now, I can’t seem to find any setting to bring back this confirmation prompt. Is there a way to disable automatic reverting or to re-enable the option so that I’m asked every time again?

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I’m also having this issue!

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Hitting the same issue as well. Have scoured the settings and don’t see any way to reset/change this if you clicked “Don’t Ask Again”. How can we update this after the first selection?

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I also experienced the same issue, and it was impossible to change it in the settings. The only solution was to completely remove the cursor and then reset it.

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There is no UI or setting.json option to revert this. You will need to edit the SQLite state database directly.

I go into a bit more detail (and provide screenshots) here: 0.48.2 option for "revert changes" popup missing - #3 by dimitri-vs

  1. Locate the file: For me it was the state.vscdb file in C:\Users\<NAME>\AppData\Roaming\Cursor\User\globalStorage folder
  2. :warning: Backup: Strongly recommend backing up the SQLite file before making any changes.
  3. Close Cursor completely.
  4. Open/connect to the file in an SQLite editor, I used DBeaver
  5. Navigate to the ItemTable table and search for dialogDontAskAgainPreferences or submit-from-previous-message, mine was under the the src.vs.platform.reactivestorage.browser.reactiveStorageServiceImpl.persistentStorage.applicationUser key
  6. Carefully modify the JSON value for just that key, changing {"submit-from-previous-message-2":true} to {"submit-from-previous-message-2":false}
  7. Save the changes to the SQLite file.
  8. Restart Cursor and test the scenario.