Critical Data Loss Bug – Undo Deletes Files on SSH Remote Workspace

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Clicking Undo on a single modified file causes ALL previously touched files in the agent history to reappear in the diff view and then get deleted from disk.

This results in:

  • Git-tracked files being marked as deleted
  • Untracked files being permanently deleted
  • Loss of local uncommitted changes

This is reproducible and causes real data loss.

Environment:

  • Workspace: SSH Remote
  • Remote OS: Linux (ext4)
  • Repo: Git
  • Cursor version: (fill in)
  • Local OS: (fill in)

Steps to Reproduce

Reproduction Flow (Precise Sequence):

  1. Work with Agent across many files over time.

    • Agent reads/modifies multiple files.
    • Eventually finish work.
    • Diff file list becomes empty (no pending changes shown in Cursor).

  2. Start new work:

    • Modify ONE file only.
    • Only that single file appears in the diff file list (expected behavior).

  3. Click Undo on that single file.

  4. Immediately:

    • ALL previously touched files from earlier agent history suddenly reappear in the diff view.
    • Within seconds, those files are removed from disk.

  5. Result:

    • git status shows many files as deleted.
    • Untracked files are permanently gone.
    • Local git changes are lost.
      Observed Behavior:
  • Undo on a single file triggers restoration of historical agent session state.
  • Files that were not part of the current change are pulled back into the diff view.
  • Those files are then deleted from disk.
  • inotify logs show MOVED_FROM events (atomic move behavior).
  • Deleted files match entries in ~/.cursor/ide_state.json → recentlyViewedFiles.

Expected Behavior

undo of a single agent addition should revert only the touched file and not deleting the entire files list that was in the agent history

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.4.37
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 7b9c34466f5c119e93c3e654bb80fe9306b6cc70
Date: 2026-02-12T23:15:35.107Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

Additional Information

i am sorry i don’t have screenshots… but i already have an inotify deamon in order to try to restore files us soon as it happen as i got a lot of file lost

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Hey, thanks for the detailed report.

We’re already tracking the issue where undo deletes files instead of reverting changes. A few users have hit similar behavior in recent versions:

In your case there’s an important detail. It also affects SSH remote workspaces, where the agent session’s historical state leaks into the undo scope.

As a temporary workaround until we ship a fix, please make frequent commits before rolling back agent changes. That way git checkout or git restore can recover anything that gets deleted.

Let me know if you need anything else.

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there is any estimation on the bug fix release? it actually make it dangerous to work with Cursor… as i said - it deletes also files not tracked by git

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