Cursor 2.6.19 overwrites manually assigned chat titles

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor is overwriting chat titles that I manually assign. I deliberately give chats meaningful names (for example the feature or task I’m working on) so I can easily return to them later. After some time, Cursor replaces my chosen title with an automatically generated one.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Create a new chat in Cursor.
  2. Manually rename the chat to something meaningful.
  3. Prompt the chat.
  4. After prompting, Cursor replaces the manually assigned title with a new automatically generated title.

Expected Behavior

If a user manually renames a chat, that title should remain unchanged unless the user edits it again.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Cursor 2.6.19

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Any

Additional Information

This makes it harder to locate past conversations and disrupts workflows that rely on naming chats according to features or tasks. Manually naming chats is important for organizing work across multiple tasks. Overwriting user-provided titles defeats the purpose of allowing manual naming.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. This is a confirmed bug. When you send the first message in a chat, the auto-rename logic doesn’t account for the fact that the user already set a name manually, and it overwrites it.

I’ve shared this with the team. For now, the workaround is to rename the chat after sending the first message. Auto-rename only triggers on the first message.

Let me know if you have any questions.