Cursor Browser "Hard Refresh"

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I’ve been testing out the new Agent Window → Browser → Design Mode. Overall I like it, but I’m having an issue with file updated propagating to my agent browser window. Sometimes, changes will appear. Other times, no matter how many times I Ctrl+R or Ctrl+Shift+R, the change is not updated–but I can see it in the file/code that the change should be visible in the webpage display.

Is this a known issue? Am I not refreshing the page properly? Either way, it’s a frustrating workflow to be working through UX/Ui issues, make an update, and not be able to verify/validate it with confidence because I’m unsure if the change was properly implemented, or if it’s just a browser caching issue.

Also, Ctrl+Shift+R only works sometimes when I use the hotkey. When it does work, I usually see my changes; but, sometimes when I use the hotkey, it does absolutely nothing, as if the hotkey event never triggered. Normally, my window disappears and reappears, but when the command fails, nothing happens to my agent/browser window, and the webpage doesn’t even reload–just appears as if the Keyboard Input wasn’t registered.

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Just a quick update: I’ve found a bit of a work-around. I can get Ctrl+Shift+R to work basically every time if I actually click inside the browser window’s URL bar (which will highlight the URL), THEN hit Ctrl+Shift+R. If If my mouse is just somewhere on the page interacting with it, there’s no guarantee that Ctrl+Shift+R will work. But if I click on the URL bar and do it, it’ll work.

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hi Jeff

Great find on the workaround — you nailed it and thank you for following up with us here

This is a known issue: the hard refresh shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+R) is focus-dependent, so it only fires when the browser itself holds focus. Clicking into the URL bar first, exactly as you discovered, reliably hands focus to the browser, so the shortcut works every time.

For changes not showing up after a refresh, the toolbar refresh button should always do a full, cache-clearing reload.