Cursor chat auto resizes itself to its default width

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Every time I open Cursor the chat shrinks back to its original width for some reason.

Steps to Reproduce

Try to resize your chat window and then close Cursor. After that reopen it and you will see the chat window is back to its default width

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.6.26 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 6af2d906e8ca91654dd7c4224a73ef17900ad730
Date: 2025-09-16T17:12:31.697Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Workbench width gets reduced after system sleep almost all the time, forcing one to resize it almost every time.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Resize the workbench to a desired width
  2. Leave the system idle as to lock the screen, go into sleep
  3. Unlock the screen (credentials / PIN)
  4. Restore Cursor’s window (if minimized)

Expected Behavior

Workbench to have the same width as intentionally set (1. step in “Steps to Reproduce”)

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.17 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 34881053400013f38e2354f1479c88c9067039a0
Date: 2025-09-29T03:10:26.099Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey, thanks for the report. I can’t reproduce this. Could you please record a short video of the behavior?

It does it when you turn off the system and boot it the next day and the chat window width gets reduced

Does this also happen in the latest version?

Yes it does

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Please also add an option of having default width for the chat. When double clicking on the border of the chat window its width is too small. Please make it a bit more larger or let the users set a default width for it.

Thank you

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Thanks, we’ll try to improve it.

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