I’d like to report a bug that I’ve been dealing with for about a month. I kept waiting for it to be fixed, but it doesn’t seem like anything is changing. Bug description: Every time I restart Cursor, it shows a list of files as “modified / needs saving”, even though I didn’t change anything. What happens: I work on a project I make changes and commit There are no unsaved files I close Cursor When I open Cursor again, I suddenly get ~10 files marked as changed/unsaved (changes I did not make) This forces me to discard changes file-by-file and reset the project back to the last commit Steps to reproduce: Open Cursor Make any change Commit Close Cursor Open Cursor again Observe multiple files flagged as modified/unsaved even though no edits were made This is happening consistently and makes it really hard to trust the working tree state after restart. Any help would be appreciated. Version: 2.2.44 (system setup) VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 20adc1003928b0f1b99305dbaf845656ff81f5d0 Date: 2025-12-24T21:41:47.598Z Electron: 37.7.0 Chromium: 138.0.7204.251 Node.js: 22.20.0 V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

are these all your gitingore files?

Thank you very much for wanting to help Not at all, just regular files, something different every time. [image] Casey Salmon: are these all your gitingore files?

ok i have the same thing going on then, when i reboot i have 172 files that i need to commit and push and the number grows. they tend to be a lot of .md files so i thought it maybe was gitignore and i was doing something wrong.

[image] Casey Salmon: so i thought it maybe was gitignore and i was doing something wrong. Unfortunately it’s not, it’s a bug in the cursor, the problem is that their comment system is a bit difficult for people, and people prefer to wait for someone else to complain…

Yeah this is a real issue, and makes Cursor unusable: [image] Saving files on project load Bug Reports Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug Opening an existing project, Cursor starts saving loads of files Steps to Reproduce Open an existing project Screenshots / Screen Recordings [Screenshot 2025-12-19 130421.png] Operating System Windows 10/11 Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy) Version: 2.2.36 (user setup) VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 55c9bc11e99cedd1fb93fbb7996abf779c583150 Date: 2025-12-18T06:25:21.733Z Electron: 37.7.0 Chromiu… @deanrie are we any closer to a fix?

[image] mwjt42: and makes Cursor unusable: I started to have a routine. Don’t exit cursor before commit Restart, reset to last commit, because I have no idea what he changed there for me

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue and the team is working on a fix. The bug has been confirmed by multiple users. Files that Agent or Composer previously edited get marked as modified when the IDE starts, usually due to EOF or whitespace changes. Related reports: Cursor modifying files on startup The cursor adds blank lines Saving files on project load For debugging, could you share: A Git diff for one of the flagged files (screenshot or text). Is it whitespace and newlines, or actual code changes? The value of git config core.autocrlf Are you using WSL or native Windows? Your list of installed extensions, especially formatters and linters Does it reproduce when you start Cursor with cursor --disable-extensions? Temporary workarounds (from other users): Open each flagged file → Accept all changes → close and reopen Cursor Or reset to the last commit after startup Let us know what you find. This will help the team speed up the fix.

This should be fixed in version 2.3.x.

[image] Dean Rie: A Git diff for one of the flagged files (screenshot or text). Is it whitespace and newlines, or actual code changes? Most of the time there was no real change. But I got tired of checking. [image] Dean Rie: Are you using WSL or native Windows? Windows [image] Dean Rie: Your list of installed extensions, especially formatters and linters I don’t install any plugins at all. [image] Dean Rie: This should be fixed in version 2.3.x. Glad to hear, and when is this version supposed to come out?

Hey, I know how frustrating this is. Version 2.3.x is already rolling out. Updates are usually released in stages, so it can take 1 to 3 days to reach all users. Keep an eye on the update notification in Cursor, or check manually via Help > Check for Updates. Let me know if the issue still happens after you update to 2.3.x.

Cursor creates phantom unsaved changes on every restart (requires discarding multiple files)

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mwjt42 December 28, 2025, 9:19am 6

Yeah this is a real issue, and makes Cursor unusable:

@deanrie are we any closer to a fix?

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