Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug When Cursor is restarted, the Agents window is always displayed by default now, even if the user was exclusively using the Editor window when the application was closed. Steps to Reproduce Use Cursor with the Editor window. C…

Hi @rsb Thanks for the forum report and I apologize for the disruption here. There are a couple of things that are colliding here to create this not ideal experience for you. The first is that there is a nudge to try to nudge some users to the agents view, but there is supposed to be a setting to th…

I have this same exact issue as well. Also, it defaulted all of my AI settings to turned back on when I explicitly turned them all off. Version: 3.9.16 VS Code Extension API: 1.105.1 Commit: 042b3c1a4c53f2c3808067f519fbfc67b72cad80 Date: 2026-06-27T06:41:01.941Z Layout: editor Build Type: Stab…

Aaargh! The way of getting back to the Editor window just changed again with the latest update (Version: 3.10.20 VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0 Commit: 23b9fb205fe595ea2be29da7214e19762d037fc0 Date: 2026-07-07T07:03:33.071Z Layout: Agent Window Build Type: Stable Release Track: Default Elect…

Version: 3.11.13 (Universal) VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0 Commit: 3f21b08f0b436a07be29fbfe00b304fa15553350 Date: 2026-07-10T01:45:28.254Z Layout: Agent Window Build Type: Stable Release Track: Default Electron: 40.10.3 Chromium: 144.0.7559.236 Node.js: 24.15.0 V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0 …

Same behaviour on Mac OS, this is irritating

same behavior - agents window set to off - ide hidden. Guys, nobody wanted this crap. This is atrocious. This is the reason I will stop paying cursor and move to other platforms. Stop shoving agenting management crap down my throat on what I (and clearly, a large proportion of your customers) see as…

I am never using the agents window. Let me turn it completely off and all UI elements related to it. I just want to read my code.

There are many ongoing threads about this. I suggest we consolidate them into the following! [image] Cursor Always Starts in Agent Mode Instead of IDE Mode Help Hey all! Sorry for the confusion here. Let me (hopefully) clear things up. Switching “Open Agent…

Cursor defaults to Agents Window on application restart

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Colin (Colin) July 15, 2026, 3:56pm 16

There are many ongoing threads about this. I suggest we consolidate them into the following!

Topic		Replies	Views
"Open agents windows on startup" option ignored Bug Reports agents-window	3	195	July 15, 2026
Cursor boots to Agent Window instead of IDE Bug Reports layout , agents-window	2	231	July 15, 2026
Cursor IDE reverts to agents window on every start up Bug Reports agents-window	4	410	July 15, 2026
Open Agents Window on Startup is ignored when the last active window is Agents Bug Reports agents-window	5	191	July 15, 2026
Cursor always opens in "Agent Window" mode instead of "Editor Window" on startup Bug Reports nightly , layout , agents-window	2	4957	June 1, 2026

Cursor defaults to Agents Window on application restart

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