Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug After I upgraded to version 3.9.16 the IDE is switching to the Agents Window upon startup and is not remembering my open projects. Steps to Reproduce Switch to Editor Window, open a project, close the IDE. Next time you open it’s switched to Agents Window again. Expected Behavior It’s meant to remember my preference and to stop forcing me to use Agents Window. Operating System Linux Version Information Version: 3.9.16 VS Code Extension API: 1.105.1 Commit: 042b3c1a4c53f2c3808067f519fbfc67b72cad80 Date: 2026-06-27T06:41:01.941Z Layout: editor 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 xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256 OS: Linux x64 6.17.0-35-generic Does this stop you from using Cursor No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hi @alex-vukov! Thanks for the report. You can customize this behavior. [image] Set editor as default window Help We’ve received the feedback. Following up on that, version 3.3.30 adds a new “Open Agents Window on startup” toggle in Cursor Settings > Agents. Turn it off to launch into the Editor by default. [image] To get the update: Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P > Attempt Update, then restart Cursor. If you don’t see the toggle after updating, the workarounds from my earlier reply still work: Shift+Cmd+N (Mac) / Shift+Ctrl+N (Windows/Linux) to open the Editor, or launch from terminal with cursor . --classic. The up…

The new “Open Agents Window on startup” toggle was in my Cursor Settings > Agents yesterday but is not there today. My current version is 3.9.16 and when I attempt an update it says that no updates are available.

Thanks @adaptive_behaviour. Had you toggled it off? We’re tracking a known issue where the setting disappears permanently after toggling off.

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 Agents Window at Startup” to Off results in Cursor restoring the last used window on startup, rather than always defaulting to the Agents Window. It does not necessarily mean that the IDE becomes the default. We’re going to clarify this by renaming the setting to “Window Restoration” in Cursor v3.12. If you’ve set Open Agents Window at Startup" to Off, and the last window you had opened was the IDE, y…

Cursor IDE reverts to agents window on every start up

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Colin (Colin) June 29, 2026, 12:36pm 5

Hi @alex-vukov!

Thanks for the report. You can customize this behavior.

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Cursor IDE reverts to agents window on every start up

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