Cursor Is Losing Focus and the Chat Button Is Broken

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

They are shipping features instead of shipping value.

The Cursor interface is getting worse every day. There are constant updates, but no clear direction. It feels like the team is struggling to align on priorities.

The interface breaks often. Agent Mode keeps being pushed, and now in Cursor 2.2, when I close the chat, the chat button simply disappears. I have to turn it on again every single time. This is basic functionality and should not be failing.

The product is becoming increasingly complicated and confusing. The path should be the opposite: simple, stable, and gradually improved. It feels like decisions are being driven by fear of losing to Claude Code instead of a real focus on user experience.

Honestly, I am seriously considering going back to VS Code. In its current state, this IDE feels unreliable and poorly polished.

Steps to Reproduce

n/a

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.17
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: cf858ca030e9c9a99ea444ec6efcbcfc40bfda70

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Hey, thanks for the report. We want to figure this out quickly.

We need a bit more data:

  • Step-by-step repro: how exactly you close the chat, and whether Agent Mode is enabled
  • A screencast or before/after screenshots when the chat button disappears
  • Your macOS version, display scaling, and number of monitors
  • The list of installed extensions. Check if it reproduces when launching without extensions: start cursor with the --disable-extensions flag
  • Enable Settings > Application > Experimental > Extension Monitor Enabled, then check if any extension triggers the issue
  • Open Developer: Toggle Developer Tools and share errors from the Console tab

Once we have the repro and logs, I’ll pass it to the team. Let me know if launching without extensions helps.

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same problem here. latest Cursor with no extensions on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. chat window constantly losing focus to “plan.md” in plan mode. e.g. you would start a chat, submit a question, then just you as you type a follow-up question in chat window, plan.md steals the focus and some of your keystrokes get inserted into the middle of the markdown document.

switching back to chat window does not help - plan.md keeps stealing focus and basically you’re unable to use chat window until plan finishes rendering. 100% reproducible all the time. Super annoying recent “enhancement”. please fix asap !!!

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Thanks for the info. What version of Cursor do you have?

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Version: 2.2.20
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: b3573281c4775bfc6bba466bf6563d3d498d1070
Date: 2025-12-12T06:29:26.017Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.8.0-90-generic
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