# Cursor making up files that don't exist - Major Bug

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-making-up-files-that-dont-exist-major-bug/79198>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [April 14, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-making-up-files-that-dont-exist-major-bug/79198 "2025-04-14T18:49:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![richardL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de0a6/32.png) [@richardL](https://forum.cursor.com/u/richardL)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-making-up-files-that-dont-exist-major-bug/79198/1 "2025-04-14T18:49:07Z")

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✅ **Check the forum** to ensure the issue hasn’t been reported already  
can’t see the bug reported before  
🐞 Provide a **clear description** of the bug  
The bug created a whole file it was asking me to analyse and approve changes for but the file did not exist in my code base at all and as far as I am aware never did.  
🔄 Explain how to **reproduce the bug** (if known)  
don’t know how to reproduce  
📷 Attach **screenshots or recordings** (e.g., `.jpg`, `.png`, `.mp4`).  
attached  
💻 Tell us your operating system and your **Cursor version** (e.g., `Windows, 0.x.x`).  
sequoia 15.1 mac 0.48.8  
🚫 Tell us if the issue stops you from using Cursor.  
it makes it very difficult to use if we are working on fantasy code.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-making-up-files-that-dont-exist-major-bug/79198/2 "2025-05-14T18:49:51Z")

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