Cursor Potentially Deleted all of my Files

[Adit_Sanghvi]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Extremely dangerous behavior, i asked cursor to move a single file out of my repo, the composer went crazy and kept calling more and more tools - now all my files are deleted, can you take a look at the server logs? I cant see anything on cursor

Steps to Reproduce

no idea

Expected Behavior

do not delete my files?!?!?

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.69
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 63fcac100bd5d5749f2a98aa47d65f6eca61db30
Date: 2025-11-07T18:21:29.650Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.5.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

COMPOSER

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

cant see anything

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. I’m really sorry this happened.

Immediate recovery steps:

1. Composer Checkpoints (if available):

• Find checkpoint buttons in the chat to the right of your previous requests
• Pick a checkpoint from BEFORE the deletions started
• This will restore your codebase to that saved state
• Note: checkpoints are available only if you created them during the session

2. Git (recommended):

• Run:

git status          # See what was deleted
git restore .       # Restore all deleted files

3. Check system trash:

• macOS: check Trash in Finder
• Files deleted by Cursor may be recoverable from the system trash

To help investigate this critical bug:

• Turn off Privacy Mode: Cursor Settings (gear icon) > General > Privacy Mode
• Get the Request ID: Composer chat menu (three dots) top right > Copy Request ID
• Share here: the Request ID + whether you recovered the files

Let me know if any of this helped you recover your files.