Cursor randomly reverts code without consent... recurring

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Exactly the same as Cursor randomly reverts code without consent - #5 this closed one.

Cursor IDE contains a catastrophic bug that randomly reverts file contents without user consent, notification, or warning. This results in silent data loss, destroyed productivity, and broken trust in the tool.

The Problem
During normal development with Cursor’s AI features, files are randomly reverted to previous states. This happens:

Without any warning or notification
Without user action or consent
After changes have been successfully saved
Across multiple file types and sizes
Both for AI-generated and manually typed code
What Gets Reverted
:white_check_mark: Complete files - Entire files reduced to empty or near-empty state
:white_check_mark: Partial changes - Specific edits undone while other changes persist
:white_check_mark: Multiple files simultaneously - Several files revert at the same time
:white_check_mark: Recent work - Changes made minutes ago simply disappear
So.. Cursor wants to remove unlimited auto requests while simultaneously their product is unusable? Classy.

Side note. Noticed another forum members post on the same issue that was happening a month ago. Still not fixed huh?

Steps to Reproduce
Use auto mode, code like normal, watch your work disappear. Rinse and repeat.

Expected Behavior
For it to not revert code without my consent?

Operating System
MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.7.52 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3

For AI issues: which model did you use?
Auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor
Yes - Cursor is unusable

Steps to Reproduce

Use auto mode, code like normal, watch your work disappear. Rinse and repeat.

Expected Behavior

For it to not revert code without my consent?

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.0-pre.9.patch.0
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 538f0bc987d4ac2d4d7b83bf606ecbccbf001f50
Date: 2025-12-15T08:14:56.870Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

Seems to happen when i have more than one auto agent going at the same time?

Additional Information

Seems to happen when i have more than one auto agent going at the same time?

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

2

Hey, thanks for the report.

This is a known issue the team is working on. It can happen when an agent is interrupted or stopped, changes may revert to a previous state.

You mentioned an important detail: “seems to happen when i have more than one auto agent going at the same time”. To help the team investigate this multi-agent scenario, could you share:

  • The Request ID when it happens with multiple agents (three dots in the chat → Copy Request ID)
  • Exact steps to reproduce: how many agents are running, what each one is doing, and when the revert happens

Workarounds for now:

  • Use the Timeline view (right-click the file → Open Timeline) to restore reverted changes
  • Use Checkpoints, click “Restore Checkpoint” on earlier agent requests
  • Commit to Git often, especially before stopping an agent or starting a new one
  • Avoid running multiple agents at the same time until this is fixed

Related thread: Stopping agent reverts changes

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This is way worse than just interrupting an agent. I had changes while working through some new code changes on the sidebar, then it was accepted and everything went well and I moved on.

A whole day later, and many other changes later, I’m looking for the function, and there’s literally no sign of it! I look through the chat history, and that specific chat is non-existent. The chat disappeared along with all the changes that were done in it, randomly, from code that even evolved after that specific chat.

@deanrie

4

I’ve also encountered this bug!!! it reverts everything even i don’t touch that file.

5

I can’t believe how unseriously this bug is being taken. Imagine if Google Drive just randomly lost your documents? IT’s a complete breaker

6

replying just to note that i have seen the same problem in a nearly identical environment. for me it has been relatively rare and until seeing this report thought it might have been something i had done, so i didn’t bother reporting it. which is to say: many users could be interpreting it as user-error and not reporting and it may be far more common than developers suspect.