Cursor reopens old chats

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor keeps reopening closed chats at startup.

Steps to Reproduce

  • I manually close old chats I don’t need anymore
  • I close the IDE
  • Once the IDE is reopened, old closed chats are open again

Expected Behavior

Manually closed chats should stay closed

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.12.10
VS Code Extension API: 1.128.0
Commit: 24a12dbd9cabf48956ce5bb3dbd234e41385b3d0
Date: 2026-07-16T03:15:48.538Z
Layout: IDE
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: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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