After one of yours amazing VPN network errors. I closed the app and restarted the app to find out that half or my code was wiped out! All my files were still there, but now…without content!!! 1 month of work to the trash!!
Steps to Reproduce
You figure it out!! You are the developers!! Meanwhile, I will back up my files every 5 seconds.
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
cursors ai has been deleting a lot recently. if u still have the files, check the timeline, u may still be able to restore it.
if the files have been deleted try making new files using the exact file names as before then going to the timelines in the bottom left.
hi @gtrusa_gtrusa and sorry to hear about the issue with your files.
While we can’t remotely restore files you should be able to use your backups or timeline as others pointed out to help with this issue.
I have reported the issue to dev team.
Additionally please use Git to either check in files manually or Agent can do this as well. You can also connect to GitHub to store there your code and push updates there regularly so even in case your machine is working you can easily restore files.
I wonder if Cursor should have a one-off prompt/alert for any new project not setup with Git?
Lots of people new in the space trying out AI coding, but unaware of some good practices regarding version control, and instead relying on Cursor’s restore checkpoint.
This. Regardless of if you use Cursor or not, if you don’t use Git (or similar) to manage your code revisions, you’re just asking for disasters like this to happen.
i want get my money back,cursor didnt pay my return into my payment way,instead they give me “credit”,which only can be used the next time i subscirbe cursor pro
@jpedrorw sorry to hear about your bad experience, please note there were two issues occurred in last few days: one was a looping issue we fixed and second there were issues with Claude models by Anthropic they fixed.
You should behave like any of your files could get nuked at any point. As a user, it’s on you to back up important data.
This isn’t just a worry with Cursor… what if your hard drive died or your operating system had a bug and the data was lost?
If this data is THAT essential, spend a small amount of money on a backup drive or network backup. There is honestly no excuse for this. Blaming Cursor, when you should be blaming yourself.