Cursor stuck in review mode on updated files

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

After cursor completed a session, I did not accept / reject line by line the code. However, it looked good, so I committed to a branch. When I switched branches, All of the edits that it made were still in review on the new / different version of the file, making editing the file completely impossible.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Have Cursor write changes to a file.
  2. Do not accept / reject any of its changes.
  3. Commit changes to a branch (or don’t I don’t think it matters actually)
  4. Switch branches
  5. Re-open the file on the new branch (which has new / updated / totally different content)
  6. See it asking for accept / reject all over which is completely irrelevant to what is happening

Expected Behavior

It needs to “forget” that it edited the file, or “reread” the file in question from disk and know it’s changes are not there / relevant anymore. There needs to be a way to force clear it’s memory or to essentially say “forget all of those changes from earlier,” or at least a way to “break” out of review mode

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.4.28 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: f3f5cec40024283013878b50c4f9be4002e0b580
Date: 2026-02-03T00:56:18.293Z (1 day ago)
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.2.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

claude-4.5–opus-high

Additional Information

Seems to happen with multiple different agents. Clearing the chat(s) does not fix. Archiving agents does not fix.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

Diffs for acceptance become out of sync with committed code when switching branches
3

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue with the review panel. The state doesn’t reset when switching branches.

Similar cases:

Some review list bugs have already been fixed, but there are still edge cases that can happen. The team is aware.

Workaround for now:

  1. Close the chat where the changes were made
  2. If that doesn’t help, fully restart Cursor
  3. The review state should reset

Try updating to the latest version. You’re on 2.4.28, but there may be a newer one with fixes.

If the issue still happens after updating and restarting, let me know and I’ll pass it to the team with your details (version, clear repro steps).

4

I have the same issue running Cursor 2.4 on linux PopOs. I cleared all chats, and restarted, but the review next file popover still there. Made me change to other IDE for now.

Honestly I would suggest just adding some option to disable this “Review next file” feature, not that big of a deal for me, the chat still works and does the changes…

5

I found a solution - to start a dialogue inside this repository through the web interface https://cursor.com/agents. This dialog appeared in my desktop version and the stuck dialog was immediately continued.

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