Cursor v0.48 - Chat Tabs, Custom Modes and Sounds!

The team has once again been cooking and we’ve got some great changes coming in Cursor v0.48! Here’s what’s new in Cursor v0.48:

Cursor v0.48 is now available to Early Access users and will be rolling out over the next few days to all Standard release users!

:hammer_and_wrench: Custom Modes (Beta)

In v0.46, you can now create your own modes, choose the tools, settings, custom instructions, and even set the specific model for that mode to give you complete control over how you want to work!

:bookmark_tabs: Chat Tabs

Many of our users liked being able to work in the Chat and the Composer at the same time, and in v0.46, we took that away! Now, with Chat Tabs, you can have multiple Chats running in parallel and change between them in one click!

:speaker_high_volume: Sound Notifications (Beta)

Once the chat has completed, you can now enable a tone to play, so you can work on other things and know when the Chat has finished!

:straight_ruler: Context Window Warnings

Cursor will now show a small prompt to suggest you start a new chat session when you approach the maximum context window size! If you choose to continue, your oldest messages will be summarised to keep the chat going.

:money_bag: Usage Pricing Visibility

You can now see how much each chat has cost when using usage-based pricing directly in the editor! Just open the window showing your chat history, and hover the $ symbol to see the details.

:plus: More Changes

We have many more improvements and changes too, such as better MCP support on Windows, indexing improvements for teams sharing codebases and more!

See all of our changes and more details on our full changelog:

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So cool!
Lots of great features.

In custom mode, is there a size limit for the custom instructions?
Are they passed to the model as a system prompt? At what point in the instruction stack are they placed?

when move files on the left project view, it becomes very laggy.

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Anyone know how to get back the menu’s? Because I can’t use it to add workspaces anymore and need to use ctrl+o or ctrl+shift+o to open folders or files.

Also, I can’t move windows aroud, this is too much broken, reverting version.

Reverted to 0.47.8 and now I have my menu back and can move windows around.

Great version 0.48! Thanks for integrating the features.

The Edit mode has become Manual, but it has become too manual - there are no more “Apply” buttons.
What is the difference between “Manual” and “Ask” then? It is meaningless.
I preferred the Edit mode - it gave more control than the agent mode.

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@danperks

Who cares!! You just make everything else before it useless!!

Version 0.48, when will Alipay payment be supported? I am so anxious to wait, thank you as soon as possible now if I need it urgently.