Please resolve this issue quickly; I can’t see MCP’s response right now, which has significantly reduced my ability to manage conversations effectively.
@andrewh @condor
A very annoying bug: adding files from File Explorer to a new chat by clicking “Add the files to a new chat” closes the current chat and stops the agent.
Version: 1.6.3 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 6ff61021bde05fe311c784a7d29c9320976128c0
Date: 2025-09-09T22:59:10.623Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
When is Agent Windows used, and what exactly is the purpose of this feature? It seems like Cursor is developing features that nobody actually needs—features that don’t solve real problems while simultaneously causing essential functionalities to get lost.
Looks like you tried ’em all 
Hello together,
is it possible to get access to the pre-release versions of Cursor ai ?
Damian
press cmd e no longer opens up background agent if u have agent window open it opens agent window - it looks like a cleaner way to use cursor for agent mode with history in the agent sidebar and just cleaner I think this is the future look for gent mode that there aiming for
You can select Early Access there:
File > Preferences > Cursor Settings > Beta > Update Acess
Hi,
Apologies for being mildly off-topic.. Whereabouts are you finding the download for v1.6 pre-release, please?
I’m only seeing up to 1.5.11 on the Cursor ‘latest’ track in the download API.
this is im assuming for their multi agent workflows. some of cursor’s eng talked about/hinted this
in ide, you go to settings, beta, earlyaccess
Agent Window seems a slightly different layout to make vibe coders happy? Definitely not needed.
Good thing you’re not forced to open it.
It’s actually a big step in the right direction and I hope to see that UI evolve even further.
@raythurnvoid I strongly disagree! 
I’ve been looking for a long time now for ways to break free from VSCode’s very lacking support for working with more than 1 monitor. I’ve always found it unbelievable that at this point VS Code, the de facto IDE everyone is using, has made so little progress with this (to be fair they’ve explained several times that there is little they can do VSCode being an Electron-based application).
Since the Agent chat panel has become a permanent part of the screen this has become even more acute, and its getting worse by the moment as I delegate more and more tasks to AI, now in the form of several local and background agents working —and potentially requiring my attention at any moment- simultaneously. It’s insane how many times per minute I have to toggle, open, close, or resize tabs, windows, settings, dialogs, etc.—and the cognitive load this adds -at least for me- to daily work is enormous!
This agent window seems to be an attempt at solving this, enabling a dual-monitor setup, with your human tasks on one side and all the Agent tasks on the other, each with enough space and without one UI constantly covering the other. Makes a lot of sense to me! 
It’s already built in
File > duplicate workspace in a new window
Or
Ctrl p > split editor in a new window
Yes tried that already, but I never found a way of taking advantage of it, in fact it only increased my feeling of disorientation… I think I’d rather go with this clear -and automatic!- human/agents division… dont know, lets see what they come up with! glad to see they are investing in trying new concepts like this!
We’re looking at this - we see it too
