.cursorignore not excluding files from the @ context

Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I have files ignored by cursor using .cursorignore in the root of my project. cursor shows a :prohibited:by them in the file window with a tool tip showing they’re ignored by cursor.

When I use an @ in chat, I still see them in the autocomplete list. If I select one, nothing is added to the chat window.

The docs says these files should be excluded. Ignore files | Cursor Docs

Steps to Reproduce

add files to .cursorignore
verify that they’re ignored in the file window.
in the agent chat type @.
The ignored file shouldn’t be in the list, but is.

Expected Behavior

ignored files shouldn’t show in the @ context list in an agent chat.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.38 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: fe5d1728063e86edeeda5bebd2c8e14bf4d0f960
Date: 2025-10-06T18:18:58.523Z
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 10.0.26100

For AI issues: which model did you use?

sonnet 4.5 thinking

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Hey, thanks for the report. We’ll check this.

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One extra step that may or may not be needed is that the files that should be ignored were originally in a folder that wasn’t ignored.

I have a /tasks folder with the current work that I’m doing. When I finish the work, I move all the files to /tasks/archive which is ignored with a tasks/archive/**/*.

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Thanks for the extra info. We’ll check it.

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