Deleted agent sessions reappear after deletion (v3.1.14)

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

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Deleted agent sessions reappear i Agents list after deletion. Even after removing local transcript/cache data and restarting Cursor, previously deleted sessions still return

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open Cursor IDE
  2. Delete one or more existing agent sessions from Agents UI
  3. Fully quit Cursor (not just closing a tab/window)
  4. Reopen Cursor IDE
  5. Check Agents list

Expected Behavior

Deleted agent sessions should remain deleted and not reappear after restart

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.1.14
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: d8673fb56ba50fda33ad78382000b519bb8acb70

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Additional Information

  • Local transcript folders under ~/.cursor/projects/…/agent-transcripts were manually cleaned
  • Matching workspace cache under ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage was also cleared
  • This suggests sync/server-side rehydration rather than local cache only

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

5

Hey, thanks for the detailed report. This is a known issue. Deleted chats and agent sessions can come back because of a bug in local state management, not server sync like you guessed. It’s a client-side issue.

The team is aware, the fix is already done, and it should land in the next stable release.

Main thread is here: Deleted past chats will appear again after the new recent update

There’s no workaround right now. Manually clearing caches, like you already tried, doesn’t help because stale state overwrites the tombstones on startup. We’ll need to wait for the next update.

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A post was merged into an existing topic: Deleted past chats will appear again after the new recent update