Editor extension icons missing

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

After a recent update, cursor stopped showing my extension icons in the primary sidebar.

Steps to Reproduce

not sure what caused this, started happening a couple of updates ago

Expected Behavior

icons should display for extensions

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Screenshot 2026-04-26 154751.png

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.2.11 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: e9ee1339915a927dfb2df4a836dd9c8337e17cc0
Date: 2026-04-24T14:36:47.933Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

I had an issue on the pi i was logged into remotely, had to do a force reboot and when i rebooted and logged back in with cursor IDE, it started showing the icons again. This isnt the first time it happened though. if there’s a setting somewhere I can change that would stop this behavior let me know.

Hey, this is a known intermittent bug on our side. Sometimes after an update, extension icons in the activity bar don’t load on startup. We’re tracking the issue, but I can’t share an exact fix date yet.

There’s no setting that fully prevents this. Next time, instead of a full restart, try reloading the window: Ctrl+Shift+P then Developer: Reload Window. That’s usually enough to bring the icons back.

If it happens again and Reload Window doesn’t help, let me know and I’ll add it to the ticket as an extra datapoint.

Hey @wayne123, this looks like a different root cause than the one in this thread. Here it’s only icon rendering, but in your case the extension host isn’t loading any third-party extensions at all, same as in your previous report. I’ve reopened your earlier thread so we can continue there with fresh logs: When CursorIDE up to 3.0.12 : show running extentions, is None