.ENV files are not ignored in IDE cursor

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Today I ran into a strange issue: I have a .cursorignore file, but it no longer seems to ignore my .env file.

Steps to Reproduce

I tried restarting Cursor IDE but it still didn’t work

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.6.26 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 6af2d906e8ca91654dd7c4224a73ef17900ad730
Date: 2025-09-16T17:12:31.697Z (14 hrs ago)
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

2

Hey, thanks for the report. It looks like the icon for excluded files just isn’t showing, and you won’t be able to add this file to the context.

3

So when will the developer team fix this issue?

4

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