Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug When i open a repo from my WSL terminal with “cursor ./reponame” it always opens in agent window (which i dont need at all) instead of editor window. I never used the agent window and do not need it. In the settings i set it t…

When I started Cursor today, I saw the “update available” popup and thought “Oh, I wonder if they finally fixed this”. As I clicked it, I just realized that somehow Cursor had actually opened in Editor mode already. I didn’t even think about it, because that’s just what I’ve been used to. Then, afte…

This bug drives me mad. I waste like 20 minutes every day switching from the useless “Agent mode” to the Editor on every repo I work on. It seems like Cursor team has no idea who actually uses their app if they push agent as the forced default. I’m seriously considering switching to another IDE onc…

Thread update: @hufftheweevil confirmed. The fact that Ctrl+Shift+N from the Agents Window does not pick up the workspace is a separate known bug that we track separately from the main Layout: editor issue. So the workaround is only partial. It opens an Editor Window, but without the repo context. …

[image] AoDev: what it looks like the slow death of the actual programmer tools This concerns me a lot too. Every update seems to shift design away from serious developer tools and towards vibe coders. I have nothing against vibe coding, but the whole reason I started using Cursor is for a fu…

## About Version: 3.3.27 (Universal) VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 80b138a7a0a948e1a798e9ed7867d76a1ba9a310 Date: 2026-05-08T02:26:22.498Z (13 hrs ago) Layout: glass 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-elec…

I also been getting this bug since yesterday, whenever I launch Cursor from the dock it now opens my project in the new Agents Window every single time. And when I use the “Open Editor Window” button it opens a blank editor page instead of my most recently closed workspace (if it is of any help for …

Great, another update (3.3.30) and still not fixed. :roll_eyes: I still don’t get it - what could possibly be more important than ensuring your product works when you open it. And now it’s even worse… after switching to Editor mode and then opening the workspace, again, it never fully loads. I’m s…

Following up on @deanrie ’s reply: We’ve received the feedback. Version 3.3.30 adds a new “Open Agents Window on startup” toggle in Cursor Settings > Agents. Turn it off to launch into the Editor by default. [image] To get the update: Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P > Attempt Update, then restart Cursor. If yo…

Thank you for the update. I did not notice the toggle earlier. It didn’t work at first, but then I restarted Cursor another time and it seems to be working now. I also noticed you changed the style of the Agents Window button to use the theme’s “button.background” color. It was a transparent backgr…

Should the toggle be available for all on 3.3.30? Still no toggle for me no matter how many times I restart. It’s baffling to me that the decision was made that working developers would want agents window by default and that this is intentional. If it gets to the point that my team can no longer re…

Everytime i open a repository, it now opens the agent mode

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Colin (Colin) July 15, 2026, 4:01pm 46

There are many ongoing threads about this. I suggest we consolidate them into the following!

Topic		Replies	Views
Agents Panel defaults open no matter what I do Bug Reports layout , agents-window	14	820	July 15, 2026
Cursor Always Starts in Agent Mode Instead of IDE Mode Help agents-window	77	6530	August 17, 2026
Cursor defaults to Agents Window on application restart Bug Reports layout , agents-window	8	324	July 15, 2026
Opening in Agent Mode Bug Reports agents-window	6	570	July 15, 2026
Set editor as default window Help layout , agents-window	32	7885	May 28, 2026

Everytime i open a repository, it now opens the agent mode

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