<a name="p-127363-files-i-create-myself-become-read-only-after-ai-helps-modify-them-this-is-a-serious-bug-i-cant-edit-my-own-files-anymore-after-using-ai-assistance-even-after-restarting-cursor-this-started-happening-in-recent-versions-and-makes-the-editor-unusable-for-normal-development-please-fix-the-file-permissions-system-so-files-remain-editable-by-their-creator-1" class="anchor" href="#p-127363-files-i-create-myself-become-read-only-after-ai-helps-modify-them-this-is-a-serious-bug-i-cant-edit-my-own-files-anymore-after-using-ai-assistance-even-after-restarting-cursor-this-started-happening-in-recent-versions-and-makes-the-editor-unusable-for-normal-development-please-fix-the-file-permissions-system-so-files-remain-editable-by-their-creator-1"> Files I create myself become read-only after AI helps modify them. This is a serious bug - I can’t edit my own files anymore after using AI assistance, even after restarting Cursor. This started happening in recent versions and makes the editor unusable for normal development. Please fix the file pe…

If it still doesnt work you can execute following command in terminal in Cursor ls -la Output would be something similar to total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 user group 4096 Mar 27 12:00 dir1 -rw-r--r-- 1 user group 123 Mar 27 12:00 file1.txt -r--r--r-- 1 user group 456 Mar 27 12:00 file2.txt The values o…

Files become permanently read-only after AI edits - cannot modify own code-March 27"

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BAPO-X March 30, 2025, 2:09am 7

PROBLEM SOLVED! See screenshots for the solution:

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Files become permanently read-only after AI edits - cannot modify own code-March 27"

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