GitLens error: Element with id gitlens://searchAndCompare/compare-results/comparison/+origin/main is already registered

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When I try to compare branches with the GitLens extension I get an error:

Element with id gitlens://searchAndCompare/compare-results/comparison/+origin/main is already registered

I’ve tried disabling all other extensions. I’ve also tried the same repo in VS Code and GitLens doesn’t error.

Steps to Reproduce

I can’t share my repo to not sure what to suggest…?

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.5.9
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: de327274300c6f38ec9f4240d11e82c3b0660b20
Date: 2025-08-30T21:02:27.236Z
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

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, please update to version 1.6 and let me know if the issue still persists.

3

I’m on version 1.6.45 but the issue is still there.

4

It looks like this issue is specific to the GitLens extension. Here are similar errors. You can try switching to the pre-release version as a workaround.

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