How to retrieve records from a previously closed workspace

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Hey, the data is most likely still on disk. The UI just can’t find it because the workspace got “lost”. Chats are tied to the first folder you added to the multi-root workspace, because the slug is generated from that folder path.

What to try:

  1. Reopen the exact folder that was added first, as a single folder, not as a multi-root workspace. If you pick the right one, the history should load.
  2. Check that the transcripts exist on disk:
    ~/.cursor/projects/
    You should see folders with project slug names, and inside them agent-transcripts/. You can usually tell which project was first by the names.
  3. Also, VS Code stores workspace state in ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage/. There’s a state.vscdb for each workspace.

Related threads with the same pattern after 3.1.17:

Let me know if you found folders in ~/.cursor/projects/ and if reopening the first folder brought the history back. If the transcripts are on disk but the UI still won’t pick them up, I can share how to restore them manually.