I must login every time I change project

Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I am logged out every time I change project

Steps to Reproduce

It seems to me that if I have two instances of Cursor, or I reload the window I have to login, and I do it like 20 times a day.

Expected Behavior

Just keep me signed in

Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.38
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: fe5d1728063e86edeeda5bebd2c8e14bf4d0f960
Date: 2025-10-06T18:18:58.523Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.14.0-33-generic

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Additional Information

nothing

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Thanks for reporting this! This authentication session issue shouldn’t be happening.

To help diagnose this, could you please share:

  1. How did you install Cursor? (AppImage, .deb package, .rpm package, or another method)

  2. What Linux distribution and desktop environment are you using? (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04 with GNOME)

  3. Do you have a keyring/credential manager installed? (e.g., gnome-keyring, kwallet)

  4. Are you seeing any error messages when you’re logged out, or does it just silently require re-login?

In the meantime, if you installed via AppImage, you could try the .deb or .rpm packages from https://cursor.com/downloads - these integrate better with your system and might resolve the issue.

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Hello Sanjeed.

  1. Installed via AppImage, I unpack it as usual, and this issue is very new.
  2. Latest Ubuntu with latest updates.
  3. Yes, but I don’t use with Cursor
  4. Not quietly. When I submit first chat it might require a login, and as I stated it happens when I change projects. I might close and reopen in another folder, or I might have two instances running in parallel and that is when it happens most.

I might try installing with .deb but this is a new thing. It has been happening in recent weeks.

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