Keep File / Undo File prompt keeps appearing on manually edited files

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Title: Keep File / Undo File prompt keeps appearing on manually edited files
Description:
In recent Cursor versions, the “Keep File” / “Undo File” prompt (and the floating “Undo / Keep” control) appears on files that I am editing manually, with no AI suggestions involved. The UI behaves as if there are pending AI-suggested changes to accept or reject, but the changes are my own edits.
What happens:
I edit a file by hand (e.g. typing, deleting, commenting out code).
Cursor shows the diff-style review UI with “Keep File” and “Undo File” (and sometimes a floating “Undo / Keep” near the bottom-right).
The gutter shows add/remove indicators (red/green) as if the changes were from an AI suggestion.
This happens repeatedly while I work, making it hard to use the editor normally.
Expected behavior:
The Keep/Undo review UI should only appear when there are actual AI-suggested or agent-applied changes. Manual edits should not trigger this prompt.
Environment:
[Version: 2.5.20
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 511523af765daeb1fa69500ab0df5b6524424610
Date: 2026-02-19T20:41:31.942Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.4.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0]
Impact:
This makes it very difficult to work in the latest Cursor versions. Please treat this as a high-priority UX bug.

Steps to Reproduce

Steps to reproduce
Open any file in the editor (e.g. a React/TS component).
Edit the file only by hand (type, delete, comment out a line, add a line). Do not use AI suggestions, Tab autocomplete, or Apply.
Make a few edits in a row (e.g. change a variable, add a comment).
Observe: the “Keep File” / “Undo File” bar appears at the top, and/or the floating “Undo / Keep” control appears (e.g. bottom-right).
The gutter shows red/green diff markers as if the changes were from an AI suggestion.
Optional: click “Keep File”, then edit the same file again by hand — the prompt can reappear.
Expected: No Keep/Undo review UI for manual edits; it should only appear for AI/agent-suggested changes.
Actual: Keep/Undo UI appears for manual edits and keeps coming back, making normal editing difficult.

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.5.20
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 511523af765daeb1fa69500ab0df5b6524424610
Date: 2026-02-19T20:41:31.942Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.4.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

1 Like
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Hey, thanks for the detailed report.

A couple of quick follow-up questions before we dig in. This will help narrow down the possible causes.

  1. Before this started happening, did you use Agent or any AI features (Cmd+K, Tab, Apply) in these same files during this session (or a previous one)? There’s a known issue where diff reviews from past agent runs can “stick” to files and show up later, even when you’re editing manually.
  2. Does this happen in a completely new project with no AI usage at all, or only in projects where the agent previously made changes?
  3. Are you using a multi-root workspace (more than one root folder)?

If it turns out agent changes were applied earlier, it’s probably a variant of this known issue, where stale diff reviews don’t get cleared properly. A few workarounds that often help:

  • Close the specific chats where those reviews were originally created
  • Stage and commit the files, this sometimes resets the Keep/Undo state
  • As a last resort: rename the file, fully quit Cursor, reopen it, then rename it back

If this is really happening with no prior AI involvement, that’s a different bug, and I’ll pass it to the team.

Let me know.

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  1. Yes, most probably it is stick on files that already was update by agent
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Is there any solution to this? I’m facing the same issue after recent update to Cursor app on Mac

Version: 2.5.25
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 7150844152b426ed50d2b68dd6b33b5c5beb73c0
Date: 2026-02-24T07:17:49.417Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.4.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

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I’m also experiencing this issue, and so are my colleagues.

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@Kavish.Shah @trithesun Try deleting all recent chats (ideally all of them), also close all open file windows, restart Cursor.

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@MidnightOak i opened a new tab but issued was not resolved
My old tab contain data important, so i can’nt delete it

[2.5.26] Diffs not showing
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unfortunately deleting the chats has been the only solution I’ve found.

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I had a similar issue today, I deleted all chats, reloaded cursor, but what eventually seemed to work was copying the contents of the entire file, then deleting all contents, saving, then pasting it back and saving. Maybe worth a try.