Launch Bar dissapeared

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

What’s ■■■■■■■ going on?
I just launched my app and launch bar just disspeared.
Instead of continue developing tasks I need to think how to launch app…
Thinking about fully migrate to Claude Code

Steps to Reproduce

Just launch flutter app with launch.json in Cursor

Expected Behavior

Launch bar should appear with all configurations described in the launch.json

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.6.20 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: b29eb4ee5f9f6d1cb2afbc09070198d3ea6ad760
Date: 2026-03-17T01:50:02.404Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

Same issue here

Same, on both Windows and MacOS. Also at the bottom there is a weird white space. Finally after the bug with hidden tabs fixed I have to face yet another not working UI from an editor I am paying hundreds of dollars per month for. ://////

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@deanrie Can you pls have a look?

This happened to me too. But I notice in the screenshot that you have your activity bar orientation set the way I do (the VSCode default…vertical). If I look at the bottom of the sidebar, I see a “missing area”. Like a div that thinks there is supposed to be something there. And, in the end, VSCode is just a very glorified webapp. So, I set my workspace orientation back to the cursor default (horizontal). Once Cursor restarted, I could see the launch options again. Not ideal I know…I sometimes hate Cursor’s insistence of “going against the parent product’s defaults”. But this does give me back my functionality until there is a fix.

Hey, this is a known bug in 2.6.20 and it’s already being tracked here: Run and Debug controls missing from Run and Debug panel in 2.6.20.

It happens when the activity bar is in vertical mode, the VS Code default. As @Sandy_Weatherby mentioned above, switching to the horizontal orientation brings the controls back.

Another workaround is Cmd+Shift+P > Debug: Select and Start Debugging. You can start configurations from there.

Let me know if the workaround doesn’t work.

A post was merged into an existing topic: Run and Debug controls missing from Run and Debug panel in 2.6.20

To close the loop here, this was fixed in 2.6.21!

Sorry for the disruption.