I’ve been using Cursor for several months without any major issues, but tonight something strange happened. The chat suddenly stopped responding and displayed a message about a VPN — I’m not on a VPN, and my internet connection was fine. i have more than ample storage space north of 1Tb free.
I closed and restarted the app as I normally do, but when it reopened, it unexpectedly asked me to log in again. After signing in, all my project files reloaded, but my most recent chat session disappeared from history.
Normally (since the recent update), when I reopen Cursor it starts a new chat, and I can go to History to reopen the one I was working on. But after this forced re-login, that chat no longer appears. Only a few older chats are visible, and when I click them, it just says “Loading chat…” forever.
Now, only one old chat from months ago and a new blank chat window are showing.
The console also shows this error:
[composer] No composer data handle found
This is a major problem — I’ve been working on a specific project using that chat and now I’m completely stuck. Has anyone run into this or found a fix? Clearing cache and restarting didn’t help.
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Steps to Reproduce
i cannot reproduce the bug.
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Hey, thanks for the report, and sorry you ran into this.
This matches a known bug in the Agent Window beta. A fix is confirmed for Cursor v1.8 to prevent it in the future.
Unfortunately, once this bug triggers, lost chats can’t be recovered.
If you have backups:
If you have backups of %APPDATA%\Cursor\User\globalStorage\state.vscdb or %APPDATA%\Cursor\User\workspaceStorage, close Cursor and replace those files to try restoring some history.
Going forward:
Use Export Chat regularly for important conversations
Consider the SpecStory extension for automatic exports
I just ran into this issue a couple days ago after the last update. All chats are unavailable (loading chat forever) and when I try to access history I get this error: [composer] No composer data handle found
I can start new chats, but had some good info in the historic ones
wake up open cursor and its said login again forced one and then [composer] No composer data handle found what the hell all of my old and new project no history
Just received this today! What the hell is going on with the development of this product. This happened in 2.1.48 as well so doesnt appear to have been fixed in 1.8 as the cursor devs said above
exactly they force update and a huge problem like this happens and they dont do anything about it. its becoming like every money loving company now. they just get ur money and dont care anymore. i contacted support for this and they hit me with a fast reply that theres nothing they can do about it and then pass me to another member which god knows when they are going to respond. SMFH this is outrageous
Happened to me as well, system weirdly reset itself (Which I am presuming was a forced update as when it booted up again it told me there is no new update which I had purposely avoided due to these issues), asked me to log in and now I get the dreaded “Loading Chat” message.
As much as the program has helped me, it has also hindered me, im not only a pro user, but also been spending over $500 additionally a month…which I know is pocket change to them considering they just raised $2.3b, but history teaches you that companies need to invest in customer service (It doesnt take alot to add it to a bug list or acknowledge you are looking into it)
I think Cursor needs to understand its their customers they need to speak with, just spend some of that money on a couple of community support people that can then liaise issues with the devs.
Also please stop with the sometimes twice daily updates…..this has also wiped out my chats and cost me money.
if anyone here encountering this problem after updating their cursor, I tried to restore the state.vscdb.backup In globalStorage of cursor, and all of my chat is back again
