Lost Composer/Chat History after closing and re-opening workspace

Bug Report
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Please add the following info to help us diagnose your issue:

:white_check_mark: Check the forum Issue reported here, but the bug report is very vague: composer history gone after closing cursor · Issue #2004 · getcursor/cursor · GitHub

:lady_beetle: Provide a clear description of the bug

After an update, Cursor lost chat and composer history for my project.

:arrows_counterclockwise: Explain how to reproduce the bug (if known)

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open a folder
  2. Add another folder to the workspace
  3. Chat/use composer
  4. Close cursor (in my case, for an update – not sure if this is relevant)
  5. Cursor offers the option to save your workspace as a file; choose yes
  6. After Cursor restart, open workspace file
  7. Chat/composer history is missing

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N/A

:computer: Tell us your operating system and your Cursor version (e.g., Windows, 0.x.x).

MacOS 15.1.1
Cursor version 0.45.4 (after update, unsure of pre-update version)

:no_entry_sign: Tell us if the issue stops you from using Cursor.

No, but I was working through a large problem, and the context was quite important to me. It does set back my work on this issue considerably.

I’d love any feedback about how the history might be recovered. (Are there debug commands, for example?)

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Hey, it seems you moved the file from where you saved it. You need to return it to its original location, and then your history should be intact.

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Thanks for your reply! I didn’t have a workspace file until I closed Cursor and it offered to create one. (I had just added a folder to the workspace) I haven’t moved the one that it created.

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Anyway, you can open your project, and the chats should have your previous conversations.

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They aren’t. That’s the bug I’m reporting. I have opened it three ways in an attempt to recover the chats:

  1. Open the newly-created workspace file (no history)
  2. Open the frontend project (old history)
    2a. Add the backend project to #2 (same as #2)
  3. Open the backend project (different old history)

I should note that when I say project, I’m really referring to “open folder”

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Let me check that, and I’ll get back to you with an answer.

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I tried to replicate your case, and my history in the workspace was preserved. Could you also let me know which version you updated from? In your case, the problem might have been caused by an update to Cursor, leading to an internal error. Since, as you mentioned earlier, you didn’t move the file, that’s likely not the reason for the missing history.

I see that you’ve tried several ways to open projects, but the history is still missing. If you can reproduce the problem again and confirm that it persists, let me know, and I will report it to our team.

I also recommend installing this extension, which automatically saves the history of your chats in your project to prevent the same issue from occurring in the future.

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I am having the same issue. Each time I update cursor my entire composer history is erased. I just updated to the latest versions.

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Hey, what platform are you on?

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Hey, same problem here
MacOs 15.3
I just updated the Cursor, and after several days of communication, chat went to an unknown place.
I updated the version a couple of hours ago. This is really a disappointment since I literally lost several days of work.