Markdown files viewed in "Code" mode open read-only raw-* files

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

New Markdown Spec feature (which is very cool!) seems to have unpleasant side effect of opening weird read-only raw-* duplicates. Video below

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open a markdown file
  2. Switch to “Code”
  3. Opens new tab raw-*
  4. Switch to any other file then switch back to the markdown file, it’ll open another
  5. Can’t save all files bc they’re read only, causes issues until they’re closed manually (which is hard to do when looking at the main file keeps opening new ones)

Expected Behavior

Expect never to see a raw-* file opened, this wasn’t happening before

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Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.23
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 5069385c5a69db511722405ab5aeadc01579afd0
Date: 2025-09-30T02:52:09.100Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Additional Information

I’m working in Markdown in other programs to avoid opening these, its pretty frustrating to flip back and forth.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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I’ve also noticed that CTRL+F no longer works in either preview/code mode, and the VS Code “Outline” feature no longer reads in the markdown information, as well. Let me know if you’d like me to submit separate bug reports.

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Right-click menu doesn’t work at all in preview mode, including copy (although oddly, paste does work).

Plan mode - I cannot copy text from the plan to the prompt
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All of this had to do with the fact that my existing markdown files directory was called .cursor/plans. I’ve moved markdown files to other directories now and this issue is no longer occurring.

Closing, but w/ a note that this was happening even without the Plan Mode beta feature turned on, so I couldn’t identify why it was happening.

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I’m experiencing this same issue mainly through plan mode

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This is actually still an issue for plan mode, I’ve noticed that too, even though its not affecting my other markdown files anymore.

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Same annoying issue here as well :roll_eyes:. Takes forever to get rid of them all.

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