opening browser tab feature not working or selection chrome as option browser. ive done a full system uninstall reinstall of latest version cant figure out what is going on. Even when browser option detected says connected agent cant utilize . browser tools not avaialble constantly coming up
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Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue with DevTools in the latest versions. Please try this:
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Hi, the “Chrome” option is completely gone. I see only “Browser Tab” and “Off” options.
Version: 2.4.31 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 3578107fdf149b00059ddad37048220e41681000
Date: 2026-02-08T07:42:24.999Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
FYI, to get the Chrome option back, you need to go back to the Cursor version “2.4.27” as of today…
Hey there.
Google Chrome was removed as an option. You can always use GitHub - ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp: Chrome DevTools for coding agents for similar functionality!
Thank you so much for your information.
Just for my future understanding, where could we find information about function/behavior changes in each minor version update?
I know “Changelog · Cursor”, but the page only lists rather major version change logs, which seem didn’t mention the Chrome option was removed.
Plus, your official documentation page still shows option of Chrome.
Browser | Cursor Docs
@Yoshi_N I’ll make sure the docs get updated!
This will get referenced in the 2.5 changelog, but you’re right that there was no way to find out about this otherwise. It’s good feedback. We don’t currently have changelogs for patch versions.
@Colin Thank you again for your thoughtful response.
It would be very helpful if we (Cursor users) can access information about changes made in each update (major and minor), so we can check when we see some Cursor behavior changes, which I guess would reduce the number of support incidents that you would have to take care of (or at least I would not have needed to post this so you didn’t have to spend time responding to me 
).
Anyway, thank you!
hey thanks Colin! Will check this out.
Is chrome mcp temporarily broken or actually gone forever?
I always thought chrome was most used browser for tech folks
You can still install MCP servers to use Chrome (such as Playwright or chrome-devtools-mcp), but this functionality is not built into Cursor. There is no real downside to this approach; it simply requires the extra step of installing these servers.