# New update corrupting files

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/new-update-corrupting-files/136792>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [October 9, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/new-update-corrupting-files/136792 "2025-10-09T10:13:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![thomas\_roberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@thomas\_roberts](https://forum.cursor.com/u/thomas_roberts)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/new-update-corrupting-files/136792/1 "2025-10-09T10:13:18Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

### Describe the Bug

when im trying to make changes to a file using ‘search\_replace’ and ‘write’ its corrupting the file everytime. i recently updated cursor but when i came onto my pc to work today cursor had to be redownloaded for some strange reason

### Steps to Reproduce

use the newest version of cursor and try with an exisiting file

### Expected Behavior

its supposed to implement the new code correctly and then i can proceed with other things

### Operating System

Windows 10/11

### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.39 (user setup)  
VSCode Version: 1.99.3  
Commit: a9c77ceae65b77ff772d6adfe05f24d8ebcb2790  
Date: 2025-10-08T00:33:20.352Z  
Electron: 34.5.8  
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210  
Node.js: 20.19.1  
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0  
OS: Windows\_NT x64 10.0.19045

### For AI issues: which model did you use?

auto

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/new-update-corrupting-files/136792/2 "2025-10-09T10:37:19Z")

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Hey, thanks for the report. Is this happening in a new chat?

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**Author:** ![thomas\_roberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@thomas\_roberts](https://forum.cursor.com/u/thomas_roberts)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/new-update-corrupting-files/136792/3 "2025-10-09T10:40:10Z")

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erm i lost my main chat a couple of days ago randoly but it was very large anyways and i managed to get the context back fairly easy. its a couple of days old the chat but only started happening this morning the issue after i updated and had to reinstall cursor for some reason ike it corrupted itself

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/new-update-corrupting-files/136792/4 "2025-10-31T10:41:00Z")

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