No history after update 3.1.17

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

After update cursor opened as new workspace with no history whatsoever.

Steps to Reproduce

I did open > folder but it didn’t help. I don’t have composer history i left panel. There are folders workspaceStorage and globalStorage in \AppData\Roaming\Cursor\User with files.

Expected Behavior

I want to get my history back.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.1.17 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: fce1e9ab7844f9ea35793da01e634aa7e50bce90
Date: 2026-04-19T19:33:58.189Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Problem solved. The update (probably but not 100% sure) moved my *.code-workspace to the bin and that’s why after restart it lunched with no workspace. Before restart I also was doing GIT --hard reset of lokal branch but it should have anything to do with workspace deletion.

Hey, glad you found the cause. Chat history usually doesn’t disappear on its own. The transcripts are stored locally at %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\projects\{workspace-slug}\agent-transcripts\, and if you open the same workspace as before, the history shows up. When the .code-workspace file went missing, Cursor started without a workspace and showed an empty sidebar.

One thing. If you can confirm that the update moved the .code-workspace file to the Recycle Bin, and it wasn’t something like a git reset that touched it, let me know. The installer shouldn’t touch user files, and if it really did, I want to report it separately.