Non-dismissible Origin “Try Origin” ad blocks the Agents sidebar on a paid Windows enterprise install

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I am a paying Cursor user on a native Windows enterprise workstation. After the Origin rollout, a non-dismissible “ORIGIN / Try Origin” card appeared in the Agents sidebar over my repository list. There is no X, no Esc dismiss, and no setting to hide it.

I already had a local project selected (“This PC”). The card still blocked the UI. The only prominent action is Try Origin. I will not click it. Origin CLI is documented as unsupported on native Windows, so this product is advertising a flow this machine cannot complete.

This disrupted paid work, felt like a coercive attack from a vendor I already pay, and broke trust in an enterprise environment where we do not opt municipal/work code into a new host by clicking a promo. Origin must be opt-in, and this UI must be dismissible without claiming a codebase, opening setup, or leaving the local project.

Please add a close control immediately and stop showing this card when a local folder is already selected.

Steps to Reproduce

use cursor

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Cursor IDE
Version: 3.15.19
VSCode Version: 1.128.0
Commit: de07bee81cefe43461ebf4f40c3d2d78d15052a0
Date: 2026-08-11T05:22:54.627Z
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Hi @Josh_Hansen Thanks for the post. First, the part that matters most given where you work: clicking Try Origin would not have moved, uploaded, or hosted any of your code, and it would not have claimed anything for your organization. That button only opens cursor.com/codebase in your browser. Nothing about your local project or your employer’s code is touched by that card either way.

The card does have a close X, but it is genuinely hard to find. In the Agents window, the card sits at the bottom left, and the X is in the top-right corner of the card itself, on the pale lavender ORIGIN artwork. It renders in a very light color, so on a dark theme it is close to invisible. Easiest fix: switch to a light theme for a moment with Ctrl+K Ctrl+T, click the X, then switch back. One click dismisses it for good.