Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cloud Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear) Describe the Bug The “Open Agents Window on Startup” setting does not behave as expected. Even when the setting is disabled, Cursor opens the Agents window on startup if the Agents window was the last active wind…

Hey, thanks for the detailed report and steps. That made it easy to match this to behavior we’re already tracking. You found the right cause. Right now, Open Agents Window on Startup = Off doesn’t mean it’ll always open the IDE. When Cursor starts, it restores the last window session, and if the Ag…

I \'m also seeing the setting consistenly ignored and I’ve never chosen to use the agents window. I installed an IDE, and that’s what I want is my IDE. this default setting without my permission is going to make me abandon cursor. It’s a mostly great IDE, but it needs to let me use what I installed …

Hey, thanks for writing in. I get why this is annoying. When the IDE opens somewhere you don’t expect, it throws you off. This happens because of how window restore works right now. Open Agents Window on Startup = Off doesn’t mean always open the IDE. It means restore the last window session. If th…

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug On macOS, Cursor 3.11.19 opens the Agents Window every time the app launches even though Settings → General → Open Agents Window on Startup is set to Off. The startup preference is ignored, so Cursor opens the Agent interface …

There are many ongoing threads about this. I suggest we consolidate them into the following! [image] Cursor Always Starts in Agent Mode Instead of IDE Mode Help Hey all! Sorry for the confusion here. Let me (hopefully) clear things up. Switching “Open Agent…

Open Agents Window on Startup is ignored when the last active window is Agents

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Colin (Colin) July 15, 2026, 3:58pm 10

There are many ongoing threads about this. I suggest we consolidate them into the following!

Topic		Replies	Views
"Open agents windows on startup" option ignored Bug Reports agents-window	3	139	July 15, 2026
Agent window opens on startup when it's turned off Bug Reports agents-window	4	106	July 15, 2026
Agents window launches on off Bug Reports agents-window	1	101	July 15, 2026
Cursor defaults to Agents Window on application restart Bug Reports layout , agents-window	8	324	July 15, 2026
Opening in Agent Mode Bug Reports agents-window	6	570	July 15, 2026

Open Agents Window on Startup is ignored when the last active window is Agents

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