Open chat as editor bug

Support Bug Reports
, ,
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When I select the “Open Chat as Editor” feature, it shows “Loading chat” and then never finishes loading. There is no further response.

I then closed Cursor and reopened it. After that, the current project becomes completely black — nothing is displayed in the editor window. However, if I open another project, it works normally at first.

But if I perform the same action (Open Chat as Editor) in another project, the same problem occurs again, and that project also becomes a black screen afterward.

So this issue seems reproducible across different projects, and once it happens, the affected project can no longer display anything in the editor.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. select open chat as editor
  2. wait
  3. No response
  4. Reopen cursor
  5. The software is black.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

PixPin_2026-01-08_15-11-39.png
PixPin_2026-01-08_15-11-39.png1280×800 3.52 KB

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.30 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: d1289018cc3fcc395487f65455e31651734308d0
Date: 2026-01-08T05:21:38.211Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

1 Like
3

Hey, thanks for the report.

I can see a screenshot showing Cursor with a black screen. Let’s try a few steps:

  1. Start Cursor in Safe Mode from the command line:

    cursor --disable-extensions

    Try opening the project. Does the UI load?

  2. If that didn’t help, reset Cursor AppData:

    • Fully close Cursor
    • In File Explorer, rename:
      • %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Cursor to Cursor.old
      • %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Cursor to Cursor.old
    • Launch Cursor again. New folders will be created

  3. Please share logs from the DevTools Console:

    • If you see the black screen, open DevTools before opening the project (Help > Toggle Developer Tools)
    • Try “Open Chat as Editor”
    • Copy all errors from the Console tab

Let me know if these steps help.

1 Like
“Open Chat as Editor” causes permanent black screen when reopening project
4

The second option is helpful. Although the settings, extensions, and some information were reset, Cursor is now working normally again.

1 Like
5

I am having the same issue. I’m hoping I don’t have to clear out my extensions et al.

I can open a new window with Ctrl+Shift+N, but the error re-occurs if I try to reopen the initial project.

I have opened a new window, opened dev tools, cleared the logs, then opened the errored project. Attached are the console logs.

vscode-app-1768234907498.log.txt (59.5 KB)

EDIT: below is system info:

Version: 2.3.34 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 643ba67cd252e2888e296dd0cf34a0c5d7625b90
Date: 2026-01-10T21:17:10.428Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

EDIT: also, this is running in WSL with Cursor in Windows. It does seem like remote connections may be a common thread for this bug.