Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug Hello Cursor Support Team, I would like to report a critical bug in the Cursor IDE that renders a project completely unusable. Issue Description: When using a Chat and clicking the three-dot menu, then selecting “Open Chat …

Yes. This happened with me too. Checkout this thread [Recommended]: Open chat as editor bug - #3 by deanrie Solution that worked for me: Uninstall the cursor Take a backup of C:/Users//.cursor directory (If you have plans, rules, commands, etc. that you don’t want to lose) Remove all data rd /s…

While trying to reproduce this, it completely borked my Cursor install. :cry: Seems to only happen when opening a new chat as an editor before it has any content. Was that your experience as well @ashish8545 ? Will file a bug with the team.

Well @Colin , the bug that @Nicolas_Ziegler reported, I faced it when I was connected with remote SSH to a linux machine. Cursor was updated from 2.2.x to 2.3.x. The directory was open and I tried “Open chat as editor” and it went into loading state. Next time when I was trying to remote SSH and ope…

It looks like the state.vscdb file was corrupted by the “Open Chat as Editor” feature. Here’s a potential workaround:(this won’t affect your Cursor settings for other projects): Steps to resolve: Locate and backup your workspace storage: Navigate to: %AppData%\Cursor\User\workspaceStorage\ It…

Summary After using the “Open Chat as Editor” feature, reopening the project results in a permanent black screen that prevents Cursor from loading properly. Environment OS: Linux (Ubuntu 24.04 via WSL) Cursor Version: 2.3.35 Workspace: Local project Steps to Reproduce Open any project in Cursor O…

[image] satriowputra: lastFocusedComposerIds Your Method 2 worked perfectly! The black screen issue is completely resolved, and I was able to preserve my chat history.

Still exists. Same issue. Fixed deleting state.vscdb Version: 2.3.41 (system setup) VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 2ca326e0d1ce10956aea33d54c0e2d8c13c58a30 Date: 2026-01-16T19:14:00.150Z Electron: 37.7.0 Chromium: 138.0.7204.251 Node.js: 22.20.0 V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x6…

Method 2 worked for me. Simple and painless. Thank you!

Method 2 worked just as advertised, Cursor is working again, and my chat history is restored. Thank you @satriowputra

Looks like I’m having the same issues on Windows, except I cant open any projects

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

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Colin (Colin) February 10, 2026, 4:01pm 21

Hey all!

I can no longer reproduce this on 2.4.31. Please let me know if you still face an issue on the latest version.

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

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