Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug When opening a new chat tab in Cursor IDE, any previously opened chat tabs disappear and become inaccessible. This makes it impossible to keep multiple chat sessions open at the same time. Each new chat overwrites or hides the…

Hey, this isn’t a bug, it’s the default behavior. Cursor keeps up to 5 chat tabs open by default, and when you create a new one at the limit, the oldest inactive tab closes automatically. Your chats aren’t lost, you can restore them from history in the Agents sidebar. Fix: increase the limit in Cu…

Opening a new chat tab causes previous chat tabs to disappear – can't have multiple chats open simultaneously - #6 by deanrie - Bug Reports - Cursor

Topic		Replies	Views	Activity
Bug: New Chat Tab overwrites/removes other chat tab Bug Reports chat , early-access	2	51	April 14, 2026
Chat tabs dissapearing Bug Reports chat	7	153	April 16, 2026
Why do chats close automatically? Bug Reports chat	1	31	March 17, 2026
Cursor automatically closes large chat tabs Bug Reports chat	9	124	March 17, 2026
Cursor re-opens closed chat tabs on each launch Bug Reports chat , linear-linked	4	58	June 11, 2026

Bug: New Chat Tab overwrites/removes other chat tab

Bug Reports

chat , early-access

2

51

April 14, 2026

Chat tabs dissapearing

Bug Reports

chat

7

153

April 16, 2026

Why do chats close automatically?

Bug Reports

chat

1

31

March 17, 2026

Cursor automatically closes large chat tabs

Bug Reports

chat

9

124

March 17, 2026

Cursor re-opens closed chat tabs on each launch

Bug Reports

chat , linear-linked

4

58

June 11, 2026

Opening a new chat tab causes previous chat tabs to disappear – can't have multiple chats open simultaneously

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