Pinning an archived agent does not move it out of the archived list

[Loric_Stark]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

For an agent conversation that is already in the archived list, right-clicking and choosing “Pin” has no effect: the conversation stays in the archived list. It does not move to the pinned or main list.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Have at least one archived agent conversation (in the archived list).
2. Right-click that archived conversation.
3. Click “Pin” in the context menu.
4. Observe: the conversation remains in the archived list; it does not move out.

Expected Behavior

Pinning an archived agent should move it out of the archived list (e.g. to pinned or main list) so it can be accessed without opening the archived section.

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.4.31
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 3578107fdf149b00059ddad37048220e41681000
Date: 2026-02-08T07:42:24.999Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.1.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

AUTO

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. This is related to a known bug in how pinning and archiving work together. For archived chats, the pinned state doesn’t sync correctly. Part of the fix was merged recently (archived pinned chats now count toward the pin limit), but it looks like the “pinning should unarchive” behavior is still not working right.

Temporary workaround: unarchive the conversation first, then pin it. That should work.

Related thread with more details: Can no longer pin agents

I’ll pass the specific “pin from archive” issue to the team. Let me know if the workaround helps.

[Loric_Stark]

Confirmed, the workaround works.

Thank you!