# Plan mode，generated a new plan file each time

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-generated-a-new-plan-file-each-time/148015>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [January 5, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-generated-a-new-plan-file-each-time/148015 "2026-01-05T10:40:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![zhang\_steve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ed655f/32.png) [@zhang\_steve](https://forum.cursor.com/u/zhang_steve)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-generated-a-new-plan-file-each-time/148015/1 "2026-01-05T10:40:18Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

### Describe the Bug

In plan mode, when using gemini 3 pro, adjustments are made to the generated plan through dialogue, and each time a new plan file is generated, with some details lost in the content. What I expect is to directly modify the file based on the first generated plan, rather than generating a new file.

### Steps to Reproduce

1. select plan mode， select model: gemini 3 pro
2. chat
3. plan file generated
4. adjust plan

### Operating System

MacOS

### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.21  
VSCode Version: 1.105.1  
Commit: 68e0a0385b87408d050869ea543e3778ad53f780  
Date: 2026-01-02T23:46:13.381Z  
Electron: 37.7.0  
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251  
Node.js: 22.20.0  
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0  
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

### For AI issues: which model did you use?

gemini 3 pro

### For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

ae494320-7e10-41d9-ab86-1d4a209922b5

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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**Author:** ![liquefy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@liquefy](https://forum.cursor.com/u/liquefy)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-generated-a-new-plan-file-each-time/148015/2 "2026-01-05T10:44:24Z")

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I noticed the same recently

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**Author:** ![zhang\_steve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ed655f/32.png) [@zhang\_steve](https://forum.cursor.com/u/zhang_steve)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-generated-a-new-plan-file-each-time/148015/3 "2026-01-05T10:48:21Z")

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Other models don’t have this problem like sonnet 4.5

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**Author:** ![liquefy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@liquefy](https://forum.cursor.com/u/liquefy)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-generated-a-new-plan-file-each-time/148015/4 "2026-01-05T11:26:04Z")

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Yes, on my end as well. I am not sure if this is Cursor’s problem, it might be worth a try explicitly telling gemini to modify previous plan, I havent tried that though.

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-generated-a-new-plan-file-each-time/148015/5 "2026-01-05T11:41:25Z")

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Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue with Gemini models in Plan mode. They create new plan files instead of modifying the existing one.

Try this workaround for now:

- Switch to Claude 4.5 Sonnet or GPT-5 for Plan mode. They work reliably and update the existing plan.
- Or you can explicitly ask Gemini to edit the previous plan (as @liquefy suggested), although this isn’t guaranteed.

The team is already working on fixing this model-specific behavior.

Related report: [Plan mode allows editing files still (Gemini 3 Pro especially bad for this)](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-allows-editing-files-still-gemini-3-pro-especially-bad-for-this/146552)

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-mode-generated-a-new-plan-file-each-time/148015/6 "2026-01-27T11:41:42Z")

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Closed on January 27, 2026, 11:41am UTC

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