Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug Selecting any of the previous chats in cursor ide, they do not open. The only way around this, is selecting the previous chat, then quitting cursoor completely, then re opening cursor will open the previously selected ted cha…

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known bug in 2.6.11. It’s related to the Editor Classic layout. Workaround: click the double-arrow icon in the top-right corner of the chat panel to switch away from the Classic layout. After that, chat history should work normally. More details in this thread…

I got absolutely the same issue after the recent update Version: 2.6.11 (Universal) VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 8c95649f251a168cc4bb34c89531fae7db4bd990 Date: 2026-03-03T18:57:48.001Z Build Type: Stable Release Track: Default Electron: 39.6.0 Chromium: 142.0.7444.265 Node.js: 22.22.0 V…

facing the exact same issue but I see another update, just restated for update so fingers crossed

Didn’t helped Version: 2.6.12 (Universal) VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 1917e900a0c4b0111dc7975777cfff60853059d0 Date: 2026-03-04T21:41:18.914Z (10 hrs ago) Build Type: Stable Release Track: Early Access Electron: 39.6.0 Chromium: 142.0.7444.265 Node.js: 22.22.0 V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.…

I have the same problem (seems to have started with 2.6.11) Version: 2.6.11 VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 8c95649f251a168cc4bb34c89531fae7db4bd990 Date: 2026-03-03T18:57:48.001Z Build Type: Stable Release Track: Default Electron: 39.6.0 Chromium: 142.0.7444.265 Node.js: 22.22.0 V8: 14.2…

Thanks mate, this solved my issue…cheers

Thanks mate it worked. Legend!!!

Can’t believe I lost a full day-and-night with this, but glad to know this is a good place to find the shared solution, thanks (ALL)!

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Previous chat history not opening, until I quit cursor and re open

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Previous chat history not opening, until I quit cursor and re open

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