I opened another chat window, maybe i had to many at this point, but the entire editor window went blank. closing/reopening doesnt seem to fix the issue, restarting cursor also didnt fix the issue.
Steps to Reproduce
im not sure how to reproduce, all i did was open a new chat tab.
Expected Behavior
cursor editor should not be able to enter a failure state without recovery options. if the chat window is the issue it should just clean it out and let me open the project.
Find your project folder (inside there’s a workspace.json - check the path)
Delete the files state.vscdb and state.vscdb.backup
Restart Cursor
Cursor will create a new state file automatically. The downside is you’ll lose open tabs and chat history for that workspace.
If the issue affected all your projects (like you mentioned “other projects also can’t be opened”), you might need to repeat this for each workspace, or try a full reinstall:
Delete ~/.config/Cursor completely (backup .cursor from home if you have important settings there, you can also export your profile and then import it later)
Reinstall Cursor
Why this happens: This bug is related to corrupted workspace state, it often happens when you open the chat window
Let me know if the workaround doesn’t work or if you need help finding your workspace folder.
Thank you, i had to delete the .config/Cursor directory to resolve the issue but performance is not the same somehow, it seems to hang for a second or so when starting up, it never did that before.
I notice though the UI panels are now flipped left to right, how do i change this back permanently as restarting cursor seems to revert my choice and flip them back again?
every time i open a new window all existing windows flip their panels back to chat on the left and file explorer on the right, i want it flipped the other way but seems to be impossible after “fixing” the issue yesterday
