Remote SSH Workspace: confirmation required for editing file outside workspace

[ahmadconradi]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

It looks like it thinks files opened in a remote SSH are “outside the workspace”. So it prompts me asking to confirm the file each time.

Steps to Reproduce

Open a Folder via SSH, then ask Agent to edit something

Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.28
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: adb0f9e3e4f184bba7f3fa6dbfd72ad0ebb8cfd0
Date: 2025-10-01T02:45:21.769Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[Temurbek]

Did you find the solution? A bit frustrating to accept editing each line

[ravirahman]

Could you share a screenshot for where this is happening?

What is the path of the folder/workspace you have open, and what is the path of the file where it is asking for confirmation? Is the file being modified behind a symlink?

[ankithGraviton (Ankith)]

Im facing a similar issue. My workspace is /home/user/repos/repo3 and am editing a file in /home/user/experiments/notebook.ipynb. Sonnet 4.5-think in agent mode (via “build” in plan mode) asks me permission every single time to edit the ipynb (i think each call was to add a new cell with code in it)

I would like the ability to trust this ipynb so it can edit it freely, atleast within the session. im not willing to move it into my workspace.

Cant share screenshots

Even though normal tool case are auto-approved, when the LLM edits this one