I’m using the new agent view in cursor and sometimes when switching between chats, the right sidebar panel suddenly expands itself, so i have to close it manually. Also the newly introduced “mini sidebar” does never respect the user choice and always expands again when you switch chats.
Steps to Reproduce
Sidebar Panel
Use new agent view
Close sidebar
Switch random between chat sessions or settings
→ Sidebar panel opens randomly
New mini sidebar
Collapse mini sidebar
Switch chat
→ Mini sidebar expanded again
Expected Behavior
The sidebar(s) should respect the user choice and stay in the last state.
Hi! These are actually two separate things, so I’ll take them one at a time.
Right sidebar opening on its own when you switch chats: this is a known issue on our side, and a recent regression. Switching agent conversations can re-reveal the right sidebar even when you’d closed it. There’s no clean workaround yet, but the team is aware and looking into it. One detail that would help us pin down the trigger: does it tend to happen when you switch into a chat that has something live in that panel, like a browser or a terminal?
Mini sidebar re-expanding every time: this one is current default behavior rather than a regression. The mini sidebar opens expanded and doesn’t yet remember when you’ve collapsed it, so it re-expands on each chat switch. We’ve heard the same feedback internally, and making it remember your collapsed state is something we’re tracking. There’s no setting to keep it collapsed today.
I’ll post back here as either of these moves. Thanks again for flagging both.
Hi @mohitjain normally i dont have browser or teminals open so i think its not related to that. I will keep an eye on it. Regarding the new mini sidebar, it would be good if this remembers the state or could be disabled in the settings to have a clean focussed workspace without visual clutter.
The right-sidebar issue should be fixed in the latest versions of Cursor (right now, the latest version is v3.12). Please give it a try and let us know if you still encounter the same issue!
