The /summarize command sometimes disappears and cannot be triggered. To use it again, I have to close the chat and reopen it from the history dropdown.
Steps to Reproduce
When using plan mode or chatting with the agent in the IDE, the /summarize command occasionally stops being available.
Expected Behavior
The /summarize command should always be accessible.
Hey, this isn’t a bug, it’s how the new V2 slash menu works. The /summarize command is hidden from the default / dropdown list because it only shows skills and commands, but it will appear if you start typing /sum... and it gets filtered into the results.
One more thing, /summarize is only available when there’s already at least one message in the chat. In a brand new empty chat it won’t show up because there’s nothing to summarize. That’s why when you reopen a chat from history, it comes back since there’s already an existing conversation.
Humm, even if I type /sum, it sometimes doesn’t appear correctly. I’ve been paying attention, and I’m almost sure I even tried typing /summarize in full, but the option didn’t show up.
Thanks for clarifying. If you type /sum or /summarize fully in a chat where there’s already at least one message, and the command still doesn’t show up in the dropdown, that’s a separate case and not related to the V2 slash menu. I’d like to reproduce it.
Could you share a couple details:
A short screencast of the moment you type /summarize and the option doesn’t appear (showing the input field and the dropdown).
Did this chat already have at least one message from you or the agent before the command disappeared?
Are you in Plan mode or using the regular Agent? If it happens in both, let me know which one it happens in more often.
Does Developer: Reload Window via Cmd+Shift+P help in that moment, instead of closing and reopening the chat?
With that, I can figure out whether this is a slash menu bug or an edge case with chat state.
Thanks for the screenshot. It looks like in Plan mode, with an active plan, when you type /sum, the /summarize command really doesn’t show up. Only the skill options stay. Since reloading the window brings it back, this is clearly a UI state bug, not the V2 menu design.
I reported it internally. To link it to the right ticket, can you share a couple details:
Does this only happen when there’s already an active plan in the chat like in the screenshot, or also in regular Plan mode with no plan?
In Agent mode without Plan, does the command work reliably?
If you catch it again, please send the Request ID of the last message in the chat right top corner of the chat > Copy Request ID.
For now, the workaround is Cmd+Shift+P then Developer: Reload Window. I can’t give an ETA for the fix yet, but I’ll post an update here when I have one.
Thanks, that’s helpful confirmation. So the bug is broader than we first thought. It reproduces not only in Plan mode with an active plan, but also in regular Agent mode.
For now, the workaround is the same: Cmd+Shift+P → Developer: Reload Window. I can’t share an ETA for a fix yet, but I’ll post an update here as soon as I have one.
If you catch it again, please send the Request ID of the last message in the chat (top-right of the chat > Copy Request ID) and let me know if there was an active plan in that chat or not. That’ll help us narrow it down.
Hey, thanks for coming back with an update. There hasn’t been a confirmed fix in any releases, so the “disappearing” on May 5 is expected and the bug is still active.
To link this new case to the report, can you please share:
Your exact Cursor version Help -> About or Cmd+Shift+P → About. Did you update from 3.2.11?
Was there an active plan in that chat, or was it regular Agent mode without a plan?
The workaround is still the same: Cmd+Shift+P → Developer: Reload Window. I can’t give an ETA for the fix yet, but I’ll post here as soon as there’s an update.
