Terminal Tabs don't show up in Terminals Side Panel

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The Terminals Side panel of the IDE is always empty. Even clicking “+” next to the title just creates a new Terminal Tab, but doesn’t populate the side panel.

The only exception to this is that AGENT terminals display there, under a collapsible “Agents” header.

It’d be great if my terminals show up there – as they once did – rather than just creating a million tabs.

Steps to Reproduce

Open the IDE. Open a Terminal, then click “+” in the side panel next to the header. It opens in a new tab and doesn’t populate.

I’ve tried reinstalling Cursor’s latest version just now, and clearing cache + extensions, and nothing worked.

Expected Behavior

My Terminal tabs show up under Terminals Side panel

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.29.15
VS Code Extension API: 1.128.0
Commit: 86776fcb52ca505783155631089b65d646f9b030
Date: 2026-11-08T21:35:59.668Z
Layout: Agent Window
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 43.8.4
Chromium: 150.0.7871.250
Node.js: 24.22.1
V8: 15.0.245.31-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.291
OS: Darwin arm64 25.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey @Gregg_Willcox, your terminals themselves are fine, it’s the Terminals list that isn’t picking them up. From your screenshot, “Unanimous-All” looks like a multi-root workspace (several folders or repos in one workspace), and that’s the setup where the list stays empty in the Agents Window. With a single-folder workspace the same list fills in as expected, which is probably why it used to work for you.

I’ve passed this on to the team. For now, the tab strip is the way to switch between terminals. If you want the list back, right-click the workspace in the Agents Window sidebar and choose “Open in IDE”. The terminal list in the Editor window isn’t affected.

Can you confirm “Unanimous-All” has more than one folder in it? If it’s a single folder, we’re looking at something else.

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Thanks, yes it is a multi-folder workspace.

That helps me out! I appreciate your response.