Text size for the agents panel is not always respected

Support Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When the text size for the Agents panel is set to something other than “Default”, it will still display the text size as Default when re-opening previous agent histories.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Set the Text Size for agents to Large.
  2. Open an agent chat and start using it.
  3. Close that chat.
  4. Open that previous chat.

OR

  1. Switch back and forth between agent chat tabs.

Expected Behavior

When opening the previous chat, the text will be displayed in accordance with the “Large” setting.

Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Version: 2.6.18
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 68fbec5aed9da587d1c6a64172792f505bafa250
Date: 2026-03-10T02:01:17.430Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.6.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.17.0-14-generic

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, this is a known issue. The Text Size setting doesn’t persist when you reopen previous chats or switch between tabs. The team is aware, and we’re tracking it.

For now, as a workaround, you can use Ctrl + and Ctrl - to zoom the whole UI. It’s not ideal, but it should help with readability.

I’m merging this thread into the main ticket: Chat Panel Text Size Issue.

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A post was merged into an existing topic: Chat Panel Text Size Issue