The Open IDE action is not working as expected when having multiple cursor instance open. only the first instance opens the IDE as expected. Please see steps to reproduce
To the Cursor team, please make big changes opt in instead of forced. I want vs code + AI features. We do not use and don’t plan to use the agent ecosystem UX just yet, why are we constantly being forced to see this. Every time you do this you waste time on our team trying to figure out how to go back to our setup. Thanks.
Steps to Reproduce
Have multiple Cursor opens
open IDE in one cursor (let’s call it Cursor instance A)
In instance A, Click file → Open IDE. it works as expected
open another cursor (Let’s call it Cursor instance B)
in instance B, click file → open IDE. instead of opening the IDE for instance be, it goes to instance A and opens the IDE for instance A again instead of opening a new IDE for instance B
Hey, thanks for the detailed repro. This is a known bug on our side. The Open IDE command currently focuses the first editor window in the whole process and ignores which instance it was called from, so if you have two Cursor windows open, calling it from instance B jumps to the IDE in instance A. We’re tracking the issue, but I can’t share a fix timeline yet.
Workaround: open the Editor Window / IDE first, then open the project inside it. In this case it will reuse and focus the correct window.
About forcing the Agents Window: you can turn it off in Settings > General > Startup > Open Agents Window on Startup > Off. This setting sometimes doesn’t apply if the last active window before quitting wasn’t the Editor Window, so before fully closing Cursor, make sure the Editor Window is focused.
Let me know if the workaround doesn’t help or if the behavior is different.