"Thought for" section missing scrollbar

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The “thought for” section in chat have no visible scrollbar.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open Cursor IDE
  2. Open Chat (Ctrl+L or click Chat icon)
  3. Ask a question that generates a response with a thinking block (e.g., “How does authentication work in this codebase?”)
  4. Wait for the AI to generate a “Thought for XX s” collapsible section
  5. Click to expand the thinking block
  6. Observe: If the thinking content is longer than section’s height, no scrollbar appears
  7. Result: Content is cut off with no way to scroll (unless you have a mouse wheel)

Expected Behavior

A vertical scrollbar should appear on the right side of the thinking block when content exceeds visible height
User should be able to drag the scrollbar to view all content

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.43 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 32cfbe848b35d9eb320980195985450f244b3030
Date: 2025-12-19T06:06:44.644Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

Additional Information

Technical details (from devtools inspection):

  • .monaco-scrollable-element has overflow-y: hidden (should be auto)
  • .scrollbar.vertical and .slider have width: 0px (should be (e.g.) ~5px)

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Thanks for the detailed bug report and the technical analysis from devtools - that’s really helpful! I’ve passed this on to the team!

Hello, may I please get any updates regarding the issue? Is it planned to be fixed? Any suggestions for a workaround? Thanks.

Can you please check if you’re still facing this issue on the latest version?
You can get the latest version from Download · Cursor

Still facing the issue in latest version:

Version: 2.3.40 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 230922a103262db3487b753c8d1e0a7111c2d780
Date: 2026-01-16T04:42:17.525Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

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