Unable to open file linked in chat

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The agent produced a chat response with a link to a file it had just created. I clicked on the link and got the error title=“Unable to open ‘’” message="Unable to resolve resource “”.

Steps to Reproduce

Have agent create a local file and provide a link to that file in the chat (I didn’t prompt it to do that, it just did). Click on link to view file. Error.

Expected Behavior

No error, file opens to be viewed.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.2.16 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 3e548838cf824b70851dd3ef27d0c6aae371b3f0
Date: 2026-04-28T21:07:47.682Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Thanks for the report @rory77235! There’s a known issue where windows drive-letter paths in chat markdown links are misidentified as URI schemes. I’ve added your report to the bug ticket where we’r tracking this!