Updates mess up the shorcuts

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

regularly when an update is lunched the shorcuts reset or stop working, like the current update that prevent ctrl+N to create a new file or ctrl+A to select all text

Steps to Reproduce

go to the editor press ctrl+N, nothing happens

Expected Behavior

the shortcut should do what it meant to do

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.11.25 (user setup)
VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0
Commit: fc2563ec93d793fc275eef734405a4fdf8b47b20
Date: 2026-07-15T01:27:41.754Z
Layout: IDE
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

Hey, thanks for the report. Let’s first check one thing. In the IDE editor, Ctrl+N New File and Ctrl+A Select All stay as defaults, and the 3.11.25 update doesn’t remap them. One nuance is that if the currently open file has unaccepted AI edits, Ctrl+N temporarily works as Reject Partial Edit instead of New File. Accept or reject the diffs, then test again.

If that’s not it, let’s narrow down what’s intercepting the keys:

  • Ctrl+Shift+P → Developer: Toggle Keyboard Shortcuts Troubleshooting, press the problem key, then tell me what command triggers or if nothing triggers.
  • Open Keyboard Shortcuts with Ctrl+K Ctrl+S, search for ctrl+n and ctrl+a, check for conflicts or duplicates. Also check keybindings.json to see if your custom bindings got reset after the update.
  • Run Cursor with --disable-extensions to rule out an extension that’s taking over the shortcuts.

Send what the troubleshooting shows in step 1. That will tell us if it’s a local keybinding conflict or something else.

Sorry, I remapped the keys and reset the app, and now they’re working, so i can no longer reproduce the issue,