Upon updating Cursor the previous conversations are lost

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Clicked “update cursor” notification on the bottom left and lost my previous conversations.

Steps to Reproduce

Create conversations in plan mode. Then implement with agent mode. Wait for an update to appear, click update. Expect some conversations to return, but the latest ones disappear.

Expected Behavior

All conversations should be back. Or don’t show a notification to update if there are conversations.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.60
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: c6d93c13f57509f77eb65783b28e75a857b74c00
Date: 2025-11-05T00:50:54.645Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

2

Hey thanks for the report. I’m sorry you lost those conversations - I know that’s frustrating, especially after working in agent mode.

Unfortunately, chat history is stored locally on your device and can be cleared during updates, especially when disk space is low. Once lost, conversations can’t be recovered from servers.

What to check:

Check disk space: low space during updates is a common cause of history loss. Make sure you have enough free space.

For the future:

  • Export important chats to Markdown for backup (three dots at the top of the chat → Export Chat)
  • Consider using the SpecStory extension for automatic chat exports
  • Keep enough free disk space before updates

Let me know if opening the workspace file helps recover any conversations.