When I Put My Computer to Sleep and Come Back, Cursor Opens a New Chat Tab

[jaglabs (Josh)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When I put my computer in sleep mode while leaving Cursor IDE open, a new chat window automatically opens in the chat pane upon waking the computer. This happens across all open Cursor IDE windows. The new chat appears without any user action - I simply wake my laptop and find unwanted new chat windows have been created automatically.

This is disruptive to my workflow as I don’t always want or need a new chat session, and it happens consistently every time I return from sleep mode.

Operating System

Windows 11 Home (Version 25H2, Build 26200.7171)

Hardware

Dell laptop with 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H, 32GB RAM

Current Cursor Version

Version: 2.1.39 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 60d42bed27e5775c43ec0428d8c653c49e58e260
Date: 2025-11-27T02:30:49.286Z

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Cursor IDE (can have one or multiple windows open)

2. Put your computer into sleep mode (leaving Cursor IDE running)

3. Wake your computer from sleep mode

4. Observe that a “New Chat” has automatically opened in the chat pane of each Cursor IDE window

Expected Behavior

The IDE should maintain its previous state when returning from sleep mode. If the chat pane was closed or showing a previous chat, it should remain in that state. A new chat should only open when explicitly requested by the user.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.1.39 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 60d42bed27e5775c43ec0428d8c653c49e58e260
Date: 2025-11-27T02:30:49.286Z

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[danperks (Dan)]

Hey, thanks for the report here!

This is something we’ve been testing and rolling out to a few users, but is expected.

The logic is, if you’ve been away for a while, you’re more likely to want to come back and start fresh, then pick up the last conversation you were having before.

The team are discussing and we should be able to add an setting to turn this off shortly.

[jaglabs (Josh)]

Thanks for your reply. That’s interesting about the logic. I can see how that might be the case, but that definitely does not apply to me. I will greatly appreciate it when that becomes a setting. Thank you!