Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Cursor IDE
Describe the Bug
When typing into the chat window, whenever the AI model’s response completes, my IDE loses focus on the chat window and refocuses on whatever code window I am using, overwriting whatever is at the last cursor location there. This can delete entire sections of code, causing me to have to carefully Ctrl+Z back to the good state before I unknowingly typed over whatever was at my cursor in the editor window when it stole focus from the AI chat window. This seems to have been happening for at least the past 4 months across all versions I’ve used.
Steps to Reproduce
Type in the chat window while the ai model is responding and you will lose focus once the response completes.
Expected Behavior
Whatever window I clicked on should retain focus until i either submit my query using enter, or manually click to another window to focus away.
Operating System
MacOS
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
ersion: 1.5.11 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 2f2737de9aa376933d975ae30290447c910fdf40
Date: 2025-09-05T03:48:32.332Z (2 wks ago)
Electron: 34.5.8
This affects every version I’ve used over the last 4 months, shockingly.
For AI issues: which model did you use?
All models.
Does this stop you from using Cursor
No - Cursor works, but with this issue