I just moved to Cursor from Vscode about a week ago. Idk if this is the norm, but my workspace has does this thing when I open it or reload window, it literally never finishes loading. I’ve gone down all the way to 3.5.38 version from 3.7. same issue. I’d like to believe this isn’t an expected behavior, or ongoing bug that would take a while to fix. Can someone help? Any point waiting for a fix or just go back to vscode? Any reasonable fix that doesn’t require me to keep opening a new window everytime I want to do work?
Hey, this is a known issue and it’s already fixed in newer versions. The symptom where a new window loads fine but the main window gets stuck on loading is a classic case of Cursor getting stuck while restoring the Git Working Tree or diff tab from Source Control on startup.
What to do:
Update to the latest 3.7.x. The fix shipped after your build 3.5.38, so your version still has the issue. Download the latest version here: Cursor · Download
Temporary workaround if it’s stuck right now. Before you close or reload, close all tabs named (Working Tree) or any tabs opened from the Source Control panel. You can do it in one go via Cmd+Shift+P then run View: Close All Editors.
There’s no point switching back to VS Code. After updating, the freeze should go away. If it still happens on the latest 3.7.x, reply here and include a fresh main.log from ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/logs/ and we’ll treat it as a different case and dig in.
@deanrie I spoke too early. It is still stuck. Seems Close All Editors Group works. But I lose all my files I had open. That’s pretty annoying can’t lie. Deleting workSpacestorage folder also fixes it.
Thanks for the log and the update. I get it, losing all your open tabs via Close All Editors is really annoying, and you shouldn’t have to do that.
A few notes:
Workaround without losing tabs. What’s hanging is restoring the Git diff tab, not regular files. So before you close or reload the window, close only the tabs marked (Working Tree) or the ones opened from the Source Control panel. You can keep your normal file tabs open, they should restore fine. You don’t need to do a full Close All Editors.
You’ve got a pending update. In the log I can see a newer version is already downloaded and in ready state, but it only applies after a full restart. Please do Cmd+Q for a full quit, not just closing the window, then launch Cursor again so the update installs.
After restarting, check the exact version in Cursor > About Cursor and paste it here. If this still reproduces on the latest version, that’s a separate case and we’ll dig deeper. Thanks for already attaching the log.