Workspace folder cannot be found

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When using two workspaces in cursor the @ is not able to find the workspace if the workspace only contains letters.

Steps to Reproduce

Open the IDE in a folder.

Add another folder (without any dashes) to the workspace.

Use @ to reference the newly added workspace, and that workspace cannot be found.

Workspaces that have dashes however can be found.

Expected Behavior

find the workspace folder

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Two workspace folders:

Screenshot 2026-04-03 103955.png

Folder that cannot be found:

Folder that can be found:

Screenshot 2026-04-03 104231

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 2.6.22 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: c6285feaba0ad62603f7c22e72f0a170dc8415a0
Date: 2026-03-27T15:59:31.561Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey, thanks for the report. This looks like a bug in how the @ mention feature searches workspace root folders. When you type after @, those folders don’t show up in the candidate list, but folders with hyphens are found because of how fuzzy matching works.

As a workaround for now, try typing @ with no text after it. The dropdown should show all workspace folders, including bots. You can pick the folder you need from there.

I’ve passed this on to the team. Let me know if the workaround doesn’t work.

Hey Dean.

This workaround does not work. Even without typing anything the workspace does not show up.

It only shows a small subset of folders but not all.

Kind regards,

Tibor

Hey Tibor, thanks for getting back to me. It’s a bummer the workaround didn’t help.

I can see from your screenshot that even with an empty @, only some folders show up. Sadly there isn’t a working workaround right now. This bug is on our radar, but we don’t have an ETA yet.

I’ll post here if there are any updates.

I’ve been experiencing this too. As a workaround I generally right-click in the folder and “Copy Path” and mention the path directly, but that’s something i def don’t love doing.