Cursor: What's New in April 2026

Improvements in April 2026

• Reworked the Cloud Agents API around durable agents and per-prompt runs to scope follow-ups, status, streaming, and cancellation.(sdk-release)
• Standardized v1 response and error shapes, including structured error codes, items list responses, and separate agent/run objects for clarity.(sdk-release)
• Improved the worktrees experience in the Agents Window, allowing users to move any background branch into the local foreground with a single click for testing.(3.2)
• Prompt buttons now remain stationary while voice input is processing.(3.1)
• Plan tabs now support reliable loading, dirty tracking, reload on plan changes, and the ability to save, copy, and export markdown, matching file tab behaviors.(3.1)
• New agent sessions now default to starting in the user's preferred project target.(3.1)
• File tab names are now resolved within the current agent's visible tabs instead of attempting to be globally unique across all agents.(3.1)
• Cmd-K now displays fewer, more relevant agent results, capped to a recent matching subset.(3.1)
• Text rendering on macOS now uses anti-aliasing for sharper character edges.(3.1)
• Design Mode now supports keyboard navigation (up, down, sideways) in the element tree to select UI elements before commenting.(3.1)
• The Agents Window avoids expensive updates and fetches unless they are necessary.(3.1)
• Closing tabs is less likely to cause glitches in the file tree, and recovery is faster.(3.1)
• Limited local diff fetches to reduce CPU/network spikes and lag in SCM views.(3.1)
• The file tree responds more reliably to changes and is less likely to flicker, show stale data, or miss updates.(3.1)
• Extension events (like file changes or diagnostics updates) are now scoped to each workspace, reducing cross-project interference.(3.1)
• Hitting enter to send a follow-up in a long chat is now instant, resolving a previous hang time of over a second.(3.1)
• Large edits now stream more smoothly, cutting dropped frames by approximately 87%.(3.1)
• Improved Bugbot Autofix to only run when findings are substantial enough to warrant a fix.(04-08-26)
• Refined Bugbot Autofix to use only relevant rules, resulting in reduced noise in prompting.(04-08-26)
• Increased Bugbot's resolution rate to 78%.(04-08-26)
• Added a "Fix All" action to apply multiple Bugbot fixes in a single operation.(04-08-26)
• Redesigned Bugbot settings, separating personal and team settings into clearer sections.(04-08-26)
• Improved the reliability of Bugbot Autofix CI checks on Pull Requests.(04-08-26)
• Simplified Bugbot check progress messages displayed in GitHub PRs.(04-08-26)
• Moved native worktree support from the Editor to the new Agents window with improved visibility and UX for managing multiple workspaces.(3.0)
• Deprecated the previous worktree and best-of-n selection commands from the Editor.(3.0)
• Removed cloud agents from the Editor interface.(3.0)
• Set third-party plugin imports to default to off for Enterprises when unset, respecting explicit Admin overrides.(3.0)
• Made large-file diff rendering much faster, smoother, and less memory-heavy.(3.0)
• Reduced the browser automation tool surface and tightened the subagent to use browser tools only, improving focus.(3.0)
• Improved browser instructions to reduce error loops and added screenshot-based coordinate clicking as a fallback for unreliable DOM interactions.(3.0)
• Included plans alongside the transcript in shared chats.(3.0)
• Added caching to improve Explorer subagents startup time.(3.0)
• Past chat transcripts are now surfaced directly in at-mention search results.(3.0)
• Added a "scroll to bottom" button in the agent panel that appears when content overflows.(3.0)
• The tab bar can now span the full available width in maximized chat layouts.(3.0)
• Consolidated the Early Access release track behind Nightly.(3.0)