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Cursor users report AI agent data loss concerns

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A user on Reddit is asking for experiences with AI agents causing data loss within the Cursor IDE. They are specifically concerned about uncommitted changes being overwritten, untracked files being deleted, or incorrect rewinds by AI tools. The user is seeking to understand how common these issues are and what specific tools have caused such problems, while also welcoming positive experiences where data loss has not occurred. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential risks and user concerns regarding AI agent integration in development tools.

RANK_REASON User-generated discussion about potential data loss with a specific software tool.

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Cursor users report AI agent data loss concerns

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/MycologistIcy2335 ·

    Anyone lost work to an AI agent that git couldn’t bring back?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Cursor went and added a bunch of stuff I never asked for a few weeks ago, and I hadn’t made a branch. Spent way too long untangling my own code.</p> <p>I know, “just commit before every run.” But I’m wondering about the cases where that didn’t sa…

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