Cursor CLI resumes chats from any workspace

Resuming a Cursor CLI session used to mean being in the right directory first. The July 6, 2026 release changes the default: agent ls, agent --resume, and /resume now open All chats across every workspace, not just the current one.

agent --resume

Chats from other directories show a folder label so you can tell where they came from, and picking one now loads the full conversation instead of an empty session. Press Left or Right in the picker to switch back to This workspace if you want the old scoped view.

Subagents keep their context too

The same release fixes resumed subagents starting cold. Completed subagents now persist checkpoints, so resuming one restores its prior context instead of beginning from nothing. Background subagents include their final message in the completion notification, and trying to resume one that's no longer available now fails with a clear error instead of silently doing nothing.

What this means

Both changes remove a specific kind of surprise: picking a session from /resume and getting either the wrong scope or a blank slate. The Cursor CLI sheet tracks the current command surface.