6 people reported
All time, since Sep 16.
Agent rmdir with broken quoting deletes whole drive on Windows
“I am reporting a serious data-loss incident caused by Cursor Agent.”
Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.
Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.
I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/cursor/issues/2418/file Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.
No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends
Agent wraps the path in cmd /c with escaped quotes, so "rmdir /s /q" runs against the drive root without confirmation.
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- Agent shell commands
- Versions
- 3.17.8 to 3.24.18
- Platforms
- Windows
- How bad
- Loses work: code or files lost or damaged.
Not quite your bug?
- Agent deletes files and backups2 people
- Agent leaves workspace folder3 people
Original reports6, newest first
- Cursor Agent auto-ran a command that wiped an entire drive (Windows / PowerShell)#175121
- Cursor Grok 4.7 wiped all data on secondary drive#174587
- [Agent] Autonomous
rd /s /qwiped the entire D: drive (Windows)#174156 - Windows Agent rmdir broken quoting wiped D: - ticket T-F90960 (Grok 4.6 Extra High)#172345
- Cursor Chat Agent Delete Whole Disk File!#172094
- CRITICAL SAFETY VIOLATION: Agent wiped my PC, DECEIVED me with fake success messages, and CONCEALED the damage#171873