chenhg5/cc-connect · error

cursor: read chats dir %s: %w

Error message

cursor: read chats dir %s: %w

What it means

Wraps a failed os.ReadDir of a Cursor chats directory during session listing. Missing directories are skipped; this error fires only on other IO failures such as permission denial while scanning one of the known chats locations for the workspace.

Source

Thrown at agent/cursor/cursor.go:420

func listCursorSessions(workDir string) ([]core.AgentSessionInfo, error) {
	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cursor: cannot determine home dir: %w", err)
	}

	chatsDirs := workspaceChatsDirs(homeDir, workDir)
	if len(chatsDirs) == 0 {
		return nil, nil
	}

	byID := make(map[string]core.AgentSessionInfo)
	for _, chatsDir := range chatsDirs {
		entries, err := os.ReadDir(chatsDir)
		if err != nil {
			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
				continue
			}
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cursor: read chats dir %s: %w", chatsDir, err)
		}

		for _, entry := range entries {
			if !entry.IsDir() {
				continue
			}
			sessionID := entry.Name()
			dbPath := filepath.Join(chatsDir, sessionID, "store.db")
			if _, err := os.Stat(dbPath); err != nil {
				continue
			}

			info, err := entry.Info()
			if err != nil {
				continue
			}

			meta := readSessionMeta(dbPath)

View on GitHub (pinned to 4000b2338a)

Solutions

1. Fix read permissions on the Cursor chats directories
2. Check for filesystem errors on the affected path
3. Retry /sessions after repair

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at agent/cursor/cursor.go:420 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of chenhg5/cc-connect@4000b2338a (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/c3f3a8d2cc4191a7. Report an issue: GitHub.