Cursor's rmdir Wiped a Developer's Drive After Approval for a Temp Folder
11/10/2026 — 11/10, 21:17·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- A developer on Windows running Cursor 3.17.8 with Grok 4.7 approved deleting only an 18.5GB build temp directory, but the agent's rmdir also…
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According to a November 10, 2026 report on DEV Community, a developer wrote in a forum post that he was working on Windows in Cursor 3.17.8 with Grok 4.7. He asked which of the directories under E:\ERP .net that are prefixed with an underscore could be cleared safely in order to free disk space, with the goal of removing an 18.5GB compilation temp folder. The Agent's own analysis, as described in the post, recommended deleting only that temp directory. The rmdir command that Cursor actually ran, however, deleted the source code, the Git repo, the publish folder, and six months of backups along with it. As of now the episode appears only in that forum post and this report, with no follow-up resolution or official response documented.
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According to the developer's forum post, he was running Cursor 3.17.8 with Grok 4.7 on Windows and approved exactly one action: deleting an 18.5GB compilation temp folder. The rmdir the agent actually ran also removed the source code, the Git repo, the publish folder and six months of backups, even though the agent's own analysis had recommended clearing only the temp directory.
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