Cursor 3.11 Released — Adds "Side Chats" That Don't Interrupt the Main Conversation

Cursor’s latest version, 3.11, has been released. The headline feature is “side chats,” which let users ask questions or explore tangential research in parallel without interrupting the main agent conversation. The update also adds the ability to search across agent conversation history.

Details

• Side chats: Using the /side or /btw commands, or the plus button, users can start a parallel conversation separate from the main agent conversation. Described as a way to “ask questions, explore ideas, or go on tangential research without interrupting the main agent conversation”
• Improved conversation and history search: Agent conversation history can now be searched across via the command palette, and Cmd+F text search is now supported within conversations as well
• Redesigned project/repository picker: Introduces a new project and repository selection UI with scoped search capability
• Recent release cadence: Features have been shipping at an almost weekly pace — team marketplace MCP server distribution and organization access controls (3.10) on June 30, a unified “Customize” page for managing plugins, skills, and MCP (3.9) on June 22, and expanded automation including the /automate skill (3.8) on June 18

How to try it

Cursor 3.11 is a standard update that is automatically delivered to existing users, available by downloading from cursor.com or updating an existing installation. Detailed release notes are published on an ongoing basis on Cursor’s official changelog page.