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[GUIDE] Fixed the Antigravity 2.0.1 Redirect Loop on Windows + How to Recover Your Lost Chats & Workspace Files
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[GUIDE] Fixed the Antigravity 2.0.1 Redirect Loop on Windows + How to Recover Your Lost Chats & Workspace Files

Like everyone else here, my workflow completely shattered when the automatic Antigravity 2.0 update dropped. I woke up to find the standard text editor, file tree, and integrated terminal completely replaced by the white-icon "Agent Manager" dashboard.

Even after going to the official site and downloading the standalone Antigravity IDE (Version 2.0.1), clicking the shortcut still hijacked the process and forced the 2.0 Agent app to launch instead. Worse yet, when you finally get into the editor, it looks completely blank making it feel like all your past chats, workspace histories, and open tabs were wiped out.

Here is the exact step-by-step fix to break out of the redirect loop and fully recover your files and conversation logs.

Step 1: Break the Redirect Loop (The .asar Fix)

You don't actually have to keep reinstalling the application. You just need to stop the 2.0 Agent app framework from hijacking the boot command.

  1. Close all active Antigravity windows.
  2. Press Win + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog.
  3. Paste this directory path exactly and hit Enter: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Antigravity\
  4. Open the resources folder.
  5. Find the file named app.asar (this is the new 2.0 Agent runtime). Right-click it, rename it, and change it to: app.asar.bak
  6. Go back up one directory level to the main folder and look for Antigravity IDE.exe. Right-click it and choose Run as administrator.

Your old, familiar code editor workspace should instantly load back onto your screen instead of the agent app dashboard.

Step 2: Recover Your Old Chats, History, and Files

When the 2.0.1 IDE split occurred, it stopped reading your profile data from the old AppData\Roaming\Antigravity directory and generated a brand new folder called AppData\Roaming\Antigravity IDE. Your past chat database (state.vscdb) and workspace file contexts are perfectly safe—they are just trapped in that old folder path.

To instantly migrate your exact previous workspace layouts, tabs, and chat histories into the new version, open your native Windows Command Prompt (CMD) and run this command:

DOS

xcopy /Y /Q /S /I "%APPDATA%\Antigravity\User" "%APPDATA%\Antigravity IDE\User"

Once the copy finishes, open up the IDE, press Ctrl + Shift + P, and run Developer: Reload Window. Your complete sidebar chat history, prompt logs, and file tree tabs will instantly map back into place.

Step 3: Turn Off Auto-Updates

Once your editor is running perfectly with all your history intact, lock it down so a background update check doesn't overwrite your files and wreck the folder registry rules again.

  • Hit Ctrl + , to open your IDE Settings.
  • Search for "Update Mode" or "Auto Update".
  • Switch the drop-down setting to none.

https://preview.redd.it/cgt9ln5lo92h1.png?width=615&format=png&auto=webp&s=8229be5a90f89af31ce497c87293cfd4a6fe45c9

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u/Agreeable_Mirror_870 — 2 days ago
▲ 7 r/google_antigravity

[GUIDE] Fixed the Antigravity 2.0.1 Redirect Loop on Windows + How to Recover Your Lost Chats & Workspace Files

Like everyone else here, my workflow completely shattered when the automatic Antigravity 2.0 update dropped. I woke up to find the standard text editor, file tree, and integrated terminal completely replaced by the white-icon "Agent Manager" dashboard.

Even after going to the official site and downloading the standalone Antigravity IDE (Version 2.0.1), clicking the shortcut still hijacked the process and forced the 2.0 Agent app to launch instead. Worse yet, when you finally get into the editor, it looks completely blank making it feel like all your past chats, workspace histories, and open tabs were wiped out.

Here is the exact step-by-step fix to break out of the redirect loop and fully recover your files and conversation logs.

Step 1: Break the Redirect Loop (The .asar Fix)

You don't actually have to keep reinstalling the application. You just need to stop the 2.0 Agent app framework from hijacking the boot command.

  1. Close all active Antigravity windows.
  2. Press Win + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog.
  3. Paste this directory path exactly and hit Enter: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Antigravity\
  4. Open the resources folder.
  5. Find the file named app.asar (this is the new 2.0 Agent runtime). Right-click it, rename it, and change it to: app.asar.bak
  6. Go back up one directory level to the main folder and look for Antigravity IDE.exe. Right-click it and choose Run as administrator.

Your old, familiar code editor workspace should instantly load back onto your screen instead of the agent app dashboard.

Step 2: Recover Your Old Chats, History, and Files

When the 2.0.1 IDE split occurred, it stopped reading your profile data from the old AppData\Roaming\Antigravity directory and generated a brand new folder called AppData\Roaming\Antigravity IDE. Your past chat database (state.vscdb) and workspace file contexts are perfectly safe—they are just trapped in that old folder path.

To instantly migrate your exact previous workspace layouts, tabs, and chat histories into the new version, open your native Windows Command Prompt (CMD) and run this command:

DOS

xcopy /Y /Q /S /I "%APPDATA%\Antigravity\User" "%APPDATA%\Antigravity IDE\User"

Once the copy finishes, open up the IDE, press Ctrl + Shift + P, and run Developer: Reload Window. Your complete sidebar chat history, prompt logs, and file tree tabs will instantly map back into place.

Step 3: Turn Off Auto-Updates

Once your editor is running perfectly with all your history intact, lock it down so a background update check doesn't overwrite your files and wreck the folder registry rules again.

  • Hit Ctrl + , to open your IDE Settings.
  • Search for "Update Mode" or "Auto Update".
  • Switch the drop-down setting to none.

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u/Agreeable_Mirror_870 — 2 days ago