A ping from my computer every 5 seconds

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

System: mac pro m4

When I use the agent and the chat after a while my computer starts to make a ting every 5 seconds. it happen when the sound is on mute also.

Steps to Reproduce

It just happen after I’m using the IDE for a while

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.54
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 5c17eb2968a37f66bc6662f48d6356a100b67be0
Date: 2025-10-21T19:07:38.476Z (4 days ago)
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.0.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

2

Hey, thanks for the report.

To help diagnose it, please share:

  • Console logs: open Developer Tools (Help → Toggle Developer Tools) right when the “ping” starts and check the Console tab for errors/warnings
  • Does the sound stop if you fully quit Cursor?
  • Does it happen during specific actions (e.g., when the agent generates a reply) or does it play continuously after some time in the IDE?
  • Are there any other apps that might interact with Cursor?
  • Quick test: restart Cursor, does the issue come back immediately or only after extended use?

Let us know what you find.

Also please check this solution:

3

  • I don’t see any warning or error that can correspond with the ping.

  • the sound stop a few minutes after I quit cursor but not immediately

  • It happen quicker If I use the agents but after some time it happen only when I use the IDE

  • Not just myb github account

  • After restart It happen only after some use on the cursor.

  • I found the sound accessibility and turned it all down and restarted the computer still the sounds continue

    I looked at this solution and rollback my version to 1.6 and it did not work

4

Thanks for the updates. To clarify, where exactly did you disable the accessibility sound settings?

Please confirm you tried this specific place in Cursor (not macOS):

  • Open Cursor
  • Press Cmd + , to open Cursor Settings
  • In the search box, type: accessibility.signals

Look for:

  • Accessibility: Signals - Line Has Error
  • Accessibility: Signals - Terminal Command Succeeded
  • Accessibility: Signals - Terminal Command Failed
  • Change any that say “sound” to “off”

Also, please check Activity Monitor while the sound is playing, are multiple Cursor processes running?