Agent always taking longer than expected

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When I sometimes send a message in chat window with a quest, it begin to show taking longer than expected and it is becoming more and more frequently.

Steps to Reproduce

Just send the message in the chat window and it will get stuck.

Expected Behavior

To output fluently.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.5.33 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: aac81804b986d739acab348ed96b8bea6e83cc50
Date: 2026-05-22T06:47:48.039Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

For AI issues: which model did you use?

GPT-5.5

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey @Yudhpt, thanks for the detailed report. Here are my recommended next steps for you:

  1. Update to the latest version. Help → Check for Updates, then fully quit and reopen Cursor. We recently shipped a fix for one of the main causes of this.

  2. Run network diagnostics. Cursor Settings → Network → Run Diagnostics. If you can, paste a screenshot of the results here, it tells us right away whether the connection is being blocked on the way out.

  3. You can disabling HTTP2 and trying a Compatibility Settings in Cursor Settings → Network. It’s not a guarantee that this will fix it, but it’s possible that you might see improved behavior. (and it really depends on your network (and vpn etc) settings.

If it’s still happening after that, the most helpful thing you can send us is a Request ID from a run that got stuck: open the “…” context menu at the top-right of the chat panel and choose Copy Request ID, then paste it here. (If you have Privacy Mode enabled the ID may not be traceable on our side, but it’s still worth sharing.) That lets us trace the exact request on the backend.

Here’s how you can do that:

To disable Privacy Mode:

  1. Open Cursor Settings with Cmd+Shift+J on macOS or Ctrl+Shift+J on Windows/Linux.
  2. Go to General.
  3. Turn Privacy Mode off / switch to Share Data.

To get the Request ID:

  1. Open the relevant conversation in the Chat sidebar.
  2. Click the ... menu.
  3. Select Copy Request ID.