# Agent bypassed a question screen and began modifying files

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-bypassed-a-question-screen-and-began-modifying-files/163525>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [June 17, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-bypassed-a-question-screen-and-began-modifying-files/163525 "2026-06-17T21:25:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dillon\_Evertsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Dillon\_Evertsen](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Dillon_Evertsen)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-bypassed-a-question-screen-and-began-modifying-files/163525/1 "2026-06-17T21:25:38Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

### Describe the Bug

I got a question prompt for a choice of which way to go, then got a call, and later on after 10 minutes or so, I saw it start moving in the background. Apparently making changes to files. The stop button was not present as it was not supposed to be doing anything. It now has a summary of what it changed and the question for what to do is still there. It appears to have chosen the option it recommended which is nice, but still seems like a bit of an issue for it to proceed unprompted.

### Steps to Reproduce

Get a questions to come up, and then let it sit and see if it follows through unprompted with it’s recommended option. I was using Opus 4.8, but it seems more like a cursor gating issue rather than a specific model issue.

### Expected Behavior

I expect it to wait for an answer.

### Operating System

Windows 10/11

### Version Information

Version: 3.7.42 (system setup)  
VS Code Extension API: 1.105.1  
Commit: 5702c9cfca656d8710fad58402fe37f14345e3a0  
Date: 2026-06-15T19:39:42.738Z  
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  
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256  
OS: Windows\_NT x64 10.0.26200

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-bypassed-a-question-screen-and-began-modifying-files/163525/5 "2026-06-18T10:34:19Z")

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Hi @Dillon_Evertsen!

We’re shipping a fix for this in 3.8, which should be out very soon. Thank you for the report.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-bypassed-a-question-screen-and-began-modifying-files/163525/8 "2026-07-25T17:33:20Z")

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