Agent fails with RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED high load error

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cloud Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear)

Describe the Bug

Cursor’s agent service was overloaded when that request ran. Nothing in your project caused it, and there is nothing to fix in the stack trace.

The response is ERROR_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED with title High Load: “We’re experiencing high demand right now. Please try again in a few moments.” isRetryable is true, so the client correctly treats it as a temporary failure. The stack (X_S, classify, runAgentLoop, streamFromAgentBackend) is Cursor classifying that server response, not a crash in your code.

Request ID: 9c5aca03-306f-4cdb-81c1-11729702d51d

Send the same message again after a short wait. If it keeps failing, include that request ID when you contact Cursor support.

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Hey @UTTAM_OMAR, thanks for the report and the request ID!

That error came from a short burst of very high demand on the model Auto was using at that moment. Nothing was wrong with your project or your setup, and the capacity limit cleared a few minutes later.

Sending the message again should work now. If you hit it again during a busy period, you can either wait a minute and retry, or pick a specific model from the model picker instead of Auto so the request goes to a different model.

If it keeps happening for more than a few minutes at a time, reply here with the new request ID and roughly when it happened, and we’ll take another look.