Agent looping error on cursor 2.3

[Aaron_Suydam]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Been working with Gemini 3 Flash for the last couple of days and twice now have gotten the “Agent looping detected” error. Not sure why its happening but has cost me 1.50$ so far.

Steps to Reproduce

Use cursor normally.

Expected Behavior

Agent chats don’t fail.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.10
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: af6d64e4848e6185e482a2de5bac040191c8d790
Date: 2025-12-29T03:56:22.219Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.2.0

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Request ID: afdba2ae-f3c7-4f01-b015-53e41e03e6ba
{“error”:“ERROR_CUSTOM_MESSAGE”,“details”:{“title”:“Unrecoverable agent model looping detected”,“detail”:“Unrecoverable agent model looping detected.”,“additionalInfo”:{},“buttons”:,“planChoices”:},“isExpected”:true}

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. The looping issue with the agent on Gemini 3 Flash is known to the team, and there’s an active ticket tracking it, including notes about billing/charges.

To help the engineers look into your specific case, could you share:

• 1 to 2 specific prompts that trigger the looping issue
• Whether it happens in a new Agent chat, or when switching models in an existing chat

Temporary workaround: try starting a new Agent chat (don’t switch models in an existing one) and break complex tasks into smaller steps.

I’ll pass these details to the team for investigation.