# Agent mode terminal not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [February 15, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-mode-terminal-not-working/51266 "2025-02-15T22:53:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@dc3](https://forum.cursor.com/u/dc3)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-mode-terminal-not-working/51266/1 "2025-02-15T22:53:40Z")
After the agent makes a change I have a rule that the agent must run my program so it can monitor the terminal output. I’m running a flask application so it will just do python main.py in the terminal. When it tries to run the command the terminal doesn’t do anything. It just spins like its waiting and will stay there until I stop it. I notice in new composers it will work the first few times but then it will stop working. I will tell the ai this is happening then it might fix it or not. But if it does fix it, it will only fix that time and will stop working the next time. I’ve probably used over 100 credits in the past few days just by telling composer that its not showing anything in the terminal. And I cant just keep creating new composers, its inefficient. Can anyone help? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/a/e/aef26b286ece80fca039e013266633c6b5dcad85.png) ---
**Author:** ![Humphrey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/humphrey/32/35510_2.png) [@Humphrey](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Humphrey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-mode-terminal-not-working/51266/2 "2025-03-12T14:02:32Z")
It happened to me here too, is there no official personnel responding to this issue? I’m on version 0.47.1 ---
**Author:** ![zyjarge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/zyjarge/32/30645_2.png) [@zyjarge](https://forum.cursor.com/u/zyjarge)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-mode-terminal-not-working/51266/3 "2025-03-13T06:49:16Z")
the same on 0.46.11 😯 ---
**Author:** ![Oliver\_Michalik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ce7236/32.png) [@Oliver\_Michalik](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Oliver_Michalik)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-mode-terminal-not-working/51266/4 "2025-07-14T18:53:10Z")
After many months, this is till an issue, here is my full summary of this and related problems: > [@Terminal getting stuck, hangs, stalls forever, not displaying output in windows (auto-run agentic mode)](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-getting-stuck-hangs-stalls-forever-not-displaying-output-in-windows-auto-run-agentic-mode/117747): > > Describe the Bug There are a lot of related posts/bugs about terminal not working properly, but none properly describes what is happening or offer solutions. The problem: When Agentic mode is running terminal commands, sometimes it does not show output and stalls forever, preventing the agent continuing working. I do not completely know how the terminal execution works in Cursor, bu it seems like it’s often trying to re-use the previous terminal to execute additional commands. This is when thi… ---
**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-mode-terminal-not-working/51266/5 "2025-07-14T19:02:46Z")
@Oliver_Michalik you are reviving here a thread thats from February and March about a totally different Cursor version that had a different usage of Terminal. Its good to help others with the same issue find solutions. But this was not the same issue. I would appreciate if you really stay focused on same Cursor version. ---
**Author:** ![dc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@dc3](https://forum.cursor.com/u/dc3)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-mode-terminal-not-working/51266/6 "2025-08-21T01:36:32Z")
I have been using cursor for over a year and I can confidently say that this is a big issue for me and it has not gotten fixed ever. The only “hack” I have found is to open a new chat but even that only lasts a little. It freezes, never completes or totally ignores the terminal that the agent opened. I really hope this gets fixed in a version soon because it would help with a lof of debugging. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-mode-terminal-not-working/51266/7 "2025-12-21T08:56:51Z")
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