# Agent not responding on big repos and Git section is stuck and shows the following message “Scanning folder for Git repositories

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-not-responding-on-big-repos-and-git-section-is-stuck-and-shows-the-following-message-scanning-folder-for-git-repositories/130925>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [August 19, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-not-responding-on-big-repos-and-git-section-is-stuck-and-shows-the-following-message-scanning-folder-for-git-repositories/130925 "2025-08-19T15:41:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![VishnuSuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@VishnuSuman](https://forum.cursor.com/u/VishnuSuman)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-not-responding-on-big-repos-and-git-section-is-stuck-and-shows-the-following-message-scanning-folder-for-git-repositories/130925/1 "2025-08-19T15:41:37Z")

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

Cursor IDE

### Describe the Bug

I have been using a github repo for daily coding.  
Suddenly the agent chat is not responding to any of my inputs  
Tried restarting  
disabling http2 etc but still not working

Also noticed that Git section is stuck and shows the following message  
“Scanning folder for Git repositories”

### Steps to Reproduce

Open cursor  
add input ot chat

Noticed Git section is stuck and shows the following message  
“Scanning folder for Git repositories”

Agent does not respond

### Expected Behavior

Git loads the local changes and shows diffs

Agent responds to my input

### Screenshots / Screen Recordings

### Operating System

Windows 10/11

### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.4.5 (user setup)  
VSCode Version: 1.99.3  
Commit: af58d92614edb1f72bdd756615d131bf8dfa5290  
Date: 2025-08-13T02:08:56.371Z  
Electron: 34.5.8  
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210  
Node.js: 20.19.1  
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0  
OS: Windows\_NT x64 10.0.26100

### Additional Information

Im using wsl in windows

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor  
No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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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:** [September 10, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/agent-not-responding-on-big-repos-and-git-section-is-stuck-and-shows-the-following-message-scanning-folder-for-git-repositories/130925/3 "2025-09-10T15:42:21Z")

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Closed on September 10, 2025, 3:42pm UTC

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