I have the same issue and reverted to 2.0.77 version but the currently freely available GTP-5.1 Codex Max models are unusable with this older version (neither with the latest one, wow).
I’ve been seeing the same thing and I have a workaround!
Workaround first so you can get back to work: Tell it
Use echo “content” > path.txt or some other terminal command instead of the create file tool, since that doesn’t seem to work’.
This seems to work on auto at the very least.
Context:
The bug seems to be a desync between the events streamed from the agent and the UI.
Cursor seems to use markdown as the source of truth for timeline events streamed to the UI.
At some point, the ‘Accept/Deny’ button for the create file seems to dissappear from the GUI, resulting in the agent being stuck in the ‘Accept/Deny/suggest other’ as seen in the placeholder of the input.
This is why the agent is ‘stuck’. Its waiting for your confirmation of changes.
This seemed to happen in a recent update that changed the behaviour so that files are not automatically created now. The client/agent seems to think of creating files as a higher permission status or doesn’t reconcile it with the previous one, but there is also no UI functionality to add this command to the allow list.
This seems to happen less frequently when I run it as an admin, but all paths eventually lead to this for me at least.
2.0.77 doesn’t work even when typing in the chat to use echo “content” > path.txt …
Tried with both auto mode or picked model and the terminal command isn’t visible and fails to execute:
I can confirm the same behavior on Mac since the three quick updates yesterday.
And after some unstable behavior in the planning mode for the past week.
Current state is completely unusable as far as AI support goes. Right now it’s a paid VSCode.
I understand Cursor is rolling some pretty big features now and kudos for the job.
But keeping the core stable while at it, especially for such obvious issue all over the place, is a must.
