Agent stuck in 'Waiting for review...', no file changes written

[marchyhapp (Marcel Bradea)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The agent is stuck “Apply changes” stuck at Waiting for Review… but Review shows No changes to review (AI patch application fails)
SEVERITY: Blocker / deal-breaker (prevents applying AI edits >> We’ve had to cancel our Cursor subscription over this!)

What happens:
When the AI attempts to apply edits, the UI shows Waiting for Review…
Clicking Review shows No changes to review.
Internally, patch application fails (assistant logs show repeated “ApplyPatch: Aborted”).

RESULT: no edits are applied; user must manually copy/paste.

Steps to Reproduce

Open a text file (e.g. Happ.Web/.plans/seo/StructuredData.md) in Cursor.
Ask Cursor AI to update the file (e.g., add sections / restructure headings).
Cursor displays Waiting for Review….
Click Review → it shows No changes to review.
No file modifications occur.

Expected Behavior

Review UI shows the proposed diff, and accepting applies it to the file.

Actual:
Review UI shows no diff, and the file is not modified.
Frequency: 100% reproducible in both this session and across IDE restarts (been blocking us from using Cursor for the past ~2+ weeks).

Workarounds tried:
Manual copy/paste into the file.

Additional notes:
Deletes/reads can succeed, but patch application repeatedly aborts (no diff materializes in review).

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

ersion: 2.2.43 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 32cfbe848b35d9eb320980195985450f244b3030
Date: 2025-12-19T06:06:44.644Z

For AI issues: which model did you use?

GPT-5.2

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the detailed report and the screenshot. I can see the AI repeatedly tried to apply the changes, you copied them manually, and the issue keeps coming back. That’s definitely a critical bug.

This looks similar to this case: Agent can't make changes

Urgent steps:

1. Update to the latest version. The apply_patch fix landed in 2.3.x:

   • Cmd+Shift+P > “Cursor: Attempt Update”
   • Or download the latest build from Download · Cursor

2. If updating doesn’t help, please collect diagnostic data so we can escalate:

   • Request ID from this session (chat icon > Copy Request ID)
   • Console logs: Help > Toggle Developer Tools > Console (screenshot any errors)
   • Test with extensions disabled: run cursor --disable-extensions from a terminal

Let me know what happens after the update. If it still reproduces, share the diagnostic info and I’ll escalate it to the team as a regression.