Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug In Composer with any agent( including GPT-5.3), the UI shows “Taking longer than expected…” and the run appears to hang. The model stops mid-edit (e.g. code fades out on an incomplete line). It does not recover on its own. The…

Hey, this is a known issue. The team is aware and actively looking into it. Here are a few workarounds that often help: Disable HTTP/2. Add this to settings.json via Ctrl+Shift+P > Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON): "cursor.general.disableHttp2": true Then restart Cursor. Reindex the pro…

Agent stuck on “Taking longer than expected…” until user sends “continue”

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Agent stuck on “Taking longer than expected…” until user sends “continue”

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