Agent terminal runs commands but shows no output

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue. We’ve seen it from several users.

The most common cause is the agent silently using a working directory that no longer exists, for example if the project folder was moved or renamed. When that happens, it can fail with empty output, 0 ms, exit 0, and no error message. Two other users with the exact same symptoms traced it to this:

A few things to check:

  1. Did you recently move, rename, or delete the project folder? If yes, fully close Cursor, then reopen it from the current folder location (File > Open Folder).

  2. Open Developer Tools (Help > Toggle Developer Tools) and run echo test via the agent. Check the Console tab for errors, especially anything about a path being undefined or a directory not found.

  3. Open a completely new folder, even a temp one, in a fresh Cursor window and test if the agent terminal works there.

If a stale directory isn’t the cause, please share the DevTools Console output after running a command through the agent. That’ll help narrow it down.