Ask mode tries to behave like agent mode

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When asked a question about the code, cursor assumes that I am pointing out a bug, and tries to make a change. It even says that it made the change in its reply.

Steps to Reproduce

Ask a question in ‘Ask’ mode. Probably something where you know there’s a bug in your code.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.35
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: cf8353edc265f5e46b798bfb276861d0bf3bf120
Date: 2026-01-13T07:39:18.564Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.2.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

19c6e716-243b-44cb-9795-0fe18be7e8ec

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. This looks like a known issue: the agent in Ask mode was trying to edit files instead of staying read-only. The bug was fixed on January 14, but it hasn’t made it into the latest release yet. I think it’ll be available soon.

If the issue is still there after you update, let me know. Please include an example prompt and what the AI is trying to do.

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The same often applies to plan mode too