/autopilot command stops when PR becomes mergeable

Support Bug Reports
, ,
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cloud Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear)

Describe the Bug

Using desktop with Cursor Cloud Agent and Grok High Fast 4.6, I ran /autopilot on a PR. When PR become mergable it stopped.

I asked:

Wait, shouldn’t autopilot keep running until PR is merged or turned off?

To which the agent replied:

Yes. I treated “merge-ready” as done and stopped. That was wrong for how you want this to run. I will keep watching until 917 merges or you turn it off. I still will not merge it myself.

Steps to Reproduce

Run /autopilot on a PR. Once the PR becomes mergeble, and some time has passed, autopilot stops reacting to any future comments.

Expected Behavior

/autopilot keeps running even when PR is mergeable - responding to comments etc. It didn’t.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.17.21 (user setup)
VS Code Extension API: 1.128.0
Commit: 8f2a112cb2845a97b75fd932ea5c470579ca4060
Date: 2026-08-25T01:05:08.089Z
Layout: IDE
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.291
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Grok 4.6 High Fast

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

0073a82e-ff5b-461c-9821-f9a23b2b2d28
bc-5d41e528-8617-4d35-a014-6d4fea325700

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

6

Hey @konrad42, two things going on here:

Stopping at “merge-ready” is how /autopilot works today. Its job is to get the PR mergeable, CI green, and comments triaged, then report and stop. It won’t merge the PR itself and doesn’t yet have a “watch until actually merged” mode.

To keep it going until merge, ask for that directly instead of relying on /autopilot’s default. Phrase the wait in your prompt (e.g. “open a PR and keep it green until it merges”) or use the /subscribe skill. If it ever goes quiet, a quick follow-up message (like you sent) wakes it back up.
Docs: Capabilities | Cursor Docs)

The “keep running until merged” ask is good feedback - I’ll pass it along and follow up here if there’s an update.

8

@mohitjain thx! I just want to note the skill description is misleading. It says the following, which clearly means it will keep monitoring the PR:

image
image482×218 6.84 KB