Background Agent doesn't push new commits

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Background Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear)

Describe the Bug

Long Running Prompts via Github do not trigger new commits. As you can see on the screenshot, there are no commits in between my message and cursor’s response.

Steps to Reproduce

Start a long running agent via the web dashboard. Then follow up with a github comment on the PR to update something

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

No version.

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Codex 5.3 High

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

bc-5e384971-cf53-452a-9efb-24fb051eb19b

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

Here is a second one where no commits were pushed: bc-c7ca4ca6-351f-407f-9c2f-64131824a667

UPDATE: and even with a second prompt: