Describe the Bug
Attempting to use Background Agents without Usage-Based pricing enabled results in an error stating that a minimum of $10 is required in the hard limit before it can be used. This issue also extends to the Slack integration.
Steps to Reproduce
- Set the usage limit to $10
- Attempt to use the Background Agent feature directly in Cursor or via the Slack bot
Expected Behavior
Expected it to run the background agent with $10 set in the usage limit.
Operating System
MacOS
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.1.1
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: f81622395bb52bc30ed251a6299eeaf51ab49110
Date: 2025-06-12T09:07:09.121Z (3 days ago)
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0
Additional Information
I also tried increasing it to $20 and $30, but I still received the same error. It worked after I set it to $50.
Does this stop you from using Cursor
No - Cursor works, but with this issue