Background agent suddenly stopped working

Describe the Bug

Background agent was working great and then after using it on several requests for about a day it started giving me this error.

GitHub app not installed on repository
The Cursor app needs to be installed on your repository. Please install the app and try again.
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Double checked all the settings but I hadn’t changed anything.

Steps to Reproduce

Any attempt to ask the background agent to do something.

Expected Behavior

Background agent runs

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.1.3 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 979ba33804ac150108481c14e0b5cb970bda3260
Date: 2025-06-15T06:37:17.379Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.4.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor