Can we get an option for preventing auto-updates?

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Everytime there is a new update with Cursor, I’m experiencing at least one bug.
Last time I was forced to update after restarting Cursor, my chats were loading infinitely. I did find some solutions to this on Forum, but decided to work on new chats since I had no time to fix the issue.
This time my Cursor opened normally, but it automatically switched to Agent mode, which caused my Cursor desktop application to ‘not respond’ forever. I had to reinstall 2.1.50 in order to actually start working again.
Now I am traumatized with every updates Cursor forces me to have. I need this feature in order to actually continue paying $200 + alpha and work on Cursor.

Steps to Reproduce

Probably updating my Cursor application will cause the issue again.

Expected Behavior

Actually work instead of stopping.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.1.50 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 56f0a83df8e9eb48585fcc4858a9440db4cc7770
Date: 2025-12-06T23:39:52.834Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

(now it’s working on this version)

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Grok Code

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Sorry to hear this. The team is working on improving them.

There’s an Update: Mode setting in Application settings (CMD/CTRL + ,) that lets you control updates. Change it from “default” to either “none” (fully disables auto-updates) or “manual” (shows notification but won’t update automatically). After changing this, restart Cursor.

Regarding the Agent mode auto-switching causing freezes on Windows - thanks for the report, I’ll pass it to the team.

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