# Cannot connect to model provider

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [July 19, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102 "2025-07-19T11:36:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![posca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@posca](https://forum.cursor.com/u/posca)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102/1 "2025-07-19T11:36:51Z")

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### Describe the Bug

We’re having trouble connecting to the model provider. This might be temporary - please try again in a moment.  
Request ID: a9d425e5-7f7f-4f6d-8450-96fa669aff8a

Its been almost 12 hours

I cant use any model, even auto doesn’t work

### Steps to Reproduce

Open a chat  
Type a Prompt

### Operating System

Windows 10/11

### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.2.4 (user setup)  
VSCode Version: 1.99.3  
Commit: a8e95743c5268be73767c46944a71f4465d05c90  
Date: 2025-07-10T17:09:01.383Z  
Electron: 34.5.1  
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210  
Node.js: 20.19.0  
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0  
OS: Windows\_NT x64 10.0.22631

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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**Author:** ![Sig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sig](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Sig)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102/2 "2025-07-19T12:03:40Z")

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Experiencing the same problem, haven’t been able to use any models for hours. I’m surprised there isn’t more posts about this issue.

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**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102/3 "2025-07-19T12:06:02Z")

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Hi @posca thank you for the bug report. I will forward it to Cursor Team for checking.

@Sig could you post also a Request ID where this occurs?

Cc @danperks

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**Author:** ![SilentZer0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@SilentZer0](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SilentZer0)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102/4 "2025-07-19T12:06:52Z")

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Same error here, but only for Anthropic models

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**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102/5 "2025-07-19T12:07:48Z")

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@SilentZer0 could you please post a Request ID?

Do you use any MCPs or API key?

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**Author:** ![SilentZer0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@SilentZer0](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SilentZer0)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102/6 "2025-07-19T12:22:07Z")

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Hi, The error’s been present since yesterday, I am nt using MCP and my anthropic api key is disabled in the settings. Here’s the full error message :

We’re having trouble connecting to the model provider. This might be temporary - please try again in a moment.

Request ID: a32b51a4-7e39-43f4-aa5e-c5d6abae60a1

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**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102/7 "2025-07-19T12:23:20Z")

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Cc @danperks

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**Author:** ![Sig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sig](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Sig)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102/8 "2025-07-19T12:37:48Z")

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@condor  
Request ID: 5a150edb-07d8-4d24-b9f6-b667a25575eb  
{“error”:“ERROR\_OPENAI”,“details”:{“title”:“Unable to reach the model provider”,“detail”:“We’re having trouble connecting to the model provider. This might be temporary - please try again in a moment.”,“additionalInfo”:{},“buttons”:},“isExpected”:false}

 ![Snapshot_2025-07-19_14-21-30](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/7/2/7249b5c93afa5b9a64c4d09f6e625ec089cbce10.png)

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**Author:** ![Roman\_Zd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/roman_zd/32/72581_2.png) [@Roman\_Zd](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Roman_Zd)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102/9 "2025-07-23T14:39:15Z")

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The same problem all day!!Request ID: 2a3ef915-77a3-47b1-bd81-1faa3865807f  
{“error”:“ERROR\_OPENAI”,“details”:{“title”:“Unable to reach the model provider”,“detail”:“We’re having trouble connecting to the model provider. This might be temporary - please try again in a moment.”,“additionalInfo”:{},“buttons”:},“isExpected”:false}

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-connect-to-model-provider/120102/10 "2025-08-14T14:39:19Z")

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