PNet
October 17, 2025, 12:39pm
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Cursor IDE
I can’t change mode from Background to Ask / Agent / Plan, clicking does nothing.
Switch to Background.
Windows 10/11
Version: 1.8.0-pre.30.patch.0 (user setup)
Yes - Cursor is unusable
Hey, thanks for the report. It looks like this bug is specific to Windows. On macOS everything works as expected. I’ll pass this to the team.
nyxi
October 18, 2025, 1:35pm
3
Just to let you know, I am having this same issue on both my MacBook and Mac Mini. It doesn’t seem specific to windows.
nyxi
October 18, 2025, 1:48pm
4
Whilst in Background mode, I simply prompted “You are stuck in background mode, please change to Agent mode”, I didn’t get a response but going forward the chat was in Agent mode. Likely that any prompt will work, it’s probably just kicking it into working properly.
Thanks for the info, that’s very helpful.
Cursor IDE
I pressed background mode but can’t do anything to get out of it.
Select background mode, cant get out of it on a tab. New tabs also have this problem.
Allow me to go back to any other mode with either the UI or shortcuts (none work)
Linux
Version: 1.8.0-pre.30.patch.2
No - Cursor works, but with this issue
