PNet
October 17, 2025, 12:39pm
1
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
deanrie
October 17, 2025, 4:43pm
2
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.
deanrie
October 18, 2025, 2:45pm
5
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
