Cant load Cursor since updating - **The window terminated unexpectedly (reason: 'crashed', code: '5')**

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On mac since updating, I haven’t been able to send one prompt without the application crashing

The window terminated unexpectedly (reason: ‘crashed’, code: ‘5’)

This is impossible to use, can crash within 10 seconds but averages about 5 seconds before crashing

is there nothing that can be done??

this is crazy to me

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Hey, this error has appeared for many users recently. Try clearing the cache or reinstalling Cursor.

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Will I lose any knowledge or history if i do this?

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If you completely reinstall Cursor, your history and saved notepads will disappear.

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clearing cache did not work at all

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Which version of Cursor are you using?

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Version: 0.46.6
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 5ac4b6282478aa0f4d1bfc032412616523788840
Date: 2025-02-26T18:50:09.624Z
Electron: 32.2.6
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.1.0

my cpu is nearly 200% when i send a message to chat

i had zero issues before updating

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I think one of the reasons is that you have a lot of chat history. Try opening another project or creating a new one and see how it goes. If you need all your chat history, you can save it in markdown files using this extension:

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it was so sudden though, never had a crash, updated then cant work for more then a minute without a crash since

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i deleted some old chats and no difference