Cant start terminal

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I can’t start up a terminal session within cursor.

It started when i was on nightly builds. i thought okay must be a nightly build issue no problem. i change it to early access. uninstalled. reinstalled. checked im on early access. still cant start a terminal.

Did the same to downgrade from early access. still cant start a terminal session. Happy to give any and all info and share screen etc.

Steps to Reproduce

I am just trying to open terminal, dont know what to tell you

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

About Cursor not opening

Additional Information

Also can’t close cursor without force quitting

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

2

Hey, thanks for the report. This matches a known macOS issue affecting Cursor 2.0+ where the terminal won’t start and the app freezes.

Try this first:

Start Cursor without extensions:
cursor --disable-extensions

If that doesn’t help, do a full reinstall:

Completely remove Cursor all data:
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor

Let me know which step helped.

3

thanks, seems to not be freezing after cursor --disable-extensions

what can i do to avoid being in this position again? its been like 5 days i havent been able to use cursor

4

Great! Since --disable-extensions helped, one of your extensions is causing the issue. Here’s how to find the culprit:

Find the problematic extension:

  • Enable Extension Monitor: Settings > Application > Experimental > Extension Monitor: Enabled (restart Cursor)
  • Open it: Cmd+Shift+P → Developer: Open Extension Monitor
  • Look for extensions with high CPU/memory usage or long blocking time
  • Disable suspect extensions one by one to isolate the issue

Let me know which extension was responsible.