Claude AI performance issues in Cursor and VS Code

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Hello everyone,

I’ve been using Claude AI both in Cursor (Claude 4.0) and in VS Code (Claude 3.5) for the past two weeks, and unfortunately, it hasn’t been performing well at all. Almost none of the tasks I assign are being completed correctly.

The biggest issues I’ve noticed:

UI and usability problems: The overall interface feels worse than before, not as smooth or intuitive.

Error fixing: It used to correct my mistakes and provide perfect solutions, but now it fails to fix even basic errors.

Decline in quality: A few weeks ago it was amazing and handled everything, but now the output is unreliable and often incomplete.

I rely heavily on Claude for coding tasks, but in its current state it has become frustrating and almost unusable. Has anyone else experienced this decline recently? Do you know if this is a temporary issue or if something has changed in the models or integrations?

Thanks in advance for any insights.

Steps to Reproduce

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.4.5 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: af58d92614edb1f72bdd756615d131bf8dfa5290
Date: 2025-08-13T02:08:56.371Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

help please

Hey, thanks for the report. Does starting a new chat resolve the issue?