Commit message generation is low quality

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Commit message generation is a feature with a great potential, but it disappoints more often than it is useful.

For example,

My commit diff is literally

   line-height: 1.4;
   max-width: 100%;
+  /* Prevent links and long text from overflowing */
+  overflow-wrap: break-word;
 }

The various commit messages I get are:

  • Fix CSS parse errors in layout.css by adjusting overflow properties

  • Fix CSS parse errors in layout.css by addressing overflow-wrap property

None of these are true or helpful. The intention of the commit is so clear that it’s hard to imagine how an LLM can get this wrong

Steps to Reproduce

see above

Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.35
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: cf8353edc265f5e46b798bfb276861d0bf3bf120
Date: 2026-01-13T07:39:18.564Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.8.0-90-generic

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

3

Hey, thanks for the feedback.

Right now, the “Generate commit message” feature uses a simplified model and doesn’t support prompt customization or Rules integration. This is a known limitation, and a few users have already reported similar quality issues:

The team is working on improving this feature, including model selection and customization, but we don’t have an exact timeline yet.