Completion sound not working again

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1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Completion sounds were working a few days ago. Now they’re not (again). I’ve disabled, restarted, and reenabled per previous bug reports, but still no luck.

Any ideas how to fix?

Steps to Reproduce

Not sure

Expected Behavior

Cursor should make sound on completion when Completion sound is enabled.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

ersion: 2.3.34 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 643ba67cd252e2888e296dd0cf34a0c5d7625b90
Date: 2026-01-10T21:17:10.428Z (2 days ago)
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

3

Hey, this is a known issue. Sounds can sometimes “fall asleep” after updates.

Try this workaround:

  • Chat menu → “Open Composer as Editor”, then switch back, or use the CMD+D shortcut
  • Or switch between existing tabs in the AI Pane (don’t create a new one, just switch to one that’s already open)

This usually “wakes up” the notification system.

A couple questions to better understand the pattern:

  • Does this happen after every update, or only sometimes?
  • Do any other settings reset after updates (zoom level, theme)?
4

It actually just started working again without doing anything, so not sure what’s going on.