Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug Version: 2.6.18, macOS arm64 Path: ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/snapshots/roots/mediataal-cd8b6024/objects/pack/ Behavior: pack files of ~1GB are continuously created, even without an open project, and are immediatel…

Hey, this is a known issue. The snapshots system currently has no limit on disk usage, so .pack files can grow without bounds. Workaround: delete everything in this folder: ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/snapshots/ This is safe. You’ll only lose saved checkpoint states, not your code or set…

Thanks for your response. I have already done that several times. And much more. Deleted the snapshot folder Deleted the entire cursor folder Even deleted the whole cursor app and everything and reinstalled. And restarted multiple times in between. But… every time I open cursor, everything is im…

Unfortunately. There is now a new update out. 2.6.19. And my snapshot still keeps filling up and I still can’t use the cursor.

Continuously creation of big pack files

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