Ctrl+g (edit via EDITOR) doesn't work in ask question mode

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor CLI

Describe the Bug

When the agent ask a question and give you options you can’t edit the prompt in the free text option (the last one)

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Send a prompt that encourage to ask a question e.g, ask me question with 3 choices, A B and C
  2. Go the last option (Other: (type to anser)
  3. start typing
  4. Press Ctrl+g
    (continues as the user canceled the response)

Expected Behavior

Open $EDITOR with the text that has been already type and when it exits put the text (same as ctrl+g works in prompt)

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

CLI Version 2026.08.11-e8db854
Model Claude Haiku 4.5
Subscription Tier Team
OS darwin (arm64)
Terminal ghostty
Shell zsh
User Email [email protected]

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Reproduces in any model that can ask question

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey @ofir-drift ,
You’re right that Ctrl+G only opens $EDITOR in the main prompt box. In the question form it currently acts like Esc, so it cancels and drops what you typed. That’s not intended behavior. We’ve let the team know and it’s an issue we’re tracking.

For now: type your answer inline in the “Other” field and hit Enter, or skip the question and use the main prompt box where Ctrl+G works as expected. I’ll post here when there’s an update.

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Also doesn’t work when suggesting changes for a plan

Reproduce:

  1. /plan Lets plan how to do A
  2. Choose the third option to reject the plan and give inputs
  3. Hit ctrl+g (nothing happens)

Can you escalate this? This should pretty easy to accomplish and will benefit me an other cli users, I don’t write prompts not in neovim this is highly important for me.