Ctrl+V pastes clipboard contents twice

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Pressing Ctrl+V once inserts the clipboard contents twice. This only happens in Cursor; the same clipboard paste inserts once in other apps (browser, Notepad, etc.), so it does not appear to be a hardware keyboard debounce issue.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Copy any text to the clipboard (Ctrl+C) from Cursor or another app.
  2. Focus an input in Cursor (editor / chat / other text field).
  3. Press Ctrl+V once.
  4. Observe that the clipboard contents are inserted twice.

Expected Behavior

A single Ctrl+V should insert the clipboard contents exactly once.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.13.25
VSCode Version: 1.128.0
Commit: 31e8d61c448c7472e371505838a0fe34083dad50
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Additional Information

Same Ctrl+V paste inserts the clipboard contents only once in other applications (e.g. Notepad, browsers). That makes a sticky/faulty keyboard unlikely.

Related upstream report (VS Code): Ctrl+v is pasting twice sometimes · Issue #284848 · microsoft/vscode · GitHub (Ctrl+v is pasting twice sometimes).

Not an AI/chat Request ID issue — this is editor/input paste behavior in the IDE.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey, thanks for the detailed report with the version and steps. This looks like a known issue on our side with double paste via the keyboard shortcut. To confirm it’s the same bug, can you clarify a couple things?

  1. If you paste via right-click → Paste, does it paste once or twice?
  2. Ctrl+Shift+V (paste as plain text), once or twice?
  3. Where does it happen exactly, in the Agents chat window, in a normal code editor, or everywhere?
  4. Is it 100% reproducible, or only sometimes?

Based on your description, it looks like the Ctrl+V handler is firing twice, not the clipboard itself. As a temporary workaround, you can paste via right-click → Paste if that pastes correctly.

This is a known bug and it’s being tracked. I can’t share a Windows fix timeline yet, but I’ll post an update in the thread once I have one.

Hey, thanks for the reply.

Right-click → Paste only pastes once.

Ctrl+Shift+V also pastes once.

It happens in the Agents chat window, and it’s 100% reproducible for me.

So yeah, only normal Ctrl+V doubles it.

I can proof this bug too, very annoying.

Yeah me too. Happens in agents window search window everywhere. I can copy from anywhere and it happens

Same here for me, I first thought it was my Mac, but it’s clearly only Cursor. Also happens with images, that get pasted twice.

Same for me on a mac. Right click pastes once, ⌘V pastes twice.

Really annoying