Cursor 1.2.x is hogging cpu

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Describe the Bug

As discussed here:

Git show -m constantly running in background, hogging cpus

Something is causing git show to be constantly running in the background (eg git show -m --pretty=format:%s<|ENT|><|RY|>%b<|ENT|><|RY|>%an<|ENT|><|RY|>%ad<|ENT|><|RY|> SHA_1). At any given time I have 2-3 of them running. They seem to be running on various parent commits of the current one, but I can’t tell exactly what. The problem is I’m working in a large repo with large merge commits and this means I have effectively 2-3 cores running at 100% cpu all the time. I’ve tried completely disablin…

verified this happens in 1.2.2 and 1.2.4 with all user extensions uninstalled, as well as all git related extensions disabled.
This is making my laptop run hot and more importantly, killing the battery. While Cursor is technically usable, I cannot use it like this. I’ve gone back to 1.1.7

Steps to Reproduce

just run cursor 1.2.x

Expected Behavior

should not be constantly and repeatedly parsing git show output, especially not on huge merge commits

Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.2.2
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: faa03b17cce93e8a80b7d62d57f5eda6bb6ab9f0
Date: 2025-07-07T06:13:23.028Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.11.0-29-generic

Additional Information

I’ve gone back to version 1.1.7

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[mwjt42]

Do you have Shadow mode enabled?

Shadow Workspace - don't see it in settings?

It’s in the main editor settings. [image]

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And battery!

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shadow workspace is disabled