Cursor 2.2.36 is crashing frequently

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1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I updated to Cursor 2.2.36 last night and from being very stable and reliable (and basically incredible product) it went to a very unstable product. 6 crashes in last 8 hours. Agents keep failing mid-task. I have a very high-powered machine and I had ZERO issues till this upgrade.

Steps to Reproduce

Random crashes with error code 5. Agents need to be restarted often. Simple key sequences such as select text and delete working inconsistently.

Expected Behavior

Cursor never crashed before this upgrade.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.36 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 55c9bc11e99cedd1fb93fbb7996abf779c583150
Date: 2025-12-18T06:25:21.733Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

2

Hey, thanks for the report. Error code 5 is a known issue in version 2.2.x, and the team is working on a fix.

Try these temporary workarounds:

  1. Launch Cursor without extensions:
   cursor --disable-extensions

  1. If the issue goes away, find which extension causes the crash: Cmd+Shift+P > Developer: Open Extension Monitor

  2. If it doesn’t help, try disabling the GPU:

   cursor --disable-gpu

For accurate diagnostics, we need logs:

  • Cmd+Shift+P > Developer: Open Logs Folder - send the error log file
  • Cmd+Shift+P > Developer: Toggle Developer Tools > Console tab - a screenshot of errors when the crash happens

Similar reports: Cursor Crashing on editor prompts 70% of the time

Let me know if this helps.

3

Could you try updating to 2.2.43? We’re progressively patching a ton of longstanding memory leaks and instability. Apologies.

4

Upgraded. Will keep you informed.

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5

Thank you, hope it helped.