Cursor 2.4.23 completely unusable, stuck "reading" files

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

  • Agent, Plan mode get stuck after attempting to read/examine files
  • Opened cursor with no extensions, still the same
  • Restarted Cursor multiple times, changed models, no luck

Steps to Reproduce

  • Update to 2.4.23
  • Attempt to Plan that requires examining multiple files

Expected Behavior

To read files and not get stuck

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.4.23
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 379934e04d2b3290cf7aefa14560f942e4212920
Date: 2026-01-29T21:24:23.350Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.2.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

  • Sonnet 4.5
  • Opus 4.5

Additional Information

Will I be credited for all the requests that got stuck?

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Downloaded 2.3.41, still stuck:

Hey, thanks for the report.

This looks like a related issue with Plan Mode. There are a few reports about hangs and crashes while working with plans: The IDE fully hangs when outputting a Plan

To figure out what’s going on, we’ll need a bit more info:

  • The Request ID from the stuck chat (chat context menu in the top right > Copy Request ID)
  • Can you open Developer Tools (Help > Toggle Developer Tools). Do you see any Console errors when the agent gets stuck?
  • Rough size of the codebase, about how many files?
  • Does it reproduce in a new empty project, or only in this one?

About credits: if requests got stuck and didn’t finish, they usually aren’t charged, but with the Request ID we can check more accurately.

same

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Here’s the IDs

7e8d1a1d-4179-4666-aaa5-88acf795a71f

77388e93-5ae3-442a-b794-cb7f2c97e055

efa9d922-ff6d-4934-aa13-95966f82fb6b

98aec5c0-c89d-4129-a9a1-d9a98ca769b8

Thanks. All 4 Request IDs you sent had Privacy Mode enabled. This greatly limits our ability to see what went wrong on the backend.

If you can, please try temporarily turning off Privacy Mode (Cursor Settings > Privacy Mode) and reproduce the issue. After that, send a new Request ID. This will help the team investigate.

If you can’t turn off Privacy Mode, we need info from my previous questions:

  • Errors in Developer Tools (Help > Toggle Developer Tools) - open the console before the agent hangs
  • Approximate size of the codebase (how many files?)
  • Does the bug reproduce in a new empty project?

Regarding credits, if the requests are truly stuck and haven’t completed, they usually aren’t deducted, but we can check more accurately with the Request ID. Once you send a working ID (without Privacy Mode), we can take a look.

This seems like a known issue with Plan Mode that affects several users - the team is aware: The IDE fully hangs when outputting a Plan

Likely the update messed with how it handles file parsing, causing those indefinite hangs from overload or bad caching. Suggestion: Roll back to the previous version if you can, or limit the scope to fewer files per query might unstick it for now.

When will cursor finaly be usable again? Its time for a statement of the cursor ceo about all these issues that dont get fixed and new ones getting created

I was able to fix the issue by removing Cursor completely and reinstalling again. But even when I tried to reinstall I kept getting errors like “Cursor is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.” This seems to be a typical errors on macOS reported by many Cursor users.

So after a full removal, reboot Macbook and reinstall again it was all fixed.

I often encounter this problem too.