Cursor 2.x can't be closed (hangs)

Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor keeps hanging:

  • i can’t open files - when i click them content doesn’t get loaded
  • i can’t save files
  • i can’t close Cursor (“Busy with saving UI status”, “busy with closing files”, …)

Steps to Reproduce

I have no idea

  • I suspect the Browser Feature (Tab)
  • I do not see any bug or crash logs
    → tell me if i can’t find them somewhere

I can force close it - but then the altready closed tabs are reopened again (UI status not saved)
I can fix it by deleting the most recent files from ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor => then it restarts cleanly
=> so i suspect it somewhere there

Expected Behavior

Not hang / stop working

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.54
Commit: 1.99.3
Datum: 7a31bffd467aa2d9adfda69076eb924e9062cb20
Electron: 2025-11-03T22:40:44.657Z
ElectronBuildId: 37.7.0
Chromium: undefined
Node.js: 138.0.7204.251
V8: 22.20.0
Betriebssystem: 13.8.258.32-electron.0

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Additional Information

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Hey, thanks for the report. The fact that deleting files from Application Support helps suggests corrupted UI state data.

First, check a known issue:

  • Open ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/settings.json
  • Look for the line: "workbench.editor.showTabs": "single”
  • If it exists, remove it or change it to ”multiple" and restart
    This setting causes freezes on macOS for many users.

If that doesn’t help, please share:

  • Console errors: Cmd+Shift+P → Developer: Toggle Developer Tools (a screenshot of the errors)
  • Which exact files in ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor you delete to fix it
  • Does the freeze happen right at startup or after specific actions (opening a Browser Tab, working with files, etc.)?
  • Does it reproduce with extensions disabled? Try: cursor --disable-extensions from the terminal

Let me know what you find.

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Hi,

This is also happening to me since I opened a broswer tab this moring.

Even after having closed that tab several times, it keeps opening after restarting cursor, and I can’t open any files, they just keep loading forever.

The –disable-extensions flag worked, but cursor is still really really slow right now, as if something wasn’t working properly.

I can’t even open the about page to check my current version or the developer tools to get a screenshot.

However, I updated it yesterday to I’m > 2.0 right now.

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It didn’t happen to me in the last days (i constantly update Cursor) - so maybe you guys fixed it.
In case it happens again - I will try to report in more detail.

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