Cursor-Agent CLI Limit Hit

Bug Reports
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Describe the Bug

Limit Hit - Switch to Auto no way to current do that from cursor-agent cli

Steps to Reproduce

Been using cursor-agent for the last day or so putting it through it’s paces, hit my limits today

Expected Behavior

The ability to switch to auto mode from the cursor-agent cli tool

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.4.3 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: e50823e9ded15fddfd743c7122b4724130c25df0
Date: 2025-08-08T17:34:53.060Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Cusror-Agent Cli Version: 2025.08.09-d8191f3

Additional Information

You’ve saved $xxx on API model usage this month with Pro. Switch to Auto for more usage or set a Spend Limit to continue with Sonnet. Your
usage limits will reset when your monthly cycle ends on x/x/xxx.
fallbackModel: default
spendLimitHit: false
chatMessage: You’ve saved $xxx on API model usage this month with Pro. Switch to Auto for more usage or set a Spend
Limit to continue with Sonnet. Your usage limits will reset when your monthly cycle ends on
x/xx/xxx.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

2 Likes
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hi @ondrovic thank you for the bug report. Team is looking into it.

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Also not sure if this is related but it’s still hitting my limit even though according to the error message my billing cycle should have reset today

Error: You’ve hit your usage limit
You’ve saved xx on API model usage this month with Pro. Switch to Auto for more usage or set a Spend Limit to continue with Sonnet. Your usage limits will reset when your monthly cycle ends on 8/14/2025.
fallbackModel: default
spendLimitHit: false
chatMessage: You’ve saved xx on API model usage this month with Pro. Switch to Auto for more usage or set a Spend Limit to continue with Sonnet. Your usage limits will
reset when your monthly cycle ends on 8/14/2025.

4

It would still reset today, perhaps later in day.

5

It reset a day later so on the 15th which is fine

Something that might also be related

I updated to the latest version 2025.08.15-dbc8d73

And used my fully limit on a component refactor (not sure if the new version has bug but that seems a little crazy)

usage below 7 million and 10 million tokens seems high

Aug 15, 10:36 AM You Errored, Not Charged No auto 672,919 Included
Aug 15, 09:41 AM You Included in Pro No claude-4-sonnet 10,021,792 Included
Aug 15, 09:40 AM You Included in Pro No claude-4-sonnet 418,454 Included
Aug 15, 09:34 AM You Included in Pro Yes claude-4-sonnet 972,333 Included
Aug 15, 09:09 AM You Included in Pro No claude-4-sonnet 7,698,292 Included
Aug 15, 09:04 AM You Errored, Not Charged No claude-4-sonnet 0 Included
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For token usage, it depends on:

  • Chat length
  • Context attached
  • Tool calls, as they accumulate data
  • …

I wrote up a summary and explanation how to conserve tokens:

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