# Cursor agent enters endless loop without progressing past review step **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [August 7, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815 "2025-08-07T15:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Justin\_Clarke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/justin_clarke/32/75181_2.png) [@Justin\_Clarke](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Justin_Clarke)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/1 "2025-08-07T15:13:10Z")
### Describe the Bug When the agent attempts to review/plan the next steps of an issue, it gets stuck in a loop of repeating the same message. It does eventually stop, but it never self-corrects or properly responds to my prompts. This has started since the new version was released yesterday. Third time this has happened. ### Steps to Reproduce This typically happens when I prompt the agent to do a task. It doesn’t follow the request, so I have to undo changes and provide a new prompt. ### Screenshots / Screen Recordings ![Screenshot 2025-08-07 at 10.01.30 AM.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/6/f/6f140fdd211bf1c13377bb27f428cd498b6d5433.png) ### Operating System MacOS ### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy) Version: 1.4.2 (Universal) VSCode Version: 1.99.3 Commit: 07aa3b4519da4feab4761c58da3eeedd253a1670 Date: 2025-08-06T19:23:39.081Z Electron: 34.5.1 Chromium: 132.0.6834.210 Node.js: 20.19.0 V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0 ### Does this stop you from using Cursor Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor ---
**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/2 "2025-08-07T15:55:10Z")
hi @Justin_Clarke and welcome to Cursor Forum. Thank you for your bug report. Could you post a Request ID with privacy disabled so we can look into the details? [Cursor – Getting a Request ID](https://docs.cursor.com/troubleshooting/request-reporting) Please let me know if you used any MCP or API key. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Clarke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/justin_clarke/32/75181_2.png) [@Justin\_Clarke](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Justin_Clarke)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/3 "2025-08-07T16:08:13Z")
55b96d94-8538-40df-bca9-c34091ed6655 Using Cursor Pro. The only MCP I have enabled is one for Shadcn Vue MCP Server, HelloGGX/shadcn-vue-mcp ---
**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/4 "2025-08-07T16:09:44Z")
Does this occur on new Chat or just on a longer chat. Please try also without MCP. Some of them cause similar issues. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Clarke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/justin_clarke/32/75181_2.png) [@Justin\_Clarke](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Justin_Clarke)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/5 "2025-08-07T16:10:43Z")
This was semi new, it was prompt/response two of a new chat. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Clarke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/justin_clarke/32/75181_2.png) [@Justin\_Clarke](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Justin_Clarke)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/6 "2025-08-07T16:21:11Z")
I will attempt again with your suggestions in a Git branch, with the issue I am trying to fix, having MCPs disabled. To see if the issue recurs. ---
**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/7 "2025-08-07T16:40:51Z")
Great , thank you! ---
**Author:** ![khh2025](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@khh2025](https://forum.cursor.com/u/khh2025)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/8 "2025-08-07T18:45:48Z")
+1, getting tons of loops ![Screenshot 2025-08-07 at 11.44.51 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/4/b/4b81a59f2c7b599f2ef3ea80becf1903a2411de6.png) ---
**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/9 "2025-08-07T18:46:15Z")
@khh2025 which model are you using? ---
**Author:** ![ewzxyh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ewzxyh/32/23315_2.png) [@ewzxyh](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ewzxyh)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/10 "2025-08-08T03:38:17Z")
This bug is very commun for me when i’m using Gemini 2.5 Pro or Gemini 2.5 Flash ---
**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/11 "2025-08-08T09:12:01Z")
@ewzxyh are you using any MCP when this issue occurs? ---
**Author:** ![ewzxyh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ewzxyh/32/23315_2.png) [@ewzxyh](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ewzxyh)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/12 "2025-08-08T11:25:06Z")
Yes, they are enabled, but it doesn’t necessarily happen when the model calls the MCP. Also, is more commun with the Gemini 2.5 Flash than 2.5 Pro. Soon as i got this error again i will send the request id of the chat. ---
**Author:** ![bbongal\_kun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@bbongal\_kun](https://forum.cursor.com/u/bbongal_kun)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/13 "2025-08-09T10:04:01Z")
Having the same issues since the latest 2 versions. d048e930-f433-4c45-b88a-16050a3f971d sometimes it’s with something simple something with more complex. I’m always on Auto setting. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Clarke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/justin_clarke/32/75181_2.png) [@Justin\_Clarke](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Justin_Clarke)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/14 "2025-08-11T16:13:29Z")
@condor The issue persists in my tests. I just had this issue again yesterday in a different situation. Agent mode is set to auto, but I only have the models GPT-5 and GPT-5-High selected. I have zero MCPs configured or enabled. ---
**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/15 "2025-08-11T16:19:27Z")
@Justin_Clarke thank you for letting us know. Auto works independent of your model settings as we internally route to best model for the task and depending on model availability in case of outages. If you could share Request IDs with privacy disabled it would allow us to look into the request at what causes the loop. ---
**Author:** ![supe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@supe](https://forum.cursor.com/u/supe)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/16 "2025-08-14T12:10:12Z")
I’m having the same problem (auto mode). It responds automatically and changes some files, but at some point it gets stuck and keeps displaying the same message over and over again until I stop it. When I start a new chat, it behaves the same way again. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-agent-enters-endless-loop-without-progressing-past-review-step/126815/17 "2025-09-05T12:10:21Z")
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