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Same. The agent cannot obtain the output of the command line tool. This seriously affects the usage.

In case this is helpful to folks, my Cursor Chat eventually self-solved these hanging terminals by appending 2>&1 | cat to its commands, suggesting at least sometimes the problem is the stream from Terminal command not terminating or terminating inappropriately.

I’ve built a makeshift solution. You can check it out here: [image] GitHub - esxr/AgentShell: A cursor utility file that enables AI agents to... A cursor utility file that enables AI agents to interact with interactive REPL-style or shell-like command-line tools. …

same issue, exactly the same setup, on mac os x

having the same issue here guys, please fix!

got the same with version 0.49.6.

Cursor agent mode - when running terminal commands often hangs up the terminal, requiring a click to pop it out in order to continue commands

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esxr (Pranav Dhoolia) April 24, 2025, 5:09am 11

I’ve built a makeshift solution. You can check it out here:

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Cursor agent mode - when running terminal commands often hangs up the terminal, requiring a click to pop it out in order to continue commands

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