Cursor agent not working (sometimes it does)

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Describe the Bug

Sometimes it works. It is strange

The agent execution provider did not respond in time. This may indicate the extension host is not running or is unresponsive. Request ID: 42c46d04-3938-4ad8-97d4-af22f5086280

and my settings.json:
{

“window.autoDetectColorScheme”: true,

“cursor.composer.usageSummaryDisplay”: “always”,

“workbench.preferredLightColorTheme”: “Cursor Dark”,

“terminal.integrated.profiles.windows”: {

“Git Bash”: { “path”: “C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe” }

},

“terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows”: “Git Bash”

}

C:\Program Files\Git\bin - this is the path, where bash.exe is. So the path is correct.

Steps to Reproduce

I wrote what to do and that message appears every time. Nothing works. Tried PC reset, agent window reset.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.17.21 (user setup)
VS Code Extension API: 1.128.0
Commit: 8f2a112cb2845a97b75fd932ea5c470579ca4060
Date: 2026-08-25T01:05:08.089Z
Layout: Agent Window
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.291
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

5

Hey Yesik. This is the same as in your thread Cursor agents not working, Any help? Cursor agents not working, Any help?, same Request ID and settings.json. Let’s avoid duplicates and keep everything in one place, so I’m going to close this thread and we’ll continue step by step in the original one.

Quick summary: the Request ID you sent isn’t reaching our servers, so the remaining failures are happening on your machine before the request is sent. Since switching the terminal profile to Git Bash makes it mostly work, the next step is to capture the Extension Host logs right after a failure: go to View > Output, pick Extension Host in the dropdown, copy the log, and paste it into the original thread. Also let me know when it fails more often, right after opening the window or in the middle of a session.

Let’s continue in Cursor agents not working, Any help?.