Cursor AI is not providing me with the model I chose. When I select Claude 4 Sonnet, and ask which model it is, it lies that it is Claude 4, but its cutoff time is April 2024. When interrogated about this, it admits that its Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
I removed GPT 5 model for now, because its very slow, and it doesnt provide me with “Keep changes” option, yet in Auto mode, it constantly selects GPT 5
Steps to Reproduce
Select Claude 4 Sonnet, remove Sonnet 3.5 from model list. Ask which model it is and check the result. Interrogate about the cutoff day.
For GPT 5, do the same
Expected Behavior
I expect to get the model I chose, and consequently, to not get GPT 5 when I remove it from model list/toggle it off
This is a common issue/misconception with all LLMs. Even on Anthropic’s website, Claude will report the wrong model!
In short the LLM typically doesn’t know it’s model number or report it’s training data date correctly. Cursor is not going to route your request to the wrong selected model.
Note, in case it’s relevant, Auto doesn’t care about your model selection - it will always route to whatever one Cursor deems appropriate at the time.
