Cursor IDE
I wish the cursor IDE was able to automatically update itself instead of me having to download and install new versions. There are so many versions, the IDE is constantly reminding me that n update is available. I want to press an update button and then carry on.
Hey, thanks for the feature request. Good news, this already works. Auto-update in Cursor is on by default.
Cursor checks for updates in the background and downloads them automatically. When a new version is ready, you just click Restart to Update in the bottom-right corner or in the menu. You can also check manually via Check for Updates... in the Command Palette using Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P.
If you want it fully hands-off with no prompts, set update.mode to silentlyApplyOnQuit in settings. Then updates will download and apply when you quit the app.
One thing to check, what OS are you on? If it’s Linux and you installed via .deb or apt, there isn’t a built-in in-app updater, so updates can be delayed. For auto-updates on Linux, AppImage is recommended since it includes the built-in updater. Let me know your OS if updates still aren’t applying automatically.