After opening the terminal and goes into the project repository directory, running cursor . results in the following error:
/usr/local/bin/cursor: line 20: 33419 Killed: 9
ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 “/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/MacOS/Cursor” “/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/cli.js” .
Initially, Cursor showed no response and failed to launch. After some time, Cursor started opening, but it did not open the current working directory correctly.
I have already tried the following troubleshooting steps, but the issue persists:
Reinstalling Cursor
Uninstalling and re-installing the Cursor command-line tool
Deleting Cursor’s cache and configuration files
Restarting the computer
Steps to Reproduce
open project directory and type: cursor .
Cursor not responese and return an Error: /usr/local/bin/cursor: line 20: 26654 Killed: 9 ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 “/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/MacOS/Cursor” “/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/cli.js” .
Operating System
MacOS
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
I v retry a lot of times, and find another error showed in Console, which seems different from many others:
`Sandbox: logd_helper(376) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/cursor-retrieval/node_modules/@anysphere/file-service/file_service.darwin-universal.node`
ls -l /usr/local/bin/cursor returns lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 mac wheel 56 12 1 18:10 /usr/local/bin/cursor -> /Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code
cat:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
function app_realpath() {
SOURCE=$1
while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do
DIR=$(dirname "$SOURCE")
SOURCE=$(readlink "$SOURCE")
[[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE=$DIR/$SOURCE
done
SOURCE_DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
echo "${SOURCE_DIR%%${SOURCE_DIR#*.app}}"
}
function use_cursor_cli() {
if [ -n "$CURSOR_CLI" ]; then
# Use the CLI found by find_cursor_cli
eval "$CURSOR_CLI" "$@"
exit $?
else
echo "Error: Cursor CLI not found. Please install Cursor properly." 1>&2
exit 1
fi
}
function find_cursor_cli() {
# Clear the output variables
CURSOR_CLI=""
CURSOR_CLI_MODE=""
# when run in remote terminal, use the remote cli
if [ -n "$VSCODE_IPC_HOOK_CLI" ]; then
REMOTE_CLI="$(which -a 'cursor' | grep /remote-cli/)"
if [ -n "$REMOTE_CLI" ]; then
CURSOR_CLI="$REMOTE_CLI"
CURSOR_CLI_MODE="remote"
return 0
fi
fi
# Otherwise, use the electron app
APP_PATH="$(app_realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
if [ -z "$APP_PATH" ]; then
echo "Unable to determine app path from symlink : ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" >&2
return 1
fi
CONTENTS="$APP_PATH/Contents"
ELECTRON="$CONTENTS/MacOS/Cursor"
CLI="$CONTENTS/Resources/app/out/cli.js"
CURSOR_CLI="ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 \"$ELECTRON\" \"$CLI\""
CURSOR_CLI_MODE="local"
return 0
}
# Main execution
export VSCODE_NODE_OPTIONS=$NODE_OPTIONS
export VSCODE_NODE_REPL_EXTERNAL_MODULE=$NODE_REPL_EXTERNAL_MODULE
unset NODE_OPTIONS
unset NODE_REPL_EXTERNAL_MODULE
# Check if cursor-agent is blocked but user is trying to use it
if [ "$1" = "agent" ] && [ "$CURSOR_CLI_BLOCK_CURSOR_AGENT" = "true" ]; then
echo "cursor-agent is blocked in your environment due to the CURSOR_CLI_BLOCK_CURSOR_AGENT environment variable" 1>&2
echo "Please remove the block to use cursor-agent command." 1>&2
exit 1
fi
if ! find_cursor_cli && [ "$1" != "agent" ]; then
echo "Error: Cursor CLI not found. Please install Cursor properly." 1>&2
exit 1
fi
# Export variables for compatibility
# These variables are needed even in cursor-agent, to know that we are routing from 'cursor' command
if [ -n "$CURSOR_CLI" ]; then
export CURSOR_CLI
export CURSOR_CLI_MODE
fi
# Simplified routing logic
if [ "$1" = "editor" ]; then
# Route to Cursor CLI, removing the 'editor' argument
# cursor editor is equivalent to cursor, just explicitly stating that
# editor is being used (instead of agent being used)
shift
use_cursor_cli "$@"
elif [ "$1" = "agent" ] && [ "$CURSOR_CLI_BLOCK_CURSOR_AGENT" != "true" ]; then
# Route to cursor-agent
if ! command -v ~/.local/bin/cursor-agent >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "cursor-agent not found, installing via https://cursor.com/install ..."
curl -sS https://cursor.com/install | bash >/dev/null 2>&1
# Remove the previous log line from the terminal output
if command -v tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
tput cuu1 && tput el
fi
# Check if installation succeeded
if ! command -v ~/.local/bin/cursor-agent >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Error: Could not install cursor-agent." 1>&2
echo "Please install manually by running 'curl -sS https://cursor.com/install | bash >/dev/null'" 1>&2
echo "" 1>&2
echo "To open IDE, use 'cursor' or 'cursor editor' command." 1>&2
exit 1
fi
fi
# Check current cursor-agent version meets minimum version requirement
OUTPUT=$({ ~/.local/bin/cursor-agent --min-version=2025.10.01 status; } 2>&1)
EXIT_CODE=$?
# Update and retry if version is too old or doesn't support --min-version
if { [ "$EXIT_CODE" -eq 2 ] || { [ "$EXIT_CODE" -eq 1 ] && echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -qi "unknown option"; }; }; then
echo "cursor-agent version is outdated, updating..."
~/.local/bin/cursor-agent update >/dev/null 2>&1
# Remove the previous log line from the terminal output
if command -v tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
tput cuu1 && tput el
fi
# Check new version to see if minimum version requirement is met
OUTPUT2=$({ ~/.local/bin/cursor-agent --min-version=2025.10.01 status; } 2>&1)
EXIT_CODE2=$?
if { [ "$EXIT_CODE2" -eq 2 ] || { [ "$EXIT_CODE2" -eq 1 ] && echo "$OUTPUT2" | grep -qi "unknown option"; }; }; then
echo "Error: cursor-agent version is too old. Please update with 'cursor-agent update'" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
fi
# Version is sufficient, run cursor-agent
export CURSOR_CLI_COMPAT=1
exec ~/.local/bin/cursor-agent "$@"
else
# Route to Cursor CLI
use_cursor_cli "$@"
fi
