Describe the Bug Everytime cursor runs a long-running command or a command with a lot of output on behalf of a model, the little circle spins and control never returns back to the AI. This is in agent mode. It was definitely much much worse when I was using zsh, and based on some forum suggestion…

Cursor can't run commands on the terminal, always hangs afterwards

deanrie Split this topic August 8, 2025, 6:18pm 2

3 posts were merged into an existing topic: Run Command often freezes

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