Cursor CLI only works with Auto mode

[hest (Fredrik)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor CLI

Describe the Bug

I tried to change the model from auto to sonnet-4.5-thinking, and prompted the LLM. After I sent the prompt message, the Generating message comes up, and then goes away again. I tried to change mode to sonnet-4.5 and GPT-5, and that didn’t work.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Cursor CLI in terminal
2. Change the model with the /model command from auto to another model (sonnet-4.5-thinking )
3. Tried to prompt the model within Cursor CLI
4. Prompt runs and Cursor CLI shows Generating, and then goes away
5. I’ll get retuned to the prompt message box again

Expected Behavior

The behavior should be the same as running on the auto model.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

cursor-agent -v >>> 2025.09.18-7ae6800
Version: 1.5.11 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 2f2737de9aa376933d975ae30290447c910fdf40
Date: 2025-09-05T03:48:32.332Z (3 wks ago)
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

sonnet-4.5-thinking, auto, sonnet-4.5

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. We’ll investigate it. Could you also share the request ID?

[hest (Fredrik)]

Is this it?

efa47d55-d7bb-4da5-a59f-39d41204eae5

[deanrie]

Yes, thanks, we’ll check.

[Max2 (Max)]

Hello, I am also experiencing the same issue. Auto mode and Grok appear to work, but none of the other models are working.

[Max2 (Max)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor CLI

Describe the Bug

Submitting a message using the CLI does nothing and just quits “Generating…” on any model other than Grok and Auto.

Steps to Reproduce

Submit a CLI command using any model other than Grok and Auto.

Expected Behavior

For the agent/model to work.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.28 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: adb0f9e3e4f184bba7f3fa6dbfd72ad0ebb8cfd0
Date: 2025-10-01T02:45:21.769Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Sonnet 4.5

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

Copied request id 37eb6751-1c44-42f5-97af-7e90266b3d75

Additional Information

cursor agent --version
2025.10.02-bd871ac

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[hest (Fredrik)]

Any updates on this?

[deanrie]

The team is working on it. Could you also run the Cursor agent with the --debug flag and share the logs?

[hest (Fredrik)]

Here is the debug output--- Cursor Agent Debug Session 2025-10-07T11:04:44.886Z ---

2025-10-07T11:04:44.890debug-session-start

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  "port": 43111,
  "basePort": 43111,
  "attempts": 1,
  "ephemeralFallback": false,
  "directory": "/var/folders/42/q328vwb94799cs8cjmkv8_9r0000gp/T/cursor-agent-debug-83UHzE",
  "logFile": "/var/folders/42/q328vwb94799cs8cjmkv8_9r0000gp/T/cursor-agent-debug-83UHzE/session.log",
  "pid": 32075,
  "startTime": "2025-10-07T11:04:44.890Z"
}

2025-10-07T11:04:44.900

privacy.refresh.start {"isStale":false,"sampleEvery":10}

2025-10-07T11:04:44.945

Loading existing conversation

2025-10-07T11:04:45.397

protoPrivacyToGhostMode {"privacyMode":2}

2025-10-07T11:04:45.399

privacy.refresh.updated {"ghost":true}

2025-10-07T11:04:45.622

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2025-10-07T11:05:17.092

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