Cursor crashes for me about 3-4 times a day now

[alanosman]

Describe the Bug

I don’t know why, but it just decides to crash for no particular reason about 3-4 times a day.

Steps to Reproduce

It could happen when the AI is returning text for a query or when I am running a command in a terminal. It’s random. Typically I have been using Cursor for a few hours. I might have even put the computer to sleep

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.43 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 8e4da76ad196925accaa169efcae28c45454cce0
Date: 2025-10-30T18:49:27.589Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. Random crashes are often caused by an extension. Let’s narrow it down:

Test without extensions: run cursor --disable-extensions from your terminal to launch Cursor in safe mode. Use it for a few hours and see if the crashes repeat.

Check crash logs:

• Open Windows Event Viewer → Windows Logs → Application
• Look for Cursor crash entries around the crash time and share the error details

Process check: before the next crash, press Ctrl+Shift+P → Developer: Open Process Explorer and see which process is using high CPU or memory.

Also, please share:

• Which extensions are installed?
• Any antivirus that’s running?
• How much RAM your system has?

Let me know what you find in safe mode!

[alanosman]

@deanrie

cursor --disable-extensions

Hi @deanrie

I don’t think I can run my day with extensions 100% disabled. That said, I did disable a bunch of things I was not using and have updated to the latest today’s build and the system has not crashed.

Is there a log file I can send you if it crashes again?

My system has a 12-core AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 64GB Ram.

I’ll let you know if I see a behavior change.

Alan

[alanosman]

@deanrie I think we can close this one because I have removed all unnecessary add-ins and it hasn’t crashed in a few days. Thanks for those pointers.