Cursor is crashing unexpectedly with the following error message:
The window terminated unexpectedly (reason: ‘crashed’, code: ‘5’). We are sorry for the inconvenience. You can reopen the window to continue where you left off.
This issue has been occurring suddenly and repeatedly over the past three days.
Steps to Reproduce
Open Cursor and start using it as usual.
At random intervals, the app crashes, displaying the error message above.
I was finally able to fix, by doing a clean install of Cursor. I had to delete all the cursor files in /Library/Application Support/Cursor and redownload the application installer. Then I updated to the newest version before opening my project I had been working on. So far it is now working.
I’ve been experiencing constant crashes while using Cursor ever since the latest update. I’m on an Apple M4 Mac Mini (24GB RAM) running macOS Sequoia 15.3.1, and before this update, everything was working just fine. Now, the app crashes almost every second, making it completely unusable.
Even trying to report the issue within Cursor causes it to crash repeatedly. I’ve checked with friends who also have M4 Mac Minis, and they are facing the same problem, so it looks like a broader issue.