Cursor crashes very frequently since the updating several days ago

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I don’t know how to repro it, but the crash happens over 20 times a day I think? The window shows
" 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.
"

I’m using MacOS 15.3.1, 16GB, M3.

Here’s the cursor info:
Version: 0.46.11
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: ae378be9dc2f5f1a6a1a220c6e25f9f03c8d4e10
Date: 2025-03-07T06:43:50.208Z (1 wk ago)
Electron: 32.2.6
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.3.0

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BTW, I’m always suffering the stuck of it.

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and sometimes i even can’t type in the chat composer. T-T
it’s hard to use the basic functions these days.

3

Thanks i see a chat about the same issue:

but it seems a bit earlier?

4

Ok i see another chat:

it should be fixed in 0.47, i updated cursor and it did fixed at the beginning, at least i can use the send button. But sometimes i still can’t type in the composer. The case happens when i add a folder at the end of the composer like it

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And after a request, the crash happens again.

5

mine updated to 47.5 and crashes more than when i was on 46

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6

Mine also.

7

I guess it’s the long chat history cause the issue. After I uninstall and re-download cursor, the default chat will change to be empty and I can use it normally. But before i uninstall it, i tried to delete the chat history, it will first show i delete successfully but then crash, and after i reopen it, the history will come back and i can’t use cursor again.
So the key point is to delete the long chat history by uninstall and redownload it :melting_face:

8

Hey, you can rename your project to make all your chat history disappear. However, I recommend just keeping an eye on its size and periodically deleting the unnecessary ones. Also, if your chat history is important to you, you can save it to markdown files using this extension:

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10

Since i updated (i didn’t want to) to version 0.47.5, it keeps on crashing every 10mn or so… I used to work on the 0.45.17 and I never has that crash where everything closes and I just have the option to reopen… Very annoying, a big downgrade

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Hi, if you’re on non-privacy mode, could you run cmd+shift+p → Developer: Capture and Send Debugging Data and let me know when you’ve ran it? I can investigate the logs and debug data to see what’s wrong here.

If you could also run cmd+shift+p → developer: Toggle Watch for Crashes when starting up the editor that be helpful; that will similarly send some debug data right before a crash so we can investigate what’s wrong and fix it. (cmd+shift+p` -> `developer: Toggle Watch for Crashes has to be ran after opening the editor each time)

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12

Same here.
I kept crashing every 2-3 minutes.
Now, it crashes when I click on the chat or if I try creating a new chat.

13

Hi, I had the same problem so I have written (with the help of ChatGPT et al) a Cursor Recovery app. Get it on Github. Written for Mac but I’m sure it can easily be adaped for Windows. GitHub - bbostock/CursorRecovery: help you recover lost Cursor code changes (happens when your chat becomes too big).

14

Performance and crashes should be improved in 0.48.1, which is available under Cursor Settings > Beta > Update Frequency: Early Access