Cursor editor hangs when closing an unsaved file or trying to open Cursor->About to see the version of Cursor

[Nicolas_Ferretti]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor editor hangs when closing an unsaved file or trying to open Cursor->About to see the version of Cursor.

The whole system becomes unresponsive for about 30 seconds, then the system works but Cursor remains frozen until killing it.

Using Manjaro, all updated (OS / Cursor)

I deleted all config files to test it from scratch, also ran with

cursor –disable-gpu --disable-extensions --new-window

and the issue is the same

Steps to Reproduce

Open new file, write a line, Save. It freezes. Need to do a killall -9 cursor to kill it. Also with opening the “About”.

Expected Behavior

Popup asking to save, popup showng version

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Cursor version latest: Cursor 3.5.33

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[Nicolas_Ferretti]

Just found the solution on

Cursor freezes and eats up disk space

Hey, this is a known issue with the cursor-bin package from AUR, not a Cursor bug. The symptoms match 1:1: it freezes on Help → About, and it freezes on modals like Prettier on save notifications and dialogs, and the image preview overlay too. Over the last week, this is already the third or fourth report. What’s happening: cursor-bin is a community maintained package. Its PKGBUILD depends on generic electron, but Cursor 3.4.20 is built for Electron 39. When your system pulls in Electron 42, th…

its an issue with the AUR cursor-bin package, switched to cursor-ai-bin AUR package and it works