Cursor Freezes after the agent completes an edit of any size. This can be avoided I do not leave the cursor window or if I return right before the edit is completed. Directly after the edit completes however cursor will freeze for about 5 minutes. It is unsuable unless restarted or waitign 5 minutes. restarting loses a portion of the chat history but changes are properly saved from the agent edit.
Steps to Reproduce
Im on linux fedora, latest version of cursor, however i’ve had this issue for 3 weeks since version 1.4
Expected Behavior
Cursor is not meant to freeze. Its also not meant to freeze my computer.
Operating System
Linux
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Hey, thanks for the report. Could you let me know if there’s a lot of chat history in your project? I suspect that might be the issue.
If so, you need to delete some of the history, maybe the oldest conversations. You can also rename your project or move it to another location on your disk. This will help quickly clear your chat history so you can continue working.
Additionally, you can try exporting your history using this extension:
Hey, appreciate the answer. I don’t care about my previous chats at this point so I’ve made the changes you suggested and cursor now only has 1 previous chat. The issue originally described still persists. I’ve also tested Cursor with a smaller repo, a simple React.js project with just few files and 0 previous chats. The issue also persists.
I’ve also wen’t ahead and installed SpecStory to confirm there are no chats. SpecStory displays an accurate number of previous chats, either 0 before my test, or 1 after test chat runs.
So I can confirm:
In a lightweight repo, no previous chats, I asked cursor agent (model doesn’t matter) to “Please say ‘Test’ thats all" - I click on a different active window (like chrome). The agent chat says “Test” and I hear the completion ding. If I return to cursor it is now frozen, after 3-4 minutes I heard the Completion ding again and cursor is no longer frozen. When cursor freezes it is treated as not responding by my computer but may be force closed.
Let me know if I can provide any other information to help resolve this matter, I’d really appreciate any assistance as it makes it hard to use Cursor Agents while also doing web dev.
Try booting in safe mode using this command in the terminal: cursor --disable-extensions. Please also share screenshots of the Task Manager and Process Explorer.
Please note the terminal for gnome system monitor throws this error every couple seconds. This is before or after cursor freezes.
(gnome-system-monitor:28426): Gdk-WARNING **: 17:40:42.872: ../gdk/wayland/gdkcursor-wayland.c:210 cursor image size (64) not an integer multiple of theme size (24)
