Cursor hangs while making requests

[wobblyboots]

Describe the Bug

Sometimes cursor just hangs on a request. Eventually it times out if you leave it long enough.

Steps to Reproduce

Make a request Sometimes it just hangs.

Expected Behavior

Not hanging. Detect it and move on. Or better yet, don’t hang.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.4.3 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: e50823e9ded15fddfd743c7122b4724130c25df0
Date: 2025-08-08T17:34:53.060Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Additional Information

Request ID: b5663e54-3021-4def-ac7f-59f2e1b22383
ConnectError: [aborted] read ECONNRESET
at mel.$endAiConnectTransportReportError (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/imhar/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:4918:251962)
at Zlr._doInvokeHandler (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/imhar/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:493:20860)
at Zlr._invokeHandler (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/imhar/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:493:20602)
at Zlr._receiveRequest (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/imhar/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:493:19367)
at Zlr._receiveOneMessage (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/imhar/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:493:18189)
at TSt.value (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/imhar/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:493:16283)
at ve._deliver (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/imhar/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:49:2962)
at ve.fire (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/imhar/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:49:3283)
at Mst.fire (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/imhar/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:4905:12154)
at d.onmessage (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/imhar/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:7030:18167)

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. Could you let me know which model you’re using? Have you also tried starting a new chat?

[wobblyboots]

GPT-5. but it doesn’t matter which one. Generally it works (new chat or not) but one time in maybe 10 it just hangs. You basically have to watch it and kill the thread and push it to try again.

[deanrie]

Thanks for the additional info. Could you share the request ID? First, you’ll need to disable privacy mode.

Cursor – Getting a Request ID

[wobblyboots]

b9063e0d-1099-4989-bb58-932d7de5484a

this one is hanging at the moment - mid stream from the backend

the thinking text says:

Applying patches and updates

I’m gearing up to apply a patch that adds the necessary tables and indexes. First, I need to update docs/11-acceptance-criteria.md by adding a bullet point for CDN purging when content changes occur. I might also consider adding API endpoints to the OpenAPI for purging, although it may not be essential. Additionally, I’ll update docs/02-architecture.md to include information on the block registry and CDN invalidation. It seems more efficient to run patch calls in parallel, so I’ll set up to execute four apply

(and is just sitting there mid sentence)

[deanrie]

It seems you have a network issue. Are you using a VPN or proxy? Also, try disabling HTTP2 in the Cursor settings on the Network tab, where you can also run a network diagnostic.

[wobblyboots]

Tried HTTP/1.1 - can’t imagine there’d be much difference between 1.0 and 1.1. No difference. I don’t have a VPN, I am on a laptop with wifi connected to a healthy internet connection. There’s no proxy. The network diagnosis above is all green ticks, if some of them seem a bit slow from what I would have expected.

[Nikolay_Nikolov]

I also have the same problem and it has been happening since version 1.0.0. Many other people report this problem. It has been going for months. Cursor’s autocomplete is quite good and better than VS code, but as an editor is full of bugs for basic features. Also makes my laptop as hot as an oven. This has been going on for months and looks like there’s no proper effort to fix the bugs, so I am dropping my paid subscription and going back to vscode