Cursor IDE doesn't notify about switching to usage-based pricing

Support Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor continues to not prompt the user when switching to on-demand spending. This is the second month in a row this has happened. The first time, it notified me AFTER $20 had already been spent on-demand.

Currently I’ve burned through my included tokens and it switched to on demand, but still hasn’t told me in the product UI. I wouldn’t know I’m burning more cash if I didn’t refresh the usage dashboard constantly.

Steps to Reproduce

Just keep working and then surprise! extra bills.

Expected Behavior

It should notify me that i’ve hit my limit and I’m moving to usage based pricing.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.41
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 2ca326e0d1ce10956aea33d54c0e2d8c13c58a30
Date: 2026-01-16T19:14:00.150Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey @Surrealblend

This should only happen if on-demand spending is enabled in your dashboard (https://cursor.com/dashboard?tab=spending). With that toggle on, Cursor automatically continues usage beyond your included allowance without prompting.

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It sounds like you’d prefer to be notified when you’re approaching your limit so you can decide in the moment whether to enable on-demand. If so, you can turn off the “On-Demand Usage” toggle, and Cursor will stop you at the limit instead of charging extra.

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Hey Colin - thanks for clarifying that. I misunderstood some support I got the first time this happened; I was under the impression that even if you have that toggled you’d still get the notification that Cursor has “switched” to usage based pricing.

Now I understand that notification simply won’t show if you have that toggled on.

It would still be nice to get that notification btw because it helps set budget expectations and speed of use. Especially since the included usage is frankly unpredictable.