Cursor is just spinning around not repeating the same message?

[Akos_Maroy (Ákos Maróy)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When cursor is supposed to do a code change, it just repeats the same message about doing the change, but it’s not doing anything.

Steps to Reproduce

1. ask it do do a code change
2. see it repeat the message of doing it but not do anything

Expected Behavior

It should do the code change

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.30
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: d1289018cc3fcc395487f65455e31651734308d0
Date: 2026-01-08T05:21:38.211Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.14.0-37-generic

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

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19d67176-d52d-4ea8-816a-aaaa84751d82

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report.

This looks like a bug with the apply tool. The agent gets stuck repeating the same actions instead of applying the changes.

I’ll need a bit more info to investigate:

• What was your original request or prompt?
• Did the Review panel open? If yes, what did it show?

I’ll pass this to the team to look into it.

[Akos_Maroy (Ákos Maróy)]

not the original

didn’t open the review tool

this has been happening for over a week in varous processes, not just this one. I just got tired of it today, so I reported it while I was waiting for something to move forward.