Cursor is unusable after the latest update when I open a git repo

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Whenever I open the repo in the latest update on Windows it starts spam opening terminal windows with failing
[error 2147942632 (0x800700e8) when launching ‘“git” cat-file – batch’]

Every time a new terminal opens it gains focus stopping me in doing anything else. I can only edit one file a time now.

Steps to Reproduce

Turn on the latest update of Cursor on W11 in a git repository.

Expected Behavior

It should just open.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.1.6 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 92340560ea81cb6168e2027596519d68af6c90a0
Date: 2025-11-20T03:38:22.386Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

3

hi @_Draxi and thank you for the detailed bug report. Does this occur also in a new project or in a project that has no .vscode folder?

4

Hi, sorry for the late reply. Yesterday this behaviour happened on my pc at work and after updating also on my pc at home. I am guessing it got fixed today since I can’t reproduce it after an update?

5

Had the same issue, then updated to latest git and that seemed to fix it for me.