Cursor keeps crashing to the point where it must be killed by task manager, is anyone else facing a similar issue?

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Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue on Windows 10/11 in 2.2.x, and many users have reported similar freezes.

Workarounds that helped other users:

  1. Update to 2.2.43. The team patched memory leaks: Download · Cursor
  2. Turn off Cursor notifications in Windows: Settings > System > Notifications > Cursor > OFF. One user found it’s related to the Windows Push Notification User Service: Is anyone else experiencing Cursor locking up after agent completes? - #13 by NegativeAL
  3. Roll back the Windows update KB5068861 if you have it installed. One user confirmed this helped: Cursor freezes on final “Review Changes” step in Agent Mode - #16 by msab

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