Cursor keeps using Poweshell

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor keeps using Powershell and there is no way to change this. I want to eithe ruse Git Bash or WSL. Why does it keep using Powershell? Please fix this bug. It cant run commands proparly

Steps to Reproduce

Use Windows 11, open cursor agent, tell it to navigate to a folder and run a script.

Expected Behavior

It should use the default Terminar that we set in the settings!

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.54 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 5c17eb2968a37f66bc6662f48d6356a100b67be0
Date: 2025-10-21T19:07:38.476Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known bug in recent Cursor versions where the agent ignores the terminal profile settings and defaults to PowerShell.

Workaround:

  • Open Cursor settings with Ctrl + Shift + J
  • Go to Chat → Inline Editing & Terminal
  • Enable “Legacy Terminal Tool”
  • Restart Cursor

This should make the agent respect your default terminal for Git Bash or WSL.

Let me know if this resolves the issue.

4

Hi @oooFreaKooo, this issue should be fixed in the next version of Cursor, which is rolling out shortly.

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