Cursor not highlighting variables when clicked

Describe the Bug

Typically as a user when I click a variable/function name it highlight within my code everywhere that code related is implemented. This no longer happens. Sometimes it highlights nothing but often highlight random parts of my code

Steps to Reproduce

Go to a file and click a variable name or function. In the image I am clicking value. One can even see that value in this image has 2 sets of color coding… why

Expected Behavior

Expected: IDE highlights all related areas of that named variable or function
Result: IDE highlights nothing related to the clicked item

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.2.2
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: faa03b17cce93e8a80b7d62d57f5eda6bb6ab9f0
Date: 2025-07-07T06:08:52.104Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

This issue looks to be fixed with latest update

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