Hey, thanks for the report. If Cursor shows 24/7 in Screen Time but doesn’t appear in Activity Monitor, it likely points to a Screen Time tracking issue rather than Cursor actually running all the time.
Please share:
Your macOS version (System Settings > General > About)
An Activity Monitor screenshot when Cursor is “not running” - filter by “Cursor” and show all processes (including “Cursor Helper” or similar)
Whether there’s any real impact (battery drain, CPU usage, etc.) or if it’s just incorrect Screen Time reporting
Also try:
Activity Monitor > View > All Processes to check for any Cursor-related helper processes
Restart your Mac and see if Screen Time still shows continuous usage
This will help us determine whether it’s a tracking bug or a real background process that needs to be fixed.
I have restarted my mac multiple times that doesnt change the screen time stuff.
also this process in the activity monitor is always on even if I force quit it. It is a mac os process I think. Not sure if that is getting logged as the cursor IDE process in screen time.
Perfect! This confirms the issue - CursorUIViewService is a Cursor helper process that’s staying active even after you quit the main app. This is why Screen Time shows 24/7 usage.
This appears to be a bug where the helper process doesn’t terminate properly when Cursor quits. I’ll escalate this to the engineering team to investigate.
Quick test: Try force-quitting CursorUIViewService from Activity Monitor and see if it relaunches on its own. Also, could you confirm your macOS version (System Settings > General > About)?
Since there’s no functional impact (just 8MB memory and Screen Time tracking), Cursor should work fine while we investigate a proper fix.
