Cursor seems to spawn random chrome processes

Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Whenever cursor is open, it seems to create a headless chrome which would appear in the dock. Doesn’t impede functionality but quite annoying.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open cursor
  2. Observe problem
  3. Quit cursor and reopen
  4. Problem persists

Expected Behavior

There is no additonal chrome icon in dock.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

macOS 26

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.8.0-pre.23.patch.0
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: a0c4f3b191ad9594dc282c03843520e66e9aa1b0
Date: 2025-10-10T08:11:24.453Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.0.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, since this is a nightly version, we’re making significant changes to Cursor’s functionality that may be removed and might not make it into the release.

  • Could you confirm which macOS Tahoe version you’re on?
  • Does the issue persist if you switch to the stable release instead of the pre-release (1.8.0-pre)?
3

I can confirm in my case version 1.8.0-pre.30.patch.1 fixes this. Thanks a lot!

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