Cursor should continue working in the background, even if the windows IDE application is closed

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

My Cursor IDE just restarted, I had many processes open, even while writing some scripts.

When I reopened Cursor, after 4 minutes, it had stopped halfway through the script, meaning that the IDE closed, it did not continue.

So, cursor must continue working in the background, even if the IDE application on windows is closed. Somewhere it must cache on the web, or somewhere in the background, to finish the task even if the IDE application is closed.

When I reopen the IDE, what it started should be finished.

Steps to Reproduce

For Cursor Developers:
Background Process Persistence

Implement a background service that continues running even when the main IDE window is closed

Cache operations and resume when IDE reopens

Web-Based Task Queue

Store ongoing tasks in cloud storage or local database

Resume from last checkpoint when IDE restarts

Auto-save Checkpoints

Create periodic save points during long operations

Prompt to resume unfinished work on restart

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.43 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 8e4da76ad196925accaa169efcae28c45454cce0
Date: 2025-10-30T18:49:27.589Z
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 10.0.26100

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Agent Cursor

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

2

Hi @Neculai_I_Fantanaru, thank you for your detailed report. This sounds like a valuable improvement, but it isn’t a bug, rather, it’s a feature suggestion. Could you please create a Feature Request post for this?

Like most applications, Cursor requires a restart for updates, and closing the app interrupts any ongoing processes. We appreciate your input and encourage you to share more details in a Feature Request so our team and community can discuss it further.

In the meantime we have Cursor Cloud where you can launch an agent process which does not require you to keep Cursor open. You can do this from any browser and also from Cursor IDE as well. After it completes you can pull into Cursor the changes or directly create a Pull Request.