Does not work with your current plan or API key

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

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Am I currently using the custom API key feature for Pro users? This morning it was working fine, but after the update in the afternoon, a pop-up window appeared saying, “The model GLM-4.6 does not work with your current plan or API key.” I tried logging in again, and on my app, it shows that I have become a FREE user.

Steps to Reproduce

just use the apikey function

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.4.0-pre.24.patch.0 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 2d9c42d7e68ff11b0afaedfe5e37ead6632f9bb0
Date: 2026-01-13T04:35:11.357Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Nightly
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. The issue is that custom API keys are only available for Pro users. If your status got switched to FREE, the feature becomes unavailable.

Try this:

If it also shows FREE instead of Pro, email [email protected] and they’ll help restore your subscription.

Most likely it’s a subscription status sync issue after an update.

3

thanks ！now my account status is corrent，but the custom API keys function still unavailable，To be exact, it works sometimes and doesn’t work other times.

4

Thanks for the info. GLM-4.6 by Zhipu AI isn’t officially supported in Cursor.

What this means in practice:

  • Cursor is optimized and tested to work with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google models
  • Connecting other providers via a custom API key with a custom Base URL is technically possible, but it works “as is”
  • We can’t guarantee stability or compatibility of request and response formats
  • Unstable behavior (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t) is expected for unsupported providers

If you need reliable AI in Cursor, I recommend using officially supported models:

  • OpenAI (GPT-5.2, GPT-5.1-Codex, etc.)
  • Anthropic (Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Claude 4.5 Opus)
  • Google (Gemini 3 Pro or Flash)

Supported models list: Models | Cursor Docs

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In the latest version, Version: 2.4.0-pre.48.patch.0, my custom API key model shows an error message: “AI Model Not Found. The model name is invalid: ‘GLM-4.6’”. However, when I reverted to the stable version, everything worked fine.:folded_hands:

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