Error calling tool 'edit_file'. all the time

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Hey, I’m experiencing a really frustrating issue today. The assistant simply won’t do anything. It gets stuck and doesn’t move forward, no matter which model I use or what I try.

I’ve already reinstalled everything, everything is up to date, I’m on the Pro plan with usage fully enabled — but the assistant won’t move past this red warning.

Searched codebase for “tabs sections accordion content in addcontact.tsx” (src/components/contacts/new/)
Searched codebase for “accordion sections in addcontact.tsx personal info origins details” (src/components/contacts/new/)
Read addcontact.tsx
:warning: Error calling tool ‘edit_file’.
viewcontact.tsx

Has anyone else run into this?

How can I fix it?

Thank You

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Hi I ran into the same exact issue on all 4 of my running projects, this is most likely a system wide thing that will be resolved in a few hours. I appreciate you posting so that I know it’s not just an individual user problem. I’ll check back in a few hours and let you know if it’s been resolved.

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The same error is happening calling tool write_file in cursor 0.48.8 on macOS 15.3.2.

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Hi everyone error it’s working again on my end, didn’t do anything but take a break and go to the mall haha. I didn’t close cursor either, on agent mode using claude 3.7

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Hey, will creating a new chat solve the problem?

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No. The issue persists. No matter I use sonnet 3.7 or gemini 2.5.

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While, i meet the problem in recent days too. It makes my work worse and it should be fixed quickly

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It does not help .I think the problem should be paid attention to.

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Got the same problem here with Cursor Nightly and Gemini 2.5 PRO … My AI says the edit tool call arent working and want me to do the job manually loll

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Well, it seems like nobody has addressed this yet. I’ve been experiencing this error since the last update, and it’s very frustrating.

I had a strange experience where my agent suddenly reverted to the beginning of my project and made changes that had been implemented a long time ago, in a very old prompt. :eyes:

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Same issue. Can write simple test comment just to see if the file is writable, findable, and whatnot. But anything more complex than inserting a comment fails. Either with edit_tool error, or Gemini simply dying in the middle of the conversation turn. Priority issue! Thanks for looking into this. Big impact on everyone.

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yes super painful, all the time recently

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Hey, if this is Gemini, Google are still working out the final kinks to ensure tool calls work correctly ever time, they are still somewhat unstable at the moment.

However, if you are not using Gemini, we definitely want to get this fixed.
Anyone facing this issue when they are not using Gemini and have privacy mode disabled should drop a request ID here, and we can take a look at whats failing behind the scenes!

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why arent you disabling the model then? ive prob spent 50$ on gemini because of the circles it takes me in with this

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Hi,

I have the same issue with Claude 3.7 and tried to investigate a bit.

Here is my AI report on this :

  1. The issue is specifically with PowerShell 7.5.0 on Windows 10.0.26100. We’re seeing console buffer errors when trying to execute long commands or write large files through PowerShell.

  2. The error messages consistently show:

  • “The value must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the console’s buffer size in that dimension.”
  • “Cannot locate the offset in the rendered text that was pointed by the original cursor.”
  1. We confirmed that:
  • We can create and write to files using Python directly with short commands
  • We have proper write permissions to the directory
  • The PowerShell environment has issues with buffer handling

Maybe a lead?

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Hello Everyone,
So i found a fix to this idk if i should call it a fix but add this line after your prompt:

Please edit the file in small chunks

Works for me!

Hope it helps

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So i found a fix to this idk if i should call it a fix but add this line after your prompt:

Please edit the file in small chunks

Works for me!

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Same problem here with agent claude 3.7 sonnet since yesterday, my Fast requests still growing every time I try do ask something to the agent, but every time I try since yesterday I alvays have the same iissue :
error calling tool ‘edit file’
I already try to restart cursor, my computer and also reinstall cursor without any luck…
Really frustrating, and painfull…
Please please correct this problem fast!!

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