Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug even I don’t do anything, you sent tons of requests. drain my battery. Steps to Reproduce open cursor, monitor network request Screenshots / Screen Recordings [CleanShot 2026-03-17 at 15.06.41.png] Operating System MacOS V…

Hey, I see the screenshot. That’s a lot of connections to api2.cursor.sh while Cursor is idle. A few things to help narrow this down: Try launching Cursor without extensions. Run cursor --disable-extensions in Terminal, then monitor the network again. Extensions are a common cause of extra backgr…

What tool are you using to monitor connections? surge Cursor does make some periodic network calls by design reasonable, but not should it do it in every second sent 3 requests [image]

Thanks, I see a new screenshot from Surge. GetGlassEarlyPreviewEnrollment and GetTeams every 1 to 3 seconds while idle is definitely more frequent than it should be. One question left, did you try launching Cursor with cursor --disable-extensions? I want to make sure extensions aren’t adding extra …

did you try launching Cursor with cursor --disable-extensions yeap. looks like most requests is your tracker service [image]

Thanks for testing with --disable-extensions and sharing the Surge logs. That confirms it’s on our side, not caused by extensions. From the screenshot you shared, the polling frequency is clearly too aggressive when the app is idle. Requests like GetGlassEarlyPreviewEnrollment, GetEffectiveUserPlug…

still not fixed on my side Version: 3.1.0-pre.12.patch.0 VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 157ffe1c6dac02720a7c5d875229565305625f10 Date: 2026-04-06T16:39:06.552Z (1 day ago) Layout: editor Build Type: Stable [image]

Version: 3.1.0-pre.21.patch.0 still not fixed [image]

Excessive network request drain macbook battery

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mohitjain (Mohit) April 7, 2026, 9:58am 13

Hey @gengjiawen!

The excessive network request / battery drain issue has been addressed in a recent Cursor update. Updating to the latest version should resolve this.

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