Failed to find context

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I think there is a bug, I try to do something using agent and the process is stuck in a loop that say on every try “Edit attempted - Failed to find context” and it takes few minutes until this “loop” of error it end and finally do what I asked for…this consume my pro plan usage too I think…

Steps to Reproduce

try to do something using agent and the process is stuck in a loop that say on every try “Edit attempted - Failed to find context” and it takes few minutes until this “loop” of error it end and finally do what I asked for…this consume my pro plan usage too I think…

Expected Behavior

It should finish faster…my prompt was a simple one not something complex but as you can see in screenshot there is a bug for sure

Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Version: 2.6.20
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: b29eb4ee5f9f6d1cb2afbc09070198d3ea6ad760
Date: 2026-03-17T01:50:02.404Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.17.0-19-generic

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. I see the screenshot, this is a known issue where the agent can’t match the file context with the patch and gets stuck retrying.

Related thread: Agent stuck in editing loop

The team is aware, but we don’t have a specific ETA yet.

For debugging, can you share the Request ID from the chat where this happened? Top right of the chat > menu > Copy Request ID. This will help us understand why loop detection isn’t triggering.

As a workaround, try switching the model from Auto to a specific one and see if it behaves better.

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Here is the request ID: 1f417a51-8494-4eaa-803f-436771fe0010