Just as the title suggests, when format on save is enabled I takes a long time to save files. Formatter is Prettier. As I am writing this post: Saving ‘geniusCreateCase.ts’: Running ‘Prettier - Code formatter’ Formatter is running for a good 10 minutes now. I can’t disable format on save in curs…

I have the same issue, would love to get this fixed. Cursor is amazing but I have to keep switching back to VSCode because of this.

Came here to report the same. It’s been driving me nuts.

Same here. ES lint is unhappy with the lack of formatting, I need to switch back to VS Code until this is resolved.

+1 on this issue. Format on save is making this IDE virtually unusable, which is tragic because I love it in every other way.

Hey @kamilCodes I noticed this problem a while ago with VSCode, and it somehow resolved itself over time. It’s not a Cursor issue, it’s a VSCode issue. Here’s what I found after a bit of Googling: [image] Fixing Prettier not working with VSCode Ukrainian version Problem Descr…

I don’t think so, In the VSCode it doing very well about Prettier and perfectly formatting right now, But the same config it doesn’t work anymore in Cursor.

Same here. Has anyone solved this?

Got also this problem, and this is maybe why I ve got this timeout on save through SFTP : This problem drives me crazy : no way to save through SFTP ! What a lack of time ! And as usual, no support, even for PRO sub…

Facing the same and sadly I paid the pro price but it isn’t very pleasant.

Format on save with prettier takes eternity

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I’m running into the same issue: Unable to save files when format-on-save enabled - #2 by currentoor

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Format on save with prettier takes eternity

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