# Frequent Freezes in Cursor AI IDE - Any Solutions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [August 30, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810 "2024-08-30T13:12:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Filip1139](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/filip1139/32/32226_2.png) [@Filip1139](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Filip1139)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/1 "2024-08-30T13:12:31Z")
Hi everyone, I’ve been experiencing frequent issues with the Cursor AI IDE. The application tends to freeze every 1-2 hours, and I have to restart it to get back to work. This has become quite annoying, especially when I’m in the middle of coding sessions. In the Activity Monitor, I notice a lot of tasks related to Cursor AI, which makes me think the problem might be tied to the application’s process management. My computer is fairly powerful, so I don’t suspect it’s a hardware issue on my end. Has anyone else encountered this problem? If so, have you found any solutions or workarounds to prevent these freezes from happening? I’ve attached a screenshot from my Activity Monitor for reference. Thanks for your help! ![Screenshot 2024-08-29 at 12.42.16](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/2X/7/7c7e696273208c837085120eedbd30f612bd79ff.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![youjing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/50afbb/32.png) [@youjing](https://forum.cursor.com/u/youjing)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/2 "2024-08-30T15:15:11Z")
I have the same issue. I’m using an M3 MacBook Pro with 36GB RAM, so hardware shouldn’t be an issue. The codebase I’m working with is quite large; perhaps that could contribute to the problem? I have to restart very frequently. ---
**Author:** ![litecode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/litecode/32/2966_2.png) [@litecode](https://forum.cursor.com/u/litecode)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/3 "2024-08-30T15:36:48Z")
Hello, Information from the following may assist in further troubleshooting. Copy/paste system info from: `Cursor` \> `Help` \> `About` Check for any relevant logs or errors in the following locations: Open developer tools via: `Cursor` \> `Help` \> `Toggle Developer Tools` and then click `Console` and see if there are any related errors. Also see the parent folder of the folder that is opened when doing: - `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `P` (to open command palette in Cursor) - Typing and selecting `Developer: Open Logs Folder` You can also view logs in `Cursor` \> `Terminal` \> `Output` and then click on the dropdown and select `Window` or one of the other Cursor specific options, such as `Cursor Tab` or `Cursor Indexing & Retrieval`. ---
**Author:** ![Filip1139](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/filip1139/32/32226_2.png) [@Filip1139](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Filip1139)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/4 "2024-09-02T06:19:14Z")
My main.log: ```auto 2024-08-30 08:02:11.358 [info] update#setState disabled 2024-08-30 08:02:11.358 [info] update#ctor - updates are disabled as there is no update URL 2024-08-30 08:02:11.493 [error] [storage state.vscdb] error checking size of src.vs.platform.reactivestorage.browser.reactiveStorageServiceImpl.persistentStorage.workspaceUser: Error: Unexpected number of rows - 0 2024-08-30 12:58:40.786 [info] Extension host with pid 54932 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown. 2024-08-30 13:16:01.527 [info] Extension host with pid 80371 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown. 2024-08-30 15:10:41.572 [info] Extension host with pid 80372 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown. 2024-08-30 18:06:14.734 [error] [uncaught exception in main]: Error: net::ERR_NETWORK_IO_SUSPENDED 2024-08-30 18:06:14.734 [error] Error: net::ERR_NETWORK_IO_SUSPENDED at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper. (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:109791) at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (node:events:514:28) 2024-08-30 18:06:14.734 [error] [uncaught exception in main]: Error: net::ERR_NETWORK_IO_SUSPENDED 2024-08-30 18:06:14.734 [error] Error: net::ERR_NETWORK_IO_SUSPENDED at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper. (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:109791) at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (node:events:514:28) 2024-08-30 20:28:48.251 [info] Extension host with pid 55172 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Filip1139](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/filip1139/32/32226_2.png) [@Filip1139](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Filip1139)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/5 "2024-09-02T08:58:49Z")
@litecode really annoying. Can’t work with comfort even though I paid for premium ---
**Author:** ![youjing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/50afbb/32.png) [@youjing](https://forum.cursor.com/u/youjing)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/6 "2024-09-04T13:33:15Z")
I realized that one of my VSCode extensions was causing the lag. I deleted the extensions one by one, narrowed it down, and now it works well! ---
**Author:** ![frank505](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/frank505/32/47987_2.png) [@frank505](https://forum.cursor.com/u/frank505)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/7 "2024-09-11T21:48:58Z")
i had same issue and realized i had some extensions making api calls that worked same with cursor commands using commands like cmd+i and made api request after hitting the send key so somehow things were never resolved so i removed the extension and now it works. ---
**Author:** ![AlteriusOmega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@AlteriusOmega](https://forum.cursor.com/u/AlteriusOmega)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/8 "2025-02-12T23:08:52Z")
Same thing here, using an M3 Macbook Pro and cursor is frequently super slow, freezes and crashes all the time. If this isn’t fixed I’m definitely ending my premium subscription this month. The codebase is somewhat large but really shouldn’t be an issue ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/9 "2025-02-20T14:26:41Z")
Hey, can you try some of the steps in our guide here, which should help with any performance issues you are seeing: [Cursor – Common Issues](https://docs.cursor.com/troubleshooting/common-issues) ---
**Author:** ![tico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/tico/32/36414_2.png) [@tico](https://forum.cursor.com/u/tico)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/10 "2025-03-14T16:31:33Z")
I found a workaround for this that I often use in ChatGPT: **simply start a new chat** to stop the freezes. This issue often occurs when you have a long chat history. It seems that the AI needs to quickly process the entire conversation each time before responding to a new prompt. When the history gets too long, it takes longer for the model to process, and the more advanced the model, the longer it takes—sometimes causing it to time out. If this works similarly to ChatGPT, there may come a point when opening a new chat no longer fixes the problem. In that case, you would need to **delete older chats to free up memory**. ---
**Author:** ![G77-BOT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/g77-bot/32/36803_2.png) [@G77-BOT](https://forum.cursor.com/u/G77-BOT)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/11 "2025-03-15T22:47:00Z")
thanks a lot @tico you really helped with that info much appreciated and also yes it was freezing and quitting the whole app and I tried everything until I tried deleting old chats and its much faster now… anyone having problems with cursor lagging and freezing simply delete old chats and it’ll be much faster… ---
**Author:** ![stillaguamishit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@stillaguamishit](https://forum.cursor.com/u/stillaguamishit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/12 "2025-03-21T22:02:47Z")
I have the same problem, literally all day every day, typing is impossible, it takes up to 30 seconds in best case, for the IDE to even respond. The fact that this is a production product is absolute proof that we live in an ideocracy. Also the IDE terminates about 30 times in an average day. ---
**Author:** ![nishantkumar1292](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/nishantkumar1292/32/38340_2.png) [@nishantkumar1292](https://forum.cursor.com/u/nishantkumar1292)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/13 "2025-03-24T14:36:12Z")
@tico how do I delete older chats to free memory? Literally every time I open cursor, I’m greeted with an “App not responding” pop-up. And this is only happening with 1 repository. Others work fine. ---
**Author:** ![tico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/tico/32/36414_2.png) [@tico](https://forum.cursor.com/u/tico)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/14 "2025-03-24T15:49:31Z")
Just click on the **clock icon** to open your chat history. Then, **hover over any of the chats** to see the **recycle bin icon** appear on the right—that’s the **delete button**. I’ve attached a screenshot to show you where the **chat history icon** is located. ![Screenshot 2025-03-24 094403](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/8/4/84c5b5af5e6884c1c9f3cca421e880c8c31bacf9.png) ---
**Author:** ![nishantkumar1292](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/nishantkumar1292/32/38340_2.png) [@nishantkumar1292](https://forum.cursor.com/u/nishantkumar1292)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/15 "2025-03-24T16:10:17Z")
this is the screen I get when I open the repository. Is there any other way to delete the chats than the UI? Also, I’m not sure if the long chats are causing this. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/e/8/e80e145f54ebb6332d16f1b68086ff271e98eb06.png) ---
**Author:** ![waltershewmake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/waltershewmake/32/40170_2.png) [@waltershewmake](https://forum.cursor.com/u/waltershewmake)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/16 "2025-03-24T16:46:59Z")
This is so ■■■■■■■ annoying I literally cannot open my projects. Editor just freezes. Not enough time to delete chats or anything. ---
**Author:** ![tico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/tico/32/36414_2.png) [@tico](https://forum.cursor.com/u/tico)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/17 "2025-03-24T17:24:49Z")
I’d recommend uninstalling and reinstalling the app. Your chats have probably accumulated over time. I’ve found it helpful to delete them periodically—it tends to keep things running smoothly. ---
**Author:** ![vincentchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@vincentchan](https://forum.cursor.com/u/vincentchan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/18 "2025-03-26T14:01:23Z")
> [@It gets stuck when I access the source control panel](https://forum.cursor.com/t/it-gets-stuck-when-i-access-the-source-control-panel/69726): > > Check the video I uploaded. I can not click and it is stuck; I can only restart the cursor to reset it. I can only use git command instead of UI. This problem first arose in version 0.47.8. for VScode or windsurf, it is fine. Just like me, when I open the source control, the entire IDE lags. I can’t click anything and it’s about to freeze after a few seconds. vscode and windsuft is fine for this case. ---
**Author:** ![nishantkumar1292](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/nishantkumar1292/32/38340_2.png) [@nishantkumar1292](https://forum.cursor.com/u/nishantkumar1292)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/19 "2025-03-26T14:47:27Z")
@waltershewmake change the repo name, and reopen the renamed directory. It resets the long chats and stops the freezes. Atleast that helped me. Obviously not a clean solution, but it works, and you can keep using the IDE till you decide to cancel the subscription 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AndonMitev](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/andonmitev/32/25476_2.png) [@AndonMitev](https://forum.cursor.com/u/AndonMitev)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810/20 "2025-03-31T07:53:31Z")
Yeah I also have issues: - Not able to type in the terminal - Not able to close the cursor IDE - Not able to use composer Using ```auto Version: 0.47.8 (Universal) VSCode Version: 1.96.2 Commit: 82ef0f61c01d079d1b7e5ab04d88499d5af500e0 Date: 2025-03-18T05:28:47.245Z (1 wk ago) Electron: 32.2.6 Chromium: 128.0.6613.186 Node.js: 20.18.1 V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 24.3.0 ``` - Tried reinstalling - Tried changing project folder name In best case works for ~15min and then again not usable… [Next page](https://forum.cursor.com/t/frequent-freezes-in-cursor-ai-ide-any-solutions/13810.md?page=2)