Gemini 3 Flash can't change its console timeout

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When working with the terminal Gemini 3 Flash does not change the time after which the process will be moved to the background, no matter how much I ask it to do so.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Ask him to perform an action that will take longer than the standard 30 seconds by setting the terminal timeout to 2 minutes.
  2. Watch how after 30 seconds he won’t understand what’s happening.

Expected Behavior

  1. Terminal will have an option to disable the timeout.
  2. The agent is able to set a terminal timeout and does not crash during long tasks.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 2.5.0-pre.48.patch.0 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 1dd4ab05af8a10837d7de7baa5e4bfe90d00b180
Date: 2026-02-06T11:09:02.571Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Nightly
Electron: 39.3.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Gemini 3 Flash

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Hey, @Artemonim! This is the same issue we already discussed in the earlier threads:

One quick clarification. The terminal timeout is a system limit, and it can’t be changed with model prompts. Asking Gemini (or Claude, or any other model) to “set the timeout to 2 minutes” won’t work, because the model simply can’t do that. This isn’t specific to Gemini.

Right now there isn’t a user setting for the timeout. The team is aware of the request, and your earlier posts and other threads have been noted. There isn’t an ETA for a configurable timeout yet.

I’d suggest continuing the discussion in the existing threads instead of starting new ones, since it’s easier for the team to keep everything in one place.

Timeout setting on terminal/shell Agent tool