Getting Electron quit unexpectedly error recently

[Oran (Oran Shayer)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

In recent weeks I’m getting this error from time to time:

Electron quit unexpectedly.
Click Reopen to open the application again. Click Report to see more detailed information and send a report to Apple.

Steps to Reproduce

Usually happens when closing or restarting cursor when it updates.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.41 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 2ca326e0d1ce10956aea33d54c0e2d8c13c58a30
Date: 2026-01-16T19:14:00.150Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report.

This looks like a known issue with Electron crashes on macOS, especially when closing or restarting during updates. The team is working on improving stability for the 2.x releases.

Can you try a few things:

If it crashes again on the next launch:

1. Check if there are any old workspace files:

ls -la ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor/Workspaces/

Delete the folders with modified dates that match the crash time.

If it only crashes during updates:
2. Try launching with GPU disabled:

cursor --disable-gpu

For diagnostics:
3. Can you attach the macOS crash report? (In the “Electron quit unexpectedly” dialog, click “Report” to get detailed info.)
4. Logs: CMD+Shift+P > Developer: Open Logs Folder. Please share the file that matches the time of the last crash.

Does it crash every time during an update, or only sometimes?