Gitched planning (Mermaid diagrams)

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor iteratively writes out its plan. This is nice in a way: I can read it bit by bit as it’s coming through. But since installing the Mermaid plugin, this iterative rendering of the generated .md plan is continually rendering, removing, and re-rendering the Mermaid diagram, making it impossible to read as it’s being generated (and greatly slowing down the rendering as well). I need to sit and patiently wait for the plan to complete before I can look at it at all.

Steps to Reproduce

  • Install Mermaid markdown rendering plugin
  • Ask Cursor to generate any kind of plan that includes Mermaid diagrams

Expected Behavior

The Mermaid diagram should render once, then stay. That way I can look at the diagram and read the contents of the document as they come through.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.20 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: b3573281c4775bfc6bba466bf6563d3d498d1070
Date: 2025-12-12T06:29:26.017Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey, thanks for the report.

This is a known issue: during plan streaming, markdown extensions can cause flickering and slow rendering. The team is working on improving streaming behavior.

To clarify: which Mermaid plugin are you using?

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