Grok creates extra plan in plan mode

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Grok creating two plans all the time.

Steps to Reproduce

Grok 4.5 high, plan mode.
Ask anything.
See after that it has created two plans.

Expected Behavior

Plan mode should produce only 1 plan artifact.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.11.19 (user setup)
VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0
Commit: bf249e6efb5b097f23d7e21d7283429f0760b740
Date: 2026-07-12T21:39:24.175Z
Layout: IDE
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Grok 4.5 high

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

30e5c7d1-8395-4bd8-a725-65995f6e188f

Additional Information

A bit annoying to waste output token for that also they seem to never get cleaned up in users/.cursor/plans ? (not sure if this is expected or new)

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey there!

Confirmed, and it’s on our side: Plan mode should produce one plan file, but Grok 4.5 is occasionally calling the plan tool a second time for the same plan instead of updating the existing file - that’s why you end up with two dialog-nine-slice-system_*.plan.md files. I’ve logged it with our team to look into.

Separately, ~/.cursor/plans isn’t auto-cleaned today, so old or duplicate plans just accumulate - it’s safe to delete the ones you don’t need from that folder, and I’ve flagged the missing cleanup as feedback.