Hooks are not working anymore

[Iheb_HASNI]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The hooks feature is not working anymore after updating to version 2.1.46 on Windows

Steps to Reproduce

Create a simple hooks.json file containing a hook to test:
beforeSubmitPrompt”: [ { “command”: “node ./path_to_hook/check-prompt.js” }
place hooks.json and check-prompt.js under C:\ProgramData\Cursor
The script will not be executed and nothing to notice in the hooks output:
Command: node ./hooks/log-prompt.js (306ms) exit code: 0
INPUT: { ...}
OUTPUT: (empty)

Expected Behavior

The hook is fired, and the checks on the prompt are performed

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.1.46
VSCode: 1.105.1

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Claude sonnet 4.5

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known critical regression on Windows, starting from version 2.1.25+.

Similar report: Project-Level Hooks Fail to Execute on Windows (also Windows, hooks worked in 2.1.15, broke in 2.1.42).

I’ll pass it to the team - this issue affects all Windows users of hooks. Regression from 2.1.25+.

[Iheb_HASNI]

Hello Dean, any news please? is there a fix?

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the ping. Update with the fix is already in progress, planning to release soon.

[Chris_Drake]

Hooks on windows in Version 2.2.1 are being executed, but they are not behaving as specified in your documentation - only one of them (the “stop” hook) is surfacing the hook response to the agent.

Version: 2.2.1 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: da7d015bb36ac403cb47ce878bffd5d7bc735e40
Date: 2025-12-09T16:08:10.218Z
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 10.0.26100

According to your spec, other hooks can return information which should be delivered to the AI, but it’s not going in.