Incorrect year in agent context (user_info shows 2025 instead of 2026)

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The date passed to the AI agent in the conversation context is wrong: it shows “Tuesday Mar 10, 2025” instead of 2026.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Start a new chat in Cursor.
  2. Ask the agent something like “what day is it?” or “quelle jour sommes-nous ?”.
  3. The agent answers with the year 2025 instead of 2026.

Expected Behavior

user_info / “Today’s date” should reflect the actual current year (2026).

Operating System

Windows 10/11
MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.5.26 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 7d96c2a03bb088ad367615e9da1a3fe20fbbc6a0
Date: 2026-02-26T04:57:56.825Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.4.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, this is a known issue. There are already a few threads about it, for example this one: Today is the Wrong Year. We previously shipped a fix, but it looks like the bug can still happen.

Can you share the Request ID from the chat where the date was wrong? (Chat menu in the top right → Copy Request ID). This will help us understand what’s happening on the server side.

As a temporary workaround, you can explicitly mention the current year in the prompt, like “we’re in 2026”.

I’ll pass this info to the team. Let me know if you have any questions.

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Hi, I did search for a similar topic, I guess I used the wrong wording…

Here is the request id : aa14b329-eef3-49dd-a15a-72555090c2c1
However I noticed that today the date is correct.

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