# Incorrectly throws "User is unauthorized" error

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/incorrectly-throws-user-is-unauthorized-error/140166>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [October 31, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/incorrectly-throws-user-is-unauthorized-error/140166 "2025-10-31T09:56:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![C\_R](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/c_r/32/85230_2.png) [@C\_R](https://forum.cursor.com/u/C_R)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/incorrectly-throws-user-is-unauthorized-error/140166/1 "2025-10-31T09:56:00Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

### Describe the Bug

Note: This persists after logging out and back in.

When utilizing the ide, suddenly I get a lot of errors saying I am unauthorized despite being confirmed logged in with the cursor settings, and shown as a Pro user. This is confirmed both in the IDE and the cursor account view. Unsure what can cause this.

### Steps to Reproduce

Unclear as I cannot fix this

### Expected Behavior

I am shown as an authenticated user that can make requests via the chat pane

### Operating System

Windows 10/11

### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.43 (user setup)  
VSCode Version: 1.99.3  
Commit: 8e4da76ad196925accaa169efcae28c45454cce0  
Date: 2025-10-30T18:49:27.589Z  
Electron: 34.5.8  
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210  
Node.js: 20.19.1  
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0  
OS: Windows\_NT x64 10.0.26100

### For AI issues: which model did you use?

unsure: auto

### Additional Information

Request ID: 5a56d05f-0c77-4274-b98f-2a1de1eac231  
{“error”:“ERROR\_UNAUTHORIZED”,“details”:{“title”:“Unauthorized request.”,“detail”:“User is unauthorized”,“isRetryable”:false,“additionalInfo”:{},“buttons”:,“planChoices”:},“isExpected”:true}  
ConnectError: [unauthenticated] Error  
at Fqc.$endAiConnectTransportReportError (vscode-file://vscode-app/e:/Cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:4984:399337)  
at uwo.\_doInvokeHandler (vscode-file://vscode-app/e:/Cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:490:36007)  
at uwo.\_invokeHandler (vscode-file://vscode-app/e:/Cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:490:35749)  
at uwo.\_receiveRequest (vscode-file://vscode-app/e:/Cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:490:34514)  
at uwo.\_receiveOneMessage (vscode-file://vscode-app/e:/Cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:490:33336)  
at qDt.value (vscode-file://vscode-app/e:/Cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:490:31429)  
at \_e.\_deliver (vscode-file://vscode-app/e:/Cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:49:2962)  
at \_e.fire (vscode-file://vscode-app/e:/Cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:49:3283)  
at hgt.fire (vscode-file://vscode-app/e:/Cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:4969:12156)  
at MessagePort. (vscode-file://vscode-app/e:/Cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:7492:18403)

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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**Author:** ![C\_R](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/c_r/32/85230_2.png) [@C\_R](https://forum.cursor.com/u/C_R)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/incorrectly-throws-user-is-unauthorized-error/140166/2 "2025-10-31T12:17:23Z")

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Closing this as a restart fixed this. My suspicion is there was something weird when I was testing date-based logic and changed my system date to the future, and somehow Cursor would not update back to the current date. Going to assume this is more something weird with my system not cursor for now.

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**Author:** ![sanjeed5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/sanjeed5/32/9610_2.png) [@sanjeed5](https://forum.cursor.com/u/sanjeed5)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/incorrectly-throws-user-is-unauthorized-error/140166/3 "2025-10-31T12:20:48Z")

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Thanks for sharing this! System date changes can sometimes interfere with auth. Glad a restart resolved it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/incorrectly-throws-user-is-unauthorized-error/140166/4 "2025-11-22T12:21:42Z")

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Closed on November 22, 2025, 12:21pm UTC

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