Invisible chat text

Support Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Chat output / answer is invisible sometimes since the latest update.

Steps to Reproduce

Prompt anything

Expected Behavior

Output actual text

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.22.12 (system setup)
VS Code Extension API: 1.128.0
Commit: 3a92974361033b2051526321308c2740fe5912c0
Date: 2026-09-26T04:55:12.125Z
Layout: IDE
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 42.10.0
Chromium: 148.0.7778.280
Node.js: 24.18.1
V8: 14.8.178.38-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.291
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Happens with any model

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

5

Hey @Marijn17s, thanks for the report and the screenshot.

The answers are being generated on our side, they just aren’t being drawn in the chat, so nothing is lost. Could you help us narrow it down next time it happens?

  1. When a reply shows up blank, click the copy icon under the blank area (next to the fork icon) and paste it into Notepad. Does the full answer paste?
  2. Click a different chat tab, then click back to the original chat. Does the text appear now?
  3. If it’s still blank, open Help > Toggle Developer Tools, switch to the Console tab, and send a screenshot of any red errors.

Also, are you using a custom color theme? If so, does it still happen with the default Dark Modern theme?