Lastest update not being installed

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I love having a heads up on the latest update as they happen.

However for the past couple of week i’ve been stuck on this version. I can see on the update tool tip. that the latest version is 3.7. but when i click update app shuts down like its about to restart and install but never does. When i restart manually it still on the old version.

I’ve tried downloading a fresh version and installing but no joy

Any ideas?

Version: 3.6.31 (Universal)
VS Code Extension API: 1.105.1
Commit: 81fcf2931d7687b4ff3f3017858d0c6dee7e2a60
Date: 2026-05-31T17:46:29.630Z
Layout: glass
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Nightly
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.220
OS: Darwin x64 25.3.0

Steps to Reproduce

Click update button

Expected Behavior

Does not install update

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.6.31 (Universal)
VS Code Extension API: 1.105.1
Commit: 81fcf2931d7687b4ff3f3017858d0c6dee7e2a60
Date: 2026-05-31T17:46:29.630Z
Layout: glass
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Nightly
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.220
OS: Darwin x64 25.3.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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This is something we’ve seen before on macOS - the app quits like it’s about to update, but ShipIt (the updater process) never completes the installation. A few things to try, in order:

  1. Kill the updater process and clear its cache, then retry:
killall ShipIt 2>/dev/null
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.todesktop.230313mzl4w4u92.ShipIt

After running these in Terminal, open Cursor and try the update again.

  1. Try “Attempt Update” from the Command Palette - open Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P) and type Cursor: Attempt Update. This uses a slightly different code path that has worked for others with the same issue.

  2. Install any pending macOS updates first. You’re on macOS 26.3, and there’s a known interaction between pending OS updates and the app updater. Install any available macOS updates, restart, then retry.

  3. Restart your computer before retrying. A stale ShipIt process running in the background can block new update attempts.

  4. If none of the above work, download fresh from cursor.com/download (not the nightly download page, which currently serves an older build). Install over the existing app in /Applications/.

Let me know how it goes!

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Doh! - School boy error, the macOS update did it!

Might be good to display the minimum required OS version for each release.

Thanks @mohitjain