Manual update fails – Cursor keeps asking to update and throws error

Describe the Bug

Cursor stopped updating automatically, so now I have to check their official website for new versions, download, and install everything myself. Even after updating manually, Cursor still keeps showing update notifications, and when I restart it, I get the error shown in the attached image. Sometimes the same error pops up just by closing the window. Has anyone else run into this? Any help would be appreciated!

Steps to Reproduce

You click on Help → Restart to Update (sometimes there’s even a pop-up in the bottom right corner saying there’s an update available), but then it shows the error and doesn’t update. The whole thing just loops… it says there’s an update, it downloads, you click ‘restart to update’, it gives the error, doesn’t update, and then repeats itself.

Expected Behavior

It finished updating without any errors.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.2.2 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: faa03b17cce93e8a80b7d62d57f5eda6bb6ab9f0
Date: 2025-07-07T06:19:13.016Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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