Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Cursor IDE
Describe the Bug
Markdown Formatting from Cursor IDE agents output breaks.
Never had this before.
e.g 1:
Here’s what was wrong and what I fixed:
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nabled:false‘intheconfig,∗∗hecreatedtheSTOPfilehimself∗∗basedonhisowntrainedjudgment.Hesawthecostexceeding50 and overrode the config with his own decision. That’s the bug — he shouldn’t self-impose limits when the config explicitly disables them.
Steps to Reproduce
Not entirely sure
-running cursor IDE with Sonnet 4.6 thinking. More details of my setup in my previous bug report.
-chatting with agent in the sidebar in agent view (fairly long conversation)
-agent suddenly starts outputting broken markdown here and there ( or maybe this is on the client side not sure)
Expected Behavior
Text should be formatted properly.
Screenshots / Screen Recordings
Operating System
MacOS
Version Information
Operating System
MacOS
Version Information
Client machine: MacBook M1 on Sequoia (Cursor SSH client)
Version: 2.6.11
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 8c95649f251a168cc4bb34c89531fae7db4bd990
Date: 2026-03-03T18:57:48.001Z (4 days ago)
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.6.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0
Remote machine: Mac Mini M4, macOS Tahoe (26)
Connection: Cursor SSH Remote over Tailscale (local network)
For AI issues: which model did you use?
Sonnet 4.6 Reasoning
Does this stop you from using Cursor
No - Cursor works, but with this issue