Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug Where does the bug appear? Cursor IDE → Agent → MCP tool calls using elicitation Description MCP elicitation appears broken in Cursor 3.10.20 on Windows. When an MCP tool call causes the server to send an elicitation/create …

Hi @Arturo_Rodriguez ! This is mostly a known bug related to having multiple windows opened, and not related to Mac vs. Windows. [image] MCP elicitation does not render in the Cursor Agents window on macOS Bug Reports Where does the bug appear (feature/product…

Hey Colin! Thanks for your response. I think it’s not related to that particular bug you mentioned. In this case, I had just one Cursor IDE instance opened. I tested the use case against different MCPs that sent Elicitations and Cursor always hangs. However, my teammates who use macOS didn’t have th…

Hi @Arturo_Rodriguez ! Sorry for the late reply. Can you confirm if the issue persists on v3.17? This should have been fixed ~3.14/3.15. Since the last version you mentioned was 3.10, wanted to check!

Hi @Colin ! I just retested on Cursor 3.17.8 (macOS), and MCP elicitation still doesn’t work. When an MCP tool requests user input via elicitation, the Approve/Reject (or input) UI never appears in the Agents window. The tool call completes without a response and falls back as if approval was canc…

Hey @Pramod_Nagaraj , A couple of things worth checking: When this happens, do you have more than one Cursor window open, or have you switched workspaces during that Agents window session? There’s a known issue where the input request isn’t routed to the correct window in that scenario, and the t…

MCP elicitation/create hangs Agent on Windows in Cursor 3.10.20, but works on macOS

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Colin (Colin) July 10, 2026, 1:27pm 5

Hi @Arturo_Rodriguez!

This is mostly a known bug related to having multiple windows opened, and not related to Mac vs. Windows.

Can you have a look? Happy to tie this thread to that existing internal bug report if it’s the same issue.

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MCP elicitation/create hangs Agent on Windows in Cursor 3.10.20, but works on macOS

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