# My cursor agent completely stopped responding

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/my-cursor-agent-completely-stopped-responding/94482>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [May 21, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/my-cursor-agent-completely-stopped-responding/94482 "2025-05-21T16:48:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![t3eaoregon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@t3eaoregon](https://forum.cursor.com/u/t3eaoregon)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/my-cursor-agent-completely-stopped-responding/94482/1 "2025-05-21T16:48:52Z")

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I submit a request and it just says “generating” but never finishes. It worked great for a few days but just stopped. What should I be looking for to fix it?

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/my-cursor-agent-completely-stopped-responding/94482/2 "2025-05-21T18:42:14Z")

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Hey, which version of Cursor are you using and which model? Also, try starting a new chat, that should help.

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**Author:** ![DKAvocad00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@DKAvocad00](https://forum.cursor.com/u/DKAvocad00)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/my-cursor-agent-completely-stopped-responding/94482/3 "2025-05-21T19:23:58Z")

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i have the same problem. I have to wait 5 min before cursor will start asking me. I user gemini-2.5 pro model, and try new chats, but the problem is the same  
the version that i use is:  
Version: 0.50.5 (user setup)  
VSCode Version: 1.96.2  
Commit: 96e5b01ca25f8fbd4c4c10bc69b15f6228c80770  
Date: 2025-05-18T04:26:31.444Z  
Electron: 34.3.4  
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210  
Node.js: 20.18.3  
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0  
OS: Windows\_NT x64 10.0.26100

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**Author:** ![goldcode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/858c86/32.png) [@goldcode](https://forum.cursor.com/u/goldcode)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/my-cursor-agent-completely-stopped-responding/94482/4 "2025-05-22T01:44:14Z")

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Same problem with all cursor versions since at least 0.46. sometimes it takes ages until response sometimes it never responses

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**Author:** ![fengyenet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/fengyenet/32/56576_2.png) [@fengyenet](https://forum.cursor.com/u/fengyenet)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/my-cursor-agent-completely-stopped-responding/94482/5 "2025-05-22T01:45:34Z")

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Same here, version: 0.50.5. See another post:

> [@Why have Cursor Pro users been experiencing unresponsive behavior when using Claude 3.7 over the past two days?](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-have-cursor-pro-users-been-experiencing-unresponsive-behavior-when-using-claude-3-7-over-the-past-two-days/94062/14):
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> It might be best for now, at least until devs can handle it. I can only do so much from my position

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**Author:** ![LeonMaple](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/leonmaple/32/57145_2.png) [@LeonMaple](https://forum.cursor.com/u/LeonMaple)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/my-cursor-agent-completely-stopped-responding/94482/6 "2025-05-24T03:45:33Z")

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It’s unfortunate that Cursor went so far as to block users from searching for this article title on their forum.

> [@Cursor Pro: Stuck at “Generating…” with no response](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-pro-stuck-at-generating-with-no-response/95256/7):
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> @XhakaTech Based on my experience, here’s what I suspect: What they really care about is likely new user registration numbers — possibly to make their user growth metrics look better for financial reports or investors. Since there’s no refund option anywhere on the official site, it feels like their mindset is: “We’ve already got this person’s money — now let’s focus on getting more new users to sign up and pay. Once they pay, we shift resources to the next batch of newcomers.” This cycle k…

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**Author:** ![Michael-186](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/michael-186/32/57878_2.png) [@Michael-186](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Michael-186)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/my-cursor-agent-completely-stopped-responding/94482/7 "2025-05-24T07:51:27Z")

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Many people have encountered this problem, and previous versions also had this problem. I still encounter this problem now, and I think the reason is that the character capacity of a single conversation task is limited, and once it exceeds this limit, a new conversation task must be started.

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**Author:** ![atman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atman](https://forum.cursor.com/u/atman)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/my-cursor-agent-completely-stopped-responding/94482/8 "2025-05-31T19:25:43Z")

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I have this same issue and starting a new chat is when the problem occurs. If i go back to chats from a week ago they work fine.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/my-cursor-agent-completely-stopped-responding/94482/9 "2025-06-30T19:25:58Z")

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