No longer can edit the agent terminal commands

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Not sure, but I think this stopped working in Cursor 2.0

Formely when cursor ran a command, and it failed I was able to click on that terminal and enter a fix for the command. Then it continue running from there. Now there is no way to edit what it runs. And if I “open in external terminal” it shows “Agent terminals are read-only”.

Steps to Reproduce

Tell it to run a terminal command, or in my case run a python test.

Expected Behavior

It fails, but I can correct it in terminal - not with human language.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.34
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 45fd70f3fe72037444ba35c9e51ce86a1977ac10
Date: 2025-10-29T06:51:29.202Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

2

Hey, thanks for the report. Could you update to the latest version and let me know if the issue still persists?

3

I updated to 2.0.43 and this is still a problem.

4

Thanks for the info. To help us investigate further, please share a few more details.

Please tell us:

  • Which mode are you using when this happens? (Agent, Ask, or a custom mode)
  • Does this also occur in new chats?
  • Which version last allowed terminal editing for you?
  • Does this also happen in your other projects?

Try enabling the Legacy Terminal Tool in Cursor settings.

Quick test:

  • Create a new chat with a simple prompt like: ls -l
  • Wait for the command to be generated
  • Try to edit it in the terminal
  • Tell us what happens

Could you record a short video showing the issue? This will help us understand it and fix it faster.

Thanks for your patience.

5

I opened a new chat and typed: ls -l

Here was the output:

Running ls -l to list files with details.

total 32
-rw-r--r--@  1 jono  staff  1132 Sep 19 14:49 Justfile
-rw-r--r--@  1 jono  staff    69 Aug 18 14:08 Procfile
-rw-r--r--@  1 jono  staff  2622 Aug 18 14:08 README.md
drwxr-xr-x@ 61 jono  staff  1952 Nov  6 15:53 api

Once it finished showing the listing, I clicked on ‘ls -l’ which the agent ran. It puts the cursor bar “|” there which implies I can copy or paste there. Then I try to type, and nothing happens. My characters dont show up. I have tried this on another person’s setup, also using Cursor 2. Same experience.

I’m now at Version: 2.0.64

6

Hey, thanks for the detailed reproduction steps!

Just to confirm - did you try enabling the Legacy Terminal Tool? It’s the key workaround.

Let me know if it helps!

7

Yes, I have tried with that setting toggled and untoggled. I’m on a mac.

9

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