Hey, thanks for the report. Can you try scrolling down in the model selection dropdown? The custom model might be there, just further down the list and not visible unless you scroll.
Bug Report: Cannot Select Newly Added Custom Models in Cursor IDE
Steps to Reproduce
'm encountering an issue in Cursor IDE when trying to use custom OpenAI models:
Navigated to Settings → Models → API Keys and configured my OpenAI API key.
Attempted to add a new custom model via the Add Model option.
After successfully creating the new model entry, I am unable to select or activate it from the model dropdown menu in the editor.
The new model appears in the list but is unclickable, preventing me from using it for code completions and chat. This issue persists after restarting the application.
• I found a partial workaround for this Cursor model bug.
In my case, I was able to make the model appear again like this:
Disable all other models and leave only the one you want to use enabled.
Open the chat, turn on Auto mode, and send any message.
After that, turn Auto mode off.
When I did this, the model showed up again in the chat model list.
This is not a permanent fix, but it does work as a partial workaround.
I spent quite a while figuring this out, so I’m sharing it here in case it helps someone else.
When adding / removing a GoogleAPI key manually added google models seemed to break in the Agent side panel.
Steps to Reproduce
Activate a Google API key and remove it under Cursor Settings > Models. When ‘gemini-2.5-pro’ is manually added, the user is not able to select this model from the context menu in the Agent side panel.
Expected Behavior
The manually added model should show up in the Agent side panel.
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