Describe the Bug
OpenAI API key is not verifying or saving in Cursor settings and I am unable to use Cursor with my own OpenAI API key as a result. I pay for Cursor Pro subscription and should be able to do this I believe.
Steps to Reproduce
In Cursor settings when I try to add the API key to OpenAI’s API key field, it gives me the option to verify, but it spins for a second and then nothing happens. If I leave the settings and come back, it doesn’t save my key here.
No error message or indication that it couldn’t verify, but the quick return to previous state on verify feels off somehow.
Entering the same key into another model/provider such as Anthropic, it correctly fails verification, but if I leave the key here it actually persists when I close and come back to the settings.
Expected Behavior
OpenAI’s API key field in cursor settings should accept and verify and persist and use a valid API key.
Screenshots / Screen Recordings
Operating System
MacOS
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.1.6 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 5b19bac7a947f54e4caa3eb7e4c5fbf832389850
Date: 2025-06-25T02:16:57.571Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0
Does this stop you from using Cursor
Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor