Planning next moves

Support Bug Reports
,
1

Last update gave the issue :

After submitting user input, the agent says “Planning next moves,” and does nothing at all.

It helped me:

Settings - General - Privacy mode (legacy) - Switch to “Privacy mode”

Log out - Login again

It’s working again!

Man Nodding with 'YES' Caption

2

Hi there!

We detected that this may be a bug report, so we’ve moved your post to the Bug Reports category.

To help us investigate and fix this faster, could you edit your original post to include the details from the template below?

Bug Report Template - Click to expand

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

  • Editor, Tab & Chat (autocomplete, Composer, in-editor agent)
  • Terminal & commands
  • Models, pricing & API keys (availability, Auto/Max, BYOK/Bedrock)
  • MCP & tools
  • Cloud Agents & Automations (cursor.com/agents, scheduled/event)
  • BugBot & Code Review
  • Cursor CLI
  • Cursor Mobile
  • Remote (SSH / Dev Containers / WSL)
  • Account, billing & login
  • Something else…

Describe the Bug
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

Steps to Reproduce
How can you reproduce this bug? We have a much better chance at fixing issues if we can reproduce them!

  1. …
  2. …
  3. …

Expected Behavior
What is meant to happen here that isn’t working correctly?

Screenshots / Screen Recordings
If applicable, attach images or videos (.jpg, .png, .gif, .mp4, .mov)

Operating System

  • Windows 10/11
  • MacOS
  • Linux

Version Information

  • For Cursor IDE: Menu → About Cursor → Copy
  • For Cursor CLI: Run agent about in your terminal
IDE:
Version: 2.xx.x
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: ......

CLI:
CLI Version 2026.01.17-d239e66

For AI issues: which model did you use?
Model name (e.g., Sonnet 4, Tab…)

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled
Request ID: f9a7046a-279b-47e5-ab48-6e8dc12daba1
For Background Agent issues, also post the ID: bc-…

Additional Information
Add any other context about the problem here.

Does this stop you from using Cursor?

  • Yes - Cursor is unusable
  • Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor
  • No - Cursor works, but with this issue

The more details you provide, the easier it is for us to reproduce and fix the issue. Thanks!

6

Hey @InvestMyBrain, thanks for sharing what worked for you!

This is a known issue on Windows with the 3.21 updates, and a fix is coming in an upcoming release. The agent gets stuck before the request is even sent, so it just sits on “Planning next moves”.

From what we can see, the part that actually clears it is the fresh start from logging out and back in (a full restart of Cursor does the same), not the privacy setting itself. So you don’t need to keep the new Privacy Mode just for this, and anyone else reading can skip that step.

If it comes back before the update lands, either of these should get you moving again:

  1. Close all open editor tabs and send the message again.
  2. Fully quit Cursor (not just Reload Window) and reopen it.