# Playwright MCP still not working on Cursor **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** mcp\ **Created:** [January 12, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/playwright-mcp-still-not-working-on-cursor/148654 "2026-01-12T13:29:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Olga\_Micollier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/59ef9b/32.png) [@Olga\_Micollier](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Olga_Micollier)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/playwright-mcp-still-not-working-on-cursor/148654/1 "2026-01-12T13:29:43Z")
### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE ### Describe the Bug I’m experiencing a blocking issue with the Playwright MCP server integration. Although the MCP Playwright tools are correctly detected, tracked, and shown as available, the Cursor agent is unable to use them. Tool calls never execute. This worked correctly in Cursor 1.7, but: - Cursor 1.7 is no longer available - Cursor 2.3 does not work at all with MCP Playwright tools I’ve seen multiple tickets for what appears to be the same issue marked as closed, but the problem is still reproducible and unresolved. ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Install Playwright module on the project. 2. Configure the mcp server on Cursor: { “mcpServers”: { “playwright-test”: { “type”: “stdio”, “command”: “npx”, “args”: [ “playwright”, “run-test-mcp-server” ], “cwd”: “./e2e-tests-playwright-agents”, “env”: {} } } } ### Expected Behavior Be able to run the mcp tools with the agent ### Screenshots / Screen Recordings ![Screenshot at Jan 12 14-31-22](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/2/d/2def32a38a54b1d88b12164fcff2d73c8a8320f4.jpeg) ### Operating System MacOS ### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy) Version: 2.3.34 VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 643ba67cd252e2888e296dd0cf34a0c5d7625b90 Date: 2026-01-10T21:17:10.428Z Electron: 37.7.0 Chromium: 138.0.7204.251 Node.js: 22.20.0 V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 25.0.0 ### Does this stop you from using Cursor Yes - Cursor is unusable ---
**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:** [January 12, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/playwright-mcp-still-not-working-on-cursor/148654/3 "2026-01-12T14:25:23Z")
Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known regression in Cursor 2.x, and the team is aware and working on a fix. The issue has been confirmed by several users [Playwright MCP not working on Cursor](https://forum.cursor.com/t/playwright-mcp-not-working-on-cursor/145072). The MCP tools show up in settings, but the agent doesn’t use them. It worked in Cursor 1.7 and up to version 2.0.77, and it broke starting with 2.0.78+. I’ll pass this to the team to help speed up the fix. ---
**Author:** ![Rob\_Y\_SEA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Rob\_Y\_SEA](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Rob_Y_SEA)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/playwright-mcp-still-not-working-on-cursor/148654/4 "2026-01-18T08:38:35Z")
Please take a look. I don’t have access to my MCP tools and it’s slowing me down. ---
**Author:** ![raph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@raph](https://forum.cursor.com/u/raph)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/playwright-mcp-still-not-working-on-cursor/148654/5 "2026-01-18T17:35:55Z")
Same issue here, using with Atlassian’s Rovo MCP and Cursor 2.3.41 - The MCP is turned on, 28 tools detected yet list\_mcp\_resources returns nothing. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousKal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/curiouskal/32/77594_2.png) [@CuriousKal](https://forum.cursor.com/u/CuriousKal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/playwright-mcp-still-not-working-on-cursor/148654/6 "2026-02-05T20:28:48Z")
same issue here. any updates on this?? Is this a product management issue? is there some other feature that Cursor is replacing this with?? it was really great to have the PlayWright MCP working before. ---
**Author:** ![vak1n](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/vak1n/32/97552_2.png) [@vak1n](https://forum.cursor.com/u/vak1n)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/playwright-mcp-still-not-working-on-cursor/148654/7 "2026-02-08T15:59:56Z")
Try adding it inside the project `.cursor/mcp.json` [Model Context Protocol (MCP) | Cursor Docs](https://cursor.com/docs/context/mcp#configuration-locations) . I don’t know why, but it helped me. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Jainschigg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@John\_Jainschigg](https://forum.cursor.com/u/John_Jainschigg)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/playwright-mcp-still-not-working-on-cursor/148654/8 "2026-02-16T18:56:08Z")
Some more specifics (for my case of this, anyway). MCP servers run by default in the sandbox, so each invocation should pop a Tool permission request. Playwright doesn’t, so it hangs. It _does_ work if you enable Auto-run for everything, but that takes it out of the sandbox. ---
**Author:** ![qbik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/qbik/32/99573_2.png) [@qbik](https://forum.cursor.com/u/qbik)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/playwright-mcp-still-not-working-on-cursor/148654/10 "2026-02-26T05:57:33Z")
I hit the same problem. Managed to fix it by removing ‘cursor-ide-browser’ MCP from my project: 1. Go to `~/.cursor/projects/{your-project-shim}/mcps`. 2. Remove `cursor-ide-browser` directory It seems that no matter what settings you have in ‘Browser automation’ section, this MCP is somehow still loaded and it blocks playwright usage. After removal, Paywright started working again. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/playwright-mcp-still-not-working-on-cursor/148654/12 "2026-03-20T05:58:07Z")
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