Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Cursor IDE
Describe the Bug
Cursor seems to be spawning a telemetry process whenever the IDE is opened. If I just open any Javascript file this process will start spawning/killing powershell processes indefinitely which is eating all my CPU.
Steps to Reproduce
- Open Cursor
- Open javascript file in editor window
- Observe CPU process
Expected Behavior
Just opening a javascript file should not be constantly utilizing my entire CPU.
Screenshots / Screen Recordings
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.5.9 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: de327274300c6f38ec9f4240d11e82c3b0660b20
Date: 2025-08-30T21:02:27.236Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Additional Information
Here is the process Cursor is spawning:
C:\Users\mbritton\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe --max-old-space-size=3072 -e “process.title = process.env[“VSCODE_PROCESS_TITLE”]; require(process.argv[1])” c:\Users\mbritton\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js --useInferredProjectPerProjectRoot --enableTelemetry --cancellationPipeName C:\Users\mbritton\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode-typescript\0b3313db165f5313352b\tscancellation-9ce8935d74dde758829a.tmp* --locale en --noGetErrOnBackgroundUpdate --canUseWatchEvents --validateDefaultNpmLocation --useNodeIpc
Does this stop you from using Cursor
Yes - Cursor is unusable