Running in Sandbox vs Allowlist

Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Right now, it’s not obvious how to run out of sandbox, but run only allowlist commands. And I’m okay to have sandbox in background agent mode but not regular agent mode. Sandbox mode just struggles and fails simple commands for me.

Steps to Reproduce

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.43
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 8e4da76ad196925accaa169efcae28c45454cce0
Date: 2025-10-30T18:49:27.589Z (1 day ago)
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.0.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. The allowlist feature is still available via the Legacy Terminal Tool setting. Here’s how to enable it:

  • Open Cursor settings (Cmd+Shift+J)
  • Go to the Agents tab
  • Find “Legacy Terminal Tool” in the Inline Editing & Terminal section
  • Turn it on

After enabling the Legacy Terminal Tool, the allowlist options for auto-run will return, and you’ll be able to whitelist.

Let me know if this resolves the issue.

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