Sending a new task interrupts the current agent task

[yakovw]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

In the latest version of Cursor, the multi-task feature (which allows sending multiple tasks to the agent to be executed sequentially) is broken.
When sending a new task while the agent is still working, instead of continuing the current task and then moving to the queued one, the agent stops the current task immediately and switches to the newly added task.

Steps to Reproduce

Start a long-running task with the agent.

While the agent is still working, send another task (which should normally be queued).

Observe that the agent halts the current task prematurely and switches to the new one.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.4.5 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: af58d92614edb1f72bdd756615d131bf8dfa5290
Date: 2025-08-13T02:08:56.371Z
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 10.0.19045

Additional Information

This didn’t happen in the previous versions, and I can’t commit that it happens every time, or with all the models.
If it matters, I’ll do a deeper investigation.
So far, it happened to me with GPT-5 and the AUTO model.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[condor (Condor (Tee))]

hi @yakovw we have a setting for this in place. You can set it to Queue to queue it. Also note that certain keyboard combinations (alt enter?) may also interrupt task and send the next request.

[yakovw]

@condor

You can set it to Queue to queue it.

This is the second time this has happened to me
I report a bug, and it turns out it’s actually in the settings.

Your idea is good, and I like the approach of making everything optional, since not everyone wants the same thing and I really support that.
But I didn’t know…
and I bothered you for nothing

Thank you so much!

[condor (Condor (Tee))]

No, thats why we are here for. Sure docs have most of info, but sometimes a bit explanation goes a long way.

[yakovw]

@condor

thats why we are here for