Describe the Bug
Quite Simply
The Background Agents
keeps turning itself on
- proceeds to do some devious edits
Steps to Reproduce
Just turn the background agent off and wait…
- This has been the case since the BA was introduced
Operating System
Linux
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.2.1
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 031e7e0ff1e2eda9c1a0f5df67d44053b059c5d0
Date: 2025-07-03T06:13:13.763Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.15.4-200.fc42.x86_64
Additional Information
As described.
Does this stop you from using Cursor
No - Cursor works, but with this issue