Describe the Bug
I have hit an issue with the new Cursor Slack integration. I am able to add Cursor to Slack and get a message in Slack from Cursor, but when I try to link my Slack account to Cursor, I get the error “Link Failed: You must switch off Privacy Mode (Legacy) to use the Slack integration for Background Agents”.
In-app I see Privacy Mode as set to Disabled (Data Shared with Cursor). I don’t believe I ever had Privacy Mode enabled. I am not part of any enterprise org that might be overriding this.
Steps to Reproduce
- Try to link my Cursor account to Cursor’s Slack integration
- Hit this error
Expected Behavior
Cursor lets me link my account, or it explains how to turn this off.
Operating System
MacOS
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.0.0
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 53b99ce608cba35127ae3a050c1738a959750860
Date: 2025-06-04T19:21:22.523Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0
Does this stop you from using Cursor
No - Cursor works, but with this issue
