Slack Integration Spamming intro message

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Background Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear)

Describe the Bug

I keep getting spammed with this message

:wave:  Hey, @Cursor!

Cursor Cloud Agents can tackle tasks directly from Slack.
Click the button above to link your Cursor account.

I have unlinked my slack account, still getting the message
I have relinked my account, still getting the message

The only thing that has silenced it has been uninstalling the app which is big sad

Steps to Reproduce

I’m not sure what triggered it. I started a new chat in the slack app, sent a prompt to make a change in one of our repos, and it suddenly it just kept spamming me. I created a new chat hoping the old one would stop but it kept sending and the new chat also started spamming this message. Every chat I made would spam it and the old ones kept spamming too

Expected Behavior

no spamming

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Slack so unsure

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known bug in the Slack integration. The account linking message gets sent without any limits, and under certain conditions it starts spamming every channel.

The team is aware of the issue. Until a fix is released, the only workaround, like you found, is to remove the app from Slack.

A couple questions that will help us diagnose this faster:

  1. When you click “Link Account” in Slack and go through auth, does it complete successfully? Do you see confirmation that the account is linked?
  2. After you link it again, does the first message in the channel also trigger the spam, or does it work normally for a while?

Let me know if anything changes.

When you click “Link Account” in Slack and go through auth, does it complete successfully? Do you see confirmation that the account is linked?

It does successfully complete if I do it in slack. I’m also able to start a new chat and get a settings response which shows it connected. I can then unlink from there and that appears to be successful as well but the message was still being spammed regardless of link status

After you link it again, does the first message in the channel also trigger the spam, or does it work normally for a while?

it did trigger it. This just started today for me but was fine up until I reported (give or take an hour). It would be triggered by any chat prompt. Even a “settings” while unlinked (or linked). This would also trigger a new chat storm while all the other chats were simultaneously storming

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Background Agent (GitHub, Slack, Web, Linear)

Describe the Bug

Cursor slackbot doesn’t do anything any more when tagged. Just pops up setting details and no buttons have impact.

Steps to Reproduce

Tag @cursor in slack with instructions to make a PR
Nothing happens

Expected Behavior

Makes a PR (which it used to)

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

N/A, it’s in the web agent

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable