# Some LLMs are not using apply\_patch anymore

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/some-llms-are-not-using-apply-patch-anymore/173999>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** terminal, review, anthropic\
**Created:** [October 7, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/some-llms-are-not-using-apply-patch-anymore/173999 "2026-10-07T16:41:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Romain\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Romain\_G](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Romain_G)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/some-llms-are-not-using-apply-patch-anymore/173999/1 "2026-10-07T16:41:55Z")

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I was using Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 today. They started using the apply patch command for a while, then avoided it by using Python code in the terminal.  
This is an issue for reviewing code produced in the terminal because the IDE’s code changes feature doesn’t track it. Plus, I have no reconciliation flow to add those code changes back into the review.

Am I the only one having that behavior?

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/some-llms-are-not-using-apply-patch-anymore/173999/2 "2026-10-07T16:42:12Z")

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Hi there!

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**Author:** ![Romain\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Romain\_G](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Romain_G)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/some-llms-are-not-using-apply-patch-anymore/173999/6 "2026-10-07T16:55:51Z")

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created a new bug report instead: [LLM not using apply patch when generating code](https://forum.cursor.com/t/llm-not-using-apply-patch-when-generating-code/174000)

So we can close this if you want

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/some-llms-are-not-using-apply-patch-anymore/173999/8 "2026-11-06T19:37:57Z")

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Closed on November 6, 2026, 7:37pm UTC

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