Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Cursor IDE
Describe the Bug
Since I updated to the 2.0.34 version some things bothered me:
- Notepads are gone. This is sad, It was VERY useful to me. I lost a lot of notes which I could recover them, thanks to this forum.
- I can’t do a regular update. Everytime I try to update from the Cursor IDE, no success. Errors all over, mainly related to permissions. No other app in my PC shows this behaviour. Back in the day I used the Visual Studio Code and I was able to auto update it directly from the IDE with no problem. A month ago I sent an email reporting this issue and since then I received no replies, even asking for them more than once. It would be nice if I could just use the regular update inside the IDE because now it is telling me a new update is available but I can’t find it to manually update from the Downloads page.
- The main reason I’m opening this bug report: the Terminal is VERY slow! I remember this happening a long time ago, but If I recall it right, it was fixed by the team. Basically when I open the terminal inside Cursor it is taking forever to open. Sometimes even when it is opened and I try to type any command, well… Forever later I can see what I was trying to type. There is something wrong about this. Any thoughts on how to fix this?
Steps to Reproduce
- Auto update bug: when the IDE is loaded and you see the “install update” button, click it. The app will close and the update will start to run. Then you will see the error.
I can provide the cursor-inno-updater content! There is some info in Portuguese:
Sep 17 23:04:41.708 INFO Starting: C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe, true, Atualizando o Cursor…
Sep 17 23:04:41.708 INFO Checking for running Cursor.exe processes… (attempt 1)
Sep 17 23:04:41.718 INFO Cursor.exe is running, wait a bit
Sep 17 23:04:42.219 INFO Checking for running Cursor.exe processes… (attempt 2)
Sep 17 23:04:42.230 INFO Cursor.exe is running, wait a bit
Sep 17 23:04:42.730 INFO Checking for running Cursor.exe processes… (attempt 3)
Sep 17 23:04:42.747 INFO Cursor.exe is running, wait a bit
Sep 17 23:04:43.247 INFO Checking for running Cursor.exe processes… (attempt 4)
Sep 17 23:04:43.255 INFO Cursor.exe is not running
Sep 17 23:04:43.255 INFO Checking for possible conflicting running processes… (attempt 1)
Sep 17 23:04:43.268 INFO Inno Updater v0.12.1
Sep 17 23:04:43.268 INFO Starting update, silent = true
Sep 17 23:04:43.288 INFO do_update: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe”, _
Sep 17 23:04:43.288 INFO move_update: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\unins000.dat”, _
Sep 17 23:04:43.288 INFO Reading directory: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor”
Sep 17 23:04:43.288 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\chrome_100_percent.pak” (attempt 1)
Sep 17 23:04:43.289 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\chrome_200_percent.pak” (attempt 1)
Sep 17 23:04:43.289 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 1)
Sep 17 23:04:43.340 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 2)
Sep 17 23:04:43.541 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 3)
Sep 17 23:04:43.991 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 4)
Sep 17 23:04:44.792 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 5)
Sep 17 23:04:46.043 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 6)
Sep 17 23:04:47.843 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 7)
Sep 17 23:04:50.294 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 8)
Sep 17 23:04:53.494 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 9)
Sep 17 23:04:57.545 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 10)
Sep 17 23:05:02.545 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 11)
Sep 17 23:05:08.596 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 12)
Sep 17 23:05:15.796 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 13)
Sep 17 23:05:24.247 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 14)
Sep 17 23:05:34.047 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 15)
Sep 17 23:05:45.298 INFO Get file handle: “C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\Cursor.exe” (attempt 16)
Sep 17 23:05:51.911 ERRO Failed to create file handle: O arquivo já está sendo usado por outro processo.
- Related to the extremely slow terminal: I just try to open it and it takes forever to open.
Expected Behavior
- I wish I could just click “Update” button and see it happening without me having to manually download the new version (when it is available at Downloads page)
- The terminal wasn’t THAT slow to function before the last update. I want to use it as it was before the last update.
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 2.0.34 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 45fd70f3fe72037444ba35c9e51ce86a1977ac10
Date: 2025-10-29T06:51:29.202Z
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 10.0.26200
Does this stop you from using Cursor
Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor
