Stays in "Ask" mode after switching back to "Agent"

Describe the Bug

Cursor stays in “Ask” mode after switching back to “Agent”.

Steps to Reproduce

Use Cursor in “Agent” mode
Switch to “Ask” mode, ask someting, get answer
Switch back to “Agent” mode - model thinks it’s in Agent mode and says it made some changes, where in reality it just outputs the code in chat window and makes no changes.

Expected Behavior

It should switch back to Agent mode.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.4.2 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 07aa3b4519da4feab4761c58da3eeedd253a1670
Date: 2025-08-06T19:23:39.081Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey, thanks for the report. Could you share the request ID? First, you’ll need to disable privacy mode.

1df9942a-21b6-4fe4-98cd-04d5737cd28b

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