Subagent not using my designated one

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I set the explore subagent model to GPT-5.4 Mini, however when it create a subagent, it still using GPT 5.5

Steps to Reproduce

Everytime the agent creates a subagent.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.7.36 (system setup)
VS Code Extension API: 1.105.1
Commit: 776d1f9d76df50a4e0aeca61819a88e7c1b861e0
Date: 2026-06-13T00:31:56.287Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, this is a known issue. Right now, the selection in Explore subagent model isn’t actually applied. Subagents fall back to the Composer or parent model, so you’re seeing a different model than the one you set. It’s not just you, we’re tracking it. More details in this thread: Explore subagent model doesn't work

I can’t share an ETA for the fix yet. We’ll post an update as soon as we have one.

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Hey, @HuaDe_Huang. Following up on this.

Since June, we’ve made a few changes to how the Explore subagent picks up the model you set in Settings, so it should now use your selection, not the parent agent’s model.

Can you do a quick check on your current version?

  1. In Cursor Settings, set Explore subagent model to the model you want, for example, GPT-5.4 Mini.
  2. Run a prompt where the agent explores the codebase.
  3. Check which model is shown on the Explore subagent card.

If it’s now using the model you selected, no need to reply. If it still shows a different model, tell me which one you set and which one ran instead, and I’ll take another look.