# Subagents not working

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/subagents-not-working/152205>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** early-access, subagents\
**Created:** [February 18, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/subagents-not-working/152205 "2026-02-18T16:48:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![liquefy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@liquefy](https://forum.cursor.com/u/liquefy)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/subagents-not-working/152205/1 "2026-02-18T16:48:52Z")

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It worked before 2.5.x

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/3/9/39903ed6ffebb7667777886ceb09c1a09cf3b181.png)

In the chat in image subagent was launched, worked, finished its job but then the parent said it is not available and did all the work again manually

Version: 2.5.17 (user setup)  
VSCode Version: 1.105.1  
Commit: 7b98dcb824ea96c9c62362a5e80dbf0d1aae4770  
Date: 2026-02-17T05:58:33.110Z  
Build Type: Stable  
Release Track: Early Access  
Electron: 39.3.0  
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265  
Node.js: 22.21.1  
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0  
OS: Windows\_NT x64 10.0.19045

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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:** [February 18, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/subagents-not-working/152205/2 "2026-02-18T16:49:01Z")

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Hi there!

We detected that this may be a bug report, so we’ve moved your post to the **Bug Reports** category.

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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:** [May 19, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/subagents-not-working/152205/4 "2026-05-19T16:49:56Z")

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Closed on May 19, 2026, 4:49pm UTC

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