Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug When a model’s rate limit or quota is exceeded, Cursor displays a “Switch to Auto” option. Upon accepting it, the model is changed to the raw string value “auto” (lowercase). However, when sending a new message afterwards, the…

Hey, this is a known bug. There’s already a similar report here: Bug when switching to auto if other models are not avilable . The Switch to Auto button sends the string auto instead of the correct internal identifier. A workaround is to manually select Auto from the model dropdown, instead of using…

Switch to auto option leads to invalid model option "auto"

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Switch to auto option leads to invalid model option "auto"

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