Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor CLI Describe the Bug Summary The run_terminal_cmd tool stops returning any stdout/stderr output mid-session. Commands appear to execute successfully (shell exits cleanly, files may be created), but zero output is captured and returned to the agent…

feels like CLI is completely broken now

@deanrie :face_with_peeking_eye: Any chance you could ack whether there are any known Mac workarounds or if the team is making progress on a fix? I never got any traction via support email.

Hey, I can see there are a few different issues mixed into one thread. @art_m : You already found a fix. Starting a new chat helped. This is a known bug where the terminal breaks after a long session. If it happens again, try: Start a new chat (your workaround) Or delete the project folder from ~/…

Thanks for the response, @deanrie . Some updates. Clearing ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage/ does not fix the issue for me. A new chat does not fix the issue for me Here are the console logs, cleared before and after issuing a prompt of “Please get the current date…

Hi @jpcody , it’s a bit suspicious that the logs indicate it is trying to spawn bin/zsh, not /bin/zsh. Can you double check your terminal configurations (and the $SHELL environ) to make sure this is set correctly?

Try CTRL+SHIFT+P → Search for Reload with Extensions Disabled .. I wonder if this can help.. I used this method to tackle another issue with the terminal when my commands were just hanging and you could wait forever..

I totally agree that this seems odd that it’s zsh and there’s no leading slash. I feel like I’ve tried every setting in the world to get this warning suppressed and checked every part of my terminal configuration. Below is a screenshot of the console, the agent using the wrong shell and not being ab…

Great call. Unfortunately, no dice.

Hm.. I see semi-automatic upgrade (actually downgrade) kicked in. Now I am on 2.4.21..

Could you expand the spawnargs in one of those errors?

Terminal Command Output Capture Completely Broken

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jpcody (Joshua Cody) January 24, 2026, 7:46pm 20

I decided to totally uninstall Cursor, delete all my configurations, and run the command from scratch. Here’s what I get, just in case it’s helpful:

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Terminal Command Output Capture Completely Broken

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