This is an ongoing issue, Cursor is stuck in a loading state. I think github sync isn’t working. Cursor is unusable since the latest update.
Same issue here - occasionally it loads but often it just hangs (seems like it’s more than just the terminal). I have to keep restarting until I get a working environment.
Like others I’m also using VSCode and that works fine for the terminal.
I’ve found a workaround so thought I’d share in case it helps others:
- It seems like if the terminal is hanging, closing all tabs, quitting and reopening gets it working again.
Not sure if this is also a helpful clue for where the issue might be coming from?
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Cursor (Mac) but that didn’t change the behaviour. Just closing all editor tabs for some reason.
i have the same issue since a long time, but it got worse with cursor 3
Closing all tabs and restarting cursor will fix this, just like David mentioned above.
It seems that opening the active files (tabs) causes this. I also get a loading bar, looping at the top
I was having the same issue - Terminal unresponsive - Claude Code addon unresponsive - Agents unresponsive - addon tool unresponsive. Deleting my terminal sessions and restarting Cursor fixed it.
Command + Shift + P
then run Developer: Reload Window.
It works for me.
I cleared my cursor frozen state using this method:
Wipe Cursor’s Terminal Cache (Workspace State)
Sometimes the terminal gets stuck trying to restore a broken previous session, freezing the initialization loop.
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Close Cursor completely.
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Navigate to Cursor’s global storage directory:
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Windows:
%APPDATA%\Cursor\User\workspaceStorage\ -
Mac:
~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage/
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Delete the folders inside (these just hold UI states like open tabs and terminal sessions; your code is safe).
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Relaunch Cursor.