Terminal Not Working Sometimes

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Sometimes terminal’s full content, history will be gone, can’t use the terminal, gotta open a new one. When will this be fixed? i have been getting this error since old versions too

Steps to Reproduce

Use terminal for longer time and this will happen

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.41
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 21dd0863d0bc865a6a04df66d09df209f27d23b0
Date: 2025-10-09T18:44:31.796Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.14.0-32-generic

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

2

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue affecting some Linux users: the terminal session can sometimes lose history and become unresponsive. It’s usually related to how the terminal process handles long-running sessions or memory management.

A few tips to reduce how often it happens:

  • Use the integrated terminal in shorter sessions instead of keeping one open for hours.
  • Switch to an external terminal for heavy tasks and use Cursor’s terminal for quick commands.

The team is aware of the issue and is working on improving terminal stability.

For now, the quickest workaround is to open a new terminal when it happens.