The chat stops working

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The chat stops working on its own. It says what it’s going to do next, but then doesn’t move on.

Steps to Reproduce

Ask a complex question in ASK mode.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.1.6 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 92340560ea81cb6168e2027596519d68af6c90a0
Date: 2025-11-20T03:38:22.386Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.1.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

GPT 5.1 High Fast

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

810acbf9-1033-42a3-a8e3-6b325e74de26

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

hi @Igor_Markin and thank you for your report. Does this occur also in a new (smaller codebase) project or just the current project?

After restarting the app, I didn’t encounter this problem again. But today, IDE has been acting a bit silly all day.