The last 2 updates of cursor on macos left the installer hanging in the middle of the update process. However, cursor restarts and seems to work anyway (with the correct version: 3.17.8 here). See CleanShot 2026-08-22 at 11.40.30 · CleanShot Cloud for hanged installer.
Steps to Reproduce
Install update of cursor from cursor “update” blue button
Maybe an update got pulled? Same thing happened to me, I’m on 3.17.8 as well (updated to this version 2 days ago), but “Check for Updates” says there are none.
Hey @Vincent_Keunen , your install looks healthy. That’s a newer macOS update-progress window that sometimes lingers after Cursor has already relaunched on the new version (you’re on 3.17.8), so it’s safe to just close it if it hangs. Nothing on your end - it’s an issue we’re tracking, and I’ll follow up here when there’s an update.
@RayGraham - same thing, and your update did land. “Check for Updates” showing none just means you’re already on the latest, so nothing was pulled.
Those stuck “Updating Cursor” panels are just a leftover helper process, not Cursor itself, so there’s no need to reboot: open Activity Monitor, search “update supervisor,” and Force Quit each stacked entry (or in Terminal, pkill -9 -f update-supervisor). It’s safe since the update has already finished. It’s an issue we’re tracking, and that same step clears them if they show up again.
