"The terminal has no selection to copy" when copying in terminal

Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

i’m getting the following error when attempting to copy text from the terminal “The terminal has no selection to copy” which is new as of about a month or two ago

Steps to Reproduce

try to copy text in a terminal, get the error, nothing is copied

Expected Behavior

i can copy things…

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.39
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: a9c77ceae65b77ff772d6adfe05f24d8ebcb2790
Date: 2025-10-08T00:33:20.352Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. I can’t repro this. Could you please answer a few questions:

  • Does it happen in an agent-created terminal or a regular one?
  • Is the terminal opened as an editor?
  • Are you copying with a shortcut or via the context menu?
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@danawoodman I’ve had the same this morning. Try to kill the broken terminal and open a new one. It helped me :slight_smile:

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regular terminal opened in the sidebar, copying with command+c

this has been happening on and off for a while

perhaps there are conflicting terminal settings causing the issue?

5

i will try that but it’s been happening regularly for a while now even after restarts

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restarting does resolve it. ill try to see what happens before the copying stops working

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7

i have the same issue, can’t copy text with either cmd + C or right click> copy

i’ve noticed that it usually happens when returning from sleep mode or reconnecting

restarting cursor or opening a new terminal helps but it happens randomly after that too (but at a much less frequent rate)

another thing i noticed is that i can’t split terminal with cmd + /, when i push that key combo it focuses on the editor windows and splits those instead

edit: interesting behavior that i just noticed: split terminal (right click > split terminal), opens right-side terminal correctly, then kill left side terminal (right click in left side terminal > kill terminal). right side terminal gets killed, left side stays open.

macos: 14.8.1, cursor: 1.7.28, Apple M3 Pro

Version: 1.7.28
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: adb0f9e3e4f184bba7f3fa6dbfd72ad0ebb8cfd0
Date: 2025-10-01T02:45:21.769Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.6.0
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I’m also experiencing this issue regularly in the last few weeks. It’s terminal specific and fixes itself if I open a new terminal, but obviously this is not ideal and almost unacceptable. This kind of instability of cursor has been frequent recently and making me consider switching back to VSCode.

My versions are:


Version: 1.7.38 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: fe5d1728063e86edeeda5bebd2c8e14bf4d0f960
Date: 2025-10-06T18:18:58.523Z (1 wk ago)
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.0.0
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10

+1 me too on the fresh out of the oven Cursor 2.0.

Human opened terminal on the bottom pane, not as an editor. Copying with cmd+c.

Version: 2.0.38 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 3fa438a81d579067162dd8767025b788454e6f90
Date: 2025-10-29T20:45:40.883Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.0.0

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+1 since the last update

12

+1. this ■■■■■ so badly.

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Had the same issue for the first (post update 2.0.69)

It’s annoying to have to keep reopening new terminals. Completely breaks basic terminal usage