The terminal is completely unresponsive and broken

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The terminal is completely unresponsive and broken. You can’t even type into it.

Steps to Reproduce

At the top, click Terminal, then click New Terminal. Try typing in it and nothing appears.

Expected Behavior

To be able to type into it and interact with it.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.20
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: b3573281c4775bfc6bba466bf6563d3d498d1070
Date: 2025-12-12T06:29:26.017Z
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

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Hey, thanks for the report. Looks like a known terminal issue in 2.2.x. Please check these quick steps:

  1. Settings > Agents > Inline Editing & Terminal > enable Legacy Terminal Tool
  2. Ctrl+Shift+P > Terminal: Kill All Terminals
  3. Fully restart Cursor

If that doesn’t help, try a clean profile:

  • Close Cursor
  • Run from terminal:
    cursor --disable-extensions --user-data-dir /tmp/cursor-clean
  • In empty window: Terminal > New Terminal, check input

Also please share:

  • Does it happen in an empty window without a folder
  • Which shell is selected by default (zsh/bash)
  • Logs from Help > Toggle Developer Tools > Console right after attempting input
  • Short video or screenshot

Let me know if the steps above helped.

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