Early in the Cursor days (1.x versions?) I recall that there were ‘full’ and ‘compact’ options in Settings to govern agent display. In 2.6.11, agent display of executed commands has been abbreviated to a not-very-useful single line such as [Screenshot from 2026-03-04 18-48-39] Although one can exp…

@deanrie et. al, I’d like to put a finer point on this with respect to the urgency and risks of this change. Hiding sandbox output by default obscures the ability of the user to be an active participant in what the agent is doing. If a user isn’t shown the agent output, they can’t intervene when the…

Hey @rsb I think you’re looking for this setting under Cursor Settings > Agents > Inline Editing & Terminal > Collapse Aut-Run Commands. [Screenshot 2026-03-10 at 14.43.55]

That did the trick, thank you! I had a good look through Settings before posting, but there are just too many of them these days. This opinionated user feels that the collapse setting should be off by default. Something to consider for a future release.

This is odd. The Collapse Auto-Run Commands setting doesn’t seem to be honored correctly anymore. I double checked to make sure that it was unset (therefore, auto-run commands should not be collapsed): [Screenshot from 2026-04-13 15-42-00] but I’ve been seeing output like this all day in the agen…

There has been, unfortunately! [image] Auto-Expand Command Output Option Feature Requests Thanks for reporting this @And ! I can reproduce this on the latest nightly, and have attached your report to the bug ticket where we’re tracking this. folded_hands

Hey @rsb , The collapsed terminal output regression has been addressed in a recent Cursor update. Updating to the latest version should resolve this. Let me know if you’re still running into it!

Hey @mohitjain , not sure if I should file this as a new bug related to this item, or extend this one, but I have observed that the fixed behavior still isn’t optimal. By this, I mean that when the agent begins executing a command, the terminal isn’t expanded until the command produces output. This …

Yes, this is a different behavior from the original regression. The “Collapse Auto-Run Commands” fix addressed the setting being completely ignored. What you’re describing now (terminal not expanding until output arrives, rather than when execution begins) is a separate issue. I’d recommend opening…

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Colin (Colin) April 14, 2026, 3:25pm 7

There has been, unfortunately!

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Agent command window doesn't expand until output occurs Bug Reports terminal	1	44	June 5, 2026
Auto-Expand Command Output Option Feature Requests	12	399	May 14, 2026
Commands being executed are being hidden by default Bug Reports terminal , early-access	6	139	March 11, 2026
New version hides agent tool call details in defiance of setting Bug Reports mcp , chat	10	223	August 1, 2026
Cursor hangs executing a snippet "agent is waiting for a command" Bug Reports terminal	6	395	May 11, 2026

Uncompacting agent command execution

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