Update notifications

vzaliva · December 30, 2025, 1:28am

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor shows me a notification about a new update. However, apt does not see a new version at https://downloads.cursor.com/aptrepo. It looks like the release mechanism triggers update notifications before the apt repository is updated. I’ve observed this behaviour several times.

Steps to Reproduce

start cursor. see update notification. do apt-get update; apt-get upgrade - no new update found.

Expected Behavior

updated cursoe apt package installed

Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.44
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 20adc1003928b0f1b99305dbaf845656ff81f5d0
Date: 2025-12-24T21:41:47.598Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.14.0-1018-oem

Additional Information

$ apt info cursor
Package: cursor
Version: 2.2.44-1766613274
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Maintainer: Cursor [email protected]
Installed-Size: 602 MB
Provides: cursor
Depends: ca-certificates, libasound2 (>= 1.0.17), libatk-bridge2.0-0 (>= 2.5.3), libatk1.0-0 (>= 2.11.90), libatspi2.0-0 (>= 2.9.90), libc6 (>= 2.14), libc6 (>= 2.16), libc6 (>= 2.17), libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libc6 (>= 2.25), libc6 (>= 2.28), libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0), libcups2 (>= 1.6.0), libcurl3-gnutls | libcurl3-nss | libcurl4 | libcurl3, libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libexpat1 (>= 2.1~beta3), libgbm1 (>= 17.1.0~rc2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.10), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.10) | libgtk-4-1, libnspr4 (>= 2:4.9-2~), libnss3 (>= 2:3.30), libnss3 (>= 3.26), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libx11-6, libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxcb1 (>= 1.9.2), libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.4-1), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libxkbfile1 (>= 1:1.1.0), libxrandr2, xdg-utils (>= 1.0.2)
Recommends: libvulkan1
Conflicts: cursor
Replaces: cursor
Homepage: https://cursor.com
License: unknown
Vendor: none
Download-Size: 141 MB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: https://downloads.cursor.com/aptrepo stable/main amd64 Packages
Description: The AI Code Editor.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

deanrie · December 30, 2025, 7:14am

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known behavior related to the release process.

Cursor uses a staged rollout for updates. Notifications can show up before the update reaches all distribution channels, including the apt repo. The delay is usually a few hours.

If you got a notification but apt still can’t see the update:

Wait a few hours and run apt-get update again
Or ignore the notification. The next apt upgrade will install it once it becomes available

The team is working on improving the update notification flow.

vzaliva · December 30, 2025, 9:41pm

I am getting this update notifications for 2 days already and yet not update via apt channel!