Very long execution agent commands

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Very long executions for agent commands!

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open project (macOS/Windows (problem reproduces on both platforms))
  2. Use agent mode with any model
  3. Write message: «print file structure via ls -la»
  4. See execution lag, it tooks over whole minute

Expected Behavior

Instantly execution, it’s executes without cursor agent for 2ms, but with cursor it executes over whole minute

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.4.28
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: f3f5cec40024283013878b50c4f9be4002e0b580
Date: 2026-02-03T00:56:18.293Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Early Access
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.2.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Claude Haiku 4.5

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue with the new terminal tool, the overhead between commands has increased a lot.

Try enabling the Legacy Terminal Tool:

  • CMD/CTRL + Shift + P to open Cursor Settings
  • Agents > Terminal > Legacy Terminal Tool, turn it on

Other users report this reduces runtime from 17s to around 0.75s.

Also, please send the Request ID from a session where commands are slow (chat menu in the top right > Copy Request ID). I’ll pass it to the engineers for debugging.

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Switching to legacy terminal tool solves the problem. So looks like a bug in new terminal tool, hope you’ll fix it soon. I can’t send the request id, cursor shows the error “No request id found“ (or smth like this)

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