Visual indication that you are using Max Mode, spent a ton of money without noticing in Max Mode

[ignacio_ferreira]

Feature request for product/service

Cursor IDE

Describe the request

I want you to have a more clear indicator visually that I am using Max Mode, which is not noticeable at all if by mistake it ends up being turned on.

Spent 300 credits on top of my Ultra plan because of this and not noticing.

Added an image on how I think it should look like.

Screenshot / Screen Recording

Operating System (if it applies)

Linux

[gflores1023]

+1 to this

[rohovdmytro]

It used to be visible.

Very strange downgrade. I wonder why they removed the max labeling.

[lodrixoll (Liam O'Driscoll)]

Same issue happened for me just wasted a bunch of on demand usage

[lodrixoll (Liam O'Driscoll)]

It was turned on for 4 days without my noticing

[PerkyZZ (Charles Wilkin)]

THIS +1 … This is really bad UX.

[Colton_McClintock (Colton)]

and make it green, and please make it worth it

[Panda001 (ZM)]

Concur but would also requests a more prominently plastered logo of the model being used I accidently kicked of gpt5 on GUI development task which composer or sonnet are perfect for but GPT5 is completely useless for.

[scupit]

+1, hopefully they bring back the visual distinction in the next update. Same with the “thinking mode” icon; the absence of these indicators is definitely throwing me off a bit.

Selected model no longer shows whether it is thinking or non-thinking (Brain icon missing!)

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug The new Cursor 2.0 model selection no longer shows whether it is a thinking model or not. Previously you knew whether you were on a thinking or non-thinking model just at a glance. In 2.0, the brain icon is not shown next to the model, so I am constantly having to click and see if I’m using a thinking or non-thinking model (depending on the chat, I use one or the other as I feel most appropriate, so its never the same mode…

[Mrk-Han (Mark)]

Different context windows shown for Models in settings and agent mode (Max Mode related visual confusion)

In the model selector it adjusts to max mode, but I think there should be MORE text or a visual indicator that the value changed because you’re in max mode. Right now, if you are already in max mode it isnt clear that the context is higher because you’re in max mode. Just show two values as an early iteration perhaps… like “Context : 272k\nMax Mode: 1m” And the maybe copy that functionality or read from same data source for the settings

When using Composer 1 Model it seems as there are NO differences when max mode is enabled (because context window stays unchanged). But I believe there should be more indication of what max mode does with composer 1 enabled. Does it do anything? Does it provide any benefit? Does it cost us more for the same thing as composer 1 with max mode or if it doesn’t do anything then the cost is the same? Basically, am I going to be benefited or punished by having Max Mode toggled while using Composer 1 (Or other models w/ or w/o max mode)

^ Visual indication of max mode when viewing models needs enhancement

[mmachedon]

I have been bitten by this and visual indication would have greatly helped (thread at Cursor using MAX even when disabled )
It is possible to achieve the visual indication (albeit maybe not very accessible) by simply coloring the model name with the colors of the MAX toggle.

[Igor_Butuc]

+1 - seems like a low-hanging fruit. At least provide this type of Max Mode UI as a preference.

[Sai_Teja_KVP]

Yeah, hope they fix this soon…

[Rao_Athar]

As Deanrie mentioned, the team is working on a permanent fix. In the meantime, you might want to keep an eye on your usage dashboard frequently to avoid unexpected costs

[Aditya_Annavajjala]

Much needed feature! Thank you for bringing this up

[leoing]

+1 - didn’t even know it got turned on - I chose an innocent looking Opus, I guess? By some luck I saw it in the stats.