VPN is good testing many times, but HTTP/1.1 and agent testing are unstable

Describe the Bug

The agent networking is not good!

Steps to Reproduce

Open Setting → Network; Tests the HTTP/1.1 and Diagnostics are not good or unstable.

Expected Behavior

Good or stable response.

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.1.17
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: fce1e9ab7844f9ea35793da01e634aa7e50bce90
Date: 2026-04-19T19:33:58.189Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.4.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Opus 4.6

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

Too many:
bdf8ed72-e53a-4b79-a7e8-3fa21ae6d1db
after it 2 requests, before it 10 requests.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

Thanks for reporting this, and sorry for the instability here. I understand it can be frustrating.

From what you shared, this may be related to the local network path Cursor is using, such as VPN routing, proxy/firewall behavior, DNS, or TLS/HTTP inspection. That said, we still want to help narrow it down.

A few things worth trying:

  1. Temporarily disable VPN, proxy, and then rerun the Network diagnostics.
  2. Try a different network, such as a mobile hotspot, to see whether the HTTP/1.1 and Agent tests become stable.
  3. Make sure Cursor is updated to the latest version.
  4. If you are on a managed or corporate network, check whether Cursor traffic is being intercepted or rate-limited by firewall/proxy rules.
  5. Restart Cursor after changing network settings, then rerun the diagnostics from Settings → Network.

If the issue keeps happening after those steps, please reach out to us with the diagnostics results and a recent request ID from a failed Agent request. That will let us check whether anything unusual is showing up on our side and help determine whether this is a Cursor service issue or something in the network path.

Thanks for your patience.