Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Cursor IDE
Describe the Bug
Cursor Web Search tool does not return answers when asked to cite official docs, this happens with @Web and without it
Steps to Reproduce
sample query used
“be more detailed and give examples, first explain how parquet works and is time-travel a parquet feature or iceberg specific feature then we can go into how data is stored itself then how reads and writes are handled”
Expected Behavior
When it tries to cite actual documentation, it returns empty results
Operating System
MacOS
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.7.38 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: fe5d1728063e86edeeda5bebd2c8e14bf4d0f960
Date: 2025-10-06T18:18:58.523Z (1 day ago)
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0
For AI issues: which model did you use?
4.5-sonnet, but this is reproducible with any model
Additional Information
The WebSearch tool is subpar when compared to other offerings like chatGPT or perplexity. It will be great if cursor can match them so developers don’t have to switch Platforms to get verifiable data
Does this stop you from using Cursor
No - Cursor works, but with this issue
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