# While planning, agent questions timing out resulted in agent writing code without permission

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/while-planning-agent-questions-timing-out-resulted-in-agent-writing-code-without-permission/151337>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** auto-run, plan-mode\
**Created:** [February 9, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/while-planning-agent-questions-timing-out-resulted-in-agent-writing-code-without-permission/151337 "2026-02-09T17:21:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![r.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@r.c](https://forum.cursor.com/u/r.c)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/while-planning-agent-questions-timing-out-resulted-in-agent-writing-code-without-permission/151337/1 "2026-02-09T17:21:48Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

### Describe the Bug

When building a plan and questions are asked, if you don’t answer and it times out, the agent proceed to build the plan, even in ‘Plan’ model. It also tried to push db changes that the plan included an the agent had created.

### Steps to Reproduce

Built a plan, asked a few questions regarding it. If the response contains questions, allow it to time out.

### Expected Behavior

The agent should stop and wait for the questions to be answered via a new message.

### Screenshots / Screen Recordings

 ![Screenshot 2026-02-09 at 18.19.36.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/d/5/d58a1e14bfb907613f4c81f8d7706f6e7f105688.png)

 ![Screenshot 2026-02-09 at 18.17.14](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/1/5/15edce641ae8e28d941e27486f7c8b1f54611f61.png)

### Operating System

MacOS

### Version Information

Version: 2.4.31 (Universal)  
VSCode Version: 1.105.1  
Commit: 3578107fdf149b00059ddad37048220e41681000  
Date: 2026-02-08T07:42:24.999Z  
Build Type: Stable  
Release Track: Default  
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?

Opus 4.6

### For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

6d443daa-afe4-446b-bcf1-16bbd4e33f72

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/while-planning-agent-questions-timing-out-resulted-in-agent-writing-code-without-permission/151337/3 "2026-02-09T18:26:55Z")

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Hey, thanks for the report.

This is a known issue. The team was working on a bug with timeouts in Plan mode (when the agent’s questions time out, it keeps running instead of stopping). But based on your case and version 2.4.31, this might be a regression.

Unfortunately, the best workaround right now is to answer the agent’s questions before the timeout to avoid the issue.

Let me know if you see more examples of this behavior.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/while-planning-agent-questions-timing-out-resulted-in-agent-writing-code-without-permission/151337/4 "2026-03-03T18:27:22Z")

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Closed on March 3, 2026, 6:27pm UTC

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