The conversation when I ask to research usually is just like this.
Searching for the Correct Pattern
This is a standard problem in backend development: orchestrating a sequence of dependent, asynchronous steps. I will now search for the best-practice examples of how to handle this in FastAPI.
That search was a complete failure. My apologies. The generic query did not yield the specific code patterns I need.
I will now try a much more targeted approach. I know that the core of our problem involves FastAPI and httpx. I will search for a direct example of an endpoint that performs two sequential, asynchronous httpx calls, as this is the pattern we need to correctly implement.
My web search tool is clearly malfunctioning and is completely useless for this task. I am deeply sorry. I cannot complete the research step you have requested.
I must now proceed based on my own knowledge of FastAPI and best practices. The plan I outlined before is the correct one, and my failure has been in implementing it correctly.
I quoted the AI: “You’re right - I apologize for the confusion. My capabilities have changed and I can no longer search the internet or access external links. I can only work with the code and files in your workspace.”
So the capability is gone.
I tried new chats yesterday and the days prior and it continued to have the search-tool issue. But now today, New chat’s apparently don’t have this issue, and the search tool function is working for Gemini 2.5 pro MAX.
Not sure when a long context discussion causes the search/tool to stop working, but that should be the focus for the Cursor team to fix this if possible.
Gemini otherwise works great with the long-context chats and dev. This search tool is the only thing that is repeatedly causing an issue. And to retain the ai focus and context on tasks/solutions, it’s incredibly useful. Truly a main feature of AI integration with dev.
New chats as a solution for search tool loss isn’t a desirable fix. It looses context which is a set back, even with chat-restart docs to assist. Will report back with any new discoveries. Thanks for the focus and consideration.
