Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug Cursor establishes N duplicate connections to every mcp server listed in mcp.json where “N” is the number of servers in that file. e.g. if you have 5 servers, cursor establishes 5 connections to each on of those 5 servers - 2…

Windows mcp.json major bug with non-stdio servers

Chris_Drake (Chris Drake) December 18, 2025, 9:32pm 6

Still present in 2.2.36

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