Cursor model degradation caused failed and retried agent requests
Cursor reported degraded requests using Composer 2.5 and Grok 4.6 Fast on September 2. The provider warned of failed or retried requests across Automations, Cloud Agents, the CLI and the IDE before service recovery.
- First observed
- Sep 2, 2026, 2:48:00 AM
- Disclosed
- Sep 2, 2026, 2:48:00 AM
- Status
- Resolved
- Confidence
- 99%
- Organization
- Cursor
- Last reviewed
- Sep 4, 2026
Observed
Facts supported by sources
- Cursor reported degraded requests using Composer 2.5 and Grok 4.6 Fast, with failed or retried requests possible across Automations, Cloud Agents, the CLI and the IDE.
- Cursor opened the incident at 00:48 UTC, deployed a fix by 01:00 UTC and marked the incident resolved at 03:07 UTC on September 2.
Assessment
Interpretation, not observation
- The public status record does not state whether Composer 2.5 and Grok 4.6 Fast shared one technical cause.
- Other models were explicitly reported as unaffected.
Impact
Impact
Failed or retried coding and agent requests for users selecting the affected models across multiple Cursor products.
Response
Response
Cursor implemented a fix, monitored service restoration and then marked the incident resolved.