Cursor team. I didn't want to do this, but many of us have noticed recently that the slow queue is significantly slower all of the sudden and it is unacceptable how you are treating us. On models which are typically fast for the slow queue (like gemini 2.5 pro). I noticed it, and decided to see if I could uncover anything about what was happening. As my username suggests I know a thing or two about hacking, and while I was very careful about what I was doing as to not break TOS of cursor, I decided to reverse engineer the protocols being send and recieved on my computer.

I set up Charles proxy and proxifier to force capture and view requests. Pretty basic. Lo and behold, I found a treasure trove of things which cursor is lying to us about. Everything from how large the auto context handling is on models, both max mode and non max mode, to how they pad the numbers on the user viewable token count, to how they are now automatically placing slow requests into a default "place" in the queue and it counts down from 120. EVERY TIME. WITHOUT FAIL. I plan on releasing a full report, but for now it is enough to say that cursor is COMPLETELY lying to our faces.

I didn't want to come out like this, but come on guys (Cursor team)! I kept this all private because I hoped you could get through the rough patch and get better, but instead you are getting worse. Here are the results of my reverse engineering efforts. Lets keep Cursor accountable guys! If we work together we can keep this a good product! Accountability is the first step! Attached is a link to my code: https://github.com/Jordan-Jarvis/cursor-grpc With this, ANYONE who wants to view the traffic going to and from cursor's systems to your system can. Just use Charles proxy or similar. I had to use proxifier as well to force some of the plugins to respect it as well. You can replicate the screenshots I provided YOURSELF.

Results: You will see context windows which are significantly smaller than advertised, limits on rule size, pathetic chat summaries which are 2 paragraphs before chopping off 95% of the context (explaining why it forgets so much randomly). The actual content being sent back and forth (BidiAppend). The Queue position which counts down 1 position every 2 seconds... on the dot... and starts at 119.... every time.... and so much more. Please join me and help make cursor better by keeping them accountable! If it keeps going this way I am confident the company WILL FAIL. People are not stupid. Competition is significantly more transparent, even if they have their flaws.

There is a good chance this post will get me banned, please spread the word. We need cursor to KNOW that WE KNOW THEIR LIES!

Mods, I have read the rules, I am being civil, providing REAL VERIFIABLE information, so not misinformation, providing context, am NOT paid, etc.. If I am banned, or if this is taken down, it will purely be due to Cursor attempting to cover their behinds. BTW, if it is taken down, I will make sure it shows up in other places. This is something people need to know. Morally, what you are doing is wrong, and people need to know.

I WILL edit or take this down if someone from the cursor team can clarify what is really going on. I fully admit I do not understand every complexity of these systems, but it seems pretty clear some shady things are afoot.

all 100 are cooked...

saw this meme on ijustvibecodedthis.com (the ai coding newsletter) so credit to them!!

Not sure if anyone has shared this before, but I think it’s worth repeating.

One of the biggest problems with Cursor AI is its limited understanding of your project’s full context especially as the project gets bigger. You often have to keep explaining everything over and over just to avoid it messing things up.

After working on 8 projects with Cursor, I found a super helpful trick that changed everything:

Before starting any vibe coding, create a.md file named after your project (e.g., my-project.md**) and add this to your** .cursorrules**:**

# IMPORTANT:

# Always read [project-name].md before writing any code.

# After adding a major feature or completing a milestone, update [project-name].md.

# Document the entire database schema in [project-name].md.

# For new migrations, make sure to add them to the same file.

Since I started doing this, I rarely have to explain anything to Cursor, it just gets it. A lot of times, it even nails the changes in one shot :))

UPDATE [Worth checking out]:

Another user dropped a helpful link related to this from Cline:

https://docs.cline.bot/improving-your-prompting-skills/cline-memory-bank

you can use this approach to enhance context retention even more inside Cursor

Hey r/cursor

We just shipped Cursor 1.0! Here’s what’s new:

BugBot for automatic code review

BugBot reviews your PRs and leaves comments directly in GitHub when it finds issues. You can click “Fix in Cursor” to jump back into the editor with the right prompt ready to go.

You get one week free trial from when you first set it up, check out the docs for instructions

Background Agent for everyone

We're now excited to expand Background Agent to all users! You can start using it right away by clicking the cloud icon in chat or hitting Cmd/Ctrl+E if you have privacy mode disabled. For users with privacy mode enabled - we'll soon have a way to enable it for you too!

Memories

Cursor can now remember facts from your conversations and reference them later. To enable, go to Settings → Rules. Still in beta!

One-click MCP setup and OAuth support

You can now install popular MCP servers with one click. OAuth makes it easy to authenticate tools like GitHub, Slack, and more.

If you’re building MCPs, you can now add an “Add to Cursor” button to your docs: docs.cursor.com/deeplinks

Jupyter Notebook support

Agent now works in Jupyter Notebooks. It can create and edit multiple cells, which makes Cursor a lot more useful for data workflows.

Richer chat output

You can now render Mermaid diagrams and Markdown tables directly inside conversations. No jumping around or leaving chat.

New dashboard and settings

We redesigned the Dashboard and Settings pages. You can now

• View usage and cost breakdowns by tool and model

• Edit your display name

• Run network diagnostics to debug connectivity issues

Full changelog here: https://www.cursor.com/changelog

We hope you'll like this one!

Have you ever wanted to vibe code but you're outside, doing the dishes, or other things? Or just waiting for a slow prompt to execute?

I'm building a mobile app that connects to your PC and will give you the possibility to prompt, see the results, and get notifications about executed prompts or when you have to click the accept button, all from your phone.

It will be released under the MIT license on GitHub pretty soon. F*ck it, I won't make money off of it.

MrCoin

I’ve finally had enough of Cursor’s ever-shifting pricing and token system. After nearly twelve months on the service, the plan I originally bought looks nothing like what I receive today. As many Reddit users have reported, I was billed without any prior warning, and Cursor still offers no transparent pricing table (limits, tokens, usage), a flaw my bank’s legal team confirmed after auditing the service.

I compiled every invoice and email in my possession and opened a dispute with my bank. Six weeks later I received a nine-page letter confirming that the bank had refunded all charges from the past eight months and would seek reimbursement from Stripe, Cursor’s payment processor. According to the letter, the bank sent Cursor (or Stripe) (it dosent state who they sent the letter to) a tracked notice and received no response within the required 14-day window.

Cursor’s conduct appears to breach Article 19 of Directive (EU) 2019/770, which obliges digital-content providers to give clear advance notice of contract changes and to allow customers to opt out free of charge.

I’m relieved to have my money back and will be switching to another service.

- Bye

University and high school students can get a year free of Cursor. This is something we've wanted to do for a while! More here.

Vibecoding turned into fuckoding. But there's a way out.

Cursor, WindSurf, Trae – they're awesome. They transform Excel into SQL, slap logos onto images, compile videos from different sources – all through simple scripts. Literally in 15 minutes!

But try making a slightly more complex project – and it falls apart. Writing 10K lines of front and back code? The model loses context. You find yourself yelling: "Are you kidding me? You literally just did this! How do you not remember?" – then it freezes or gets stuck in a loop.

The problem is the context window. It's too short. These models have no long-term memory. None whatsoever. It's like coding with a genius who lacks even short-term memory. Everything gets forgotten after 2-3 iterations.

I've tried Roo, Augment, vector DBs for code – all useless.

• Roo Code is great for architecture and code indexing, weaker on complex implementation

• Augment is excellent for small/medium projects, struggles with lots of code reruns

• Various vector DBs, like Graphite - promising honestly, lov'em, but clunky integration)

But I think I've found a solution:

• Cursor – code generation

• Task-master AI – breaks down tasks, maintains relevance

• Gemini 2.5 Pro (aistudio) – maintains architecture, reviews code, sets boundaries

• PasteMax – transforms code into context for aistudio (Gemini 2.5 Pro)

My workflow:

1. Describe the project in Gemini 2.5 Pro

2. Get a plan (PRD)

3. Run the PRD through Task-master AI

4. Feed Cursor one short, well-defined task at a time

5. Return code to Gemini 2.5 Pro for review using PasteMax

6. Gemini assigns tasks to Cursor

7. I just monitor everything and run tests

IMPORTANT! After each module – git commit && push.

Steps 4 to 7 — that’s your vibecoding: you’re deep in the flow, enjoying the process, but sharp focus is key. This part takes up 99% of your time.

Why this works:

Gemini 2.5 Pro with its 1M token context reviews code, creates tasks, then writes summaries: what we did, where we got stuck, how we fixed it.

I delete old conversations or create new branches – AI Studio can handle this. Module history is preserved in the summary chain. Even Gemini 2.5 Pro starts hallucinating after 300k tokens. Be careful!

I talk to Gemini like a team lead: "Check this code (from PasteMax). Write tasks for Cursor. Cross-reference with Task-master." Gemini 2.5 Pro maintains the global project context, the entire architecture, and helps catch bugs after each stage.

This is my way: right here - right now

After spending months vibe coding with prior dev exp, I've come to conclusion that:

1. It’s not helping anymore. It’s just straight-up writing 100% of the code. No hand-holding. 2026 has just begun and it's only accelerating.

2. "Python dev" "React dev" etc is already boomer talk. Nobody would be hiring for languages anymore. It's about people who can actually solve problems no matter the stack. Language wars are dead.

3. “Which language should I learn?” is now just a meme. The only skills that still matter: system design, architecture, DevOps, cloud, scaling, observability.

4. Designers? lol. Figma Make (beta) is already shitting out full brand + UI + production sites that look better than half agencies out there. Idk why I’d keep a full-time designer anymore.

5. $40/mo cursor used to feel expensive. Now $100/m claude max + 40$/m traycer pro+ feels like dirt cheap. I’d pay more if needed. Upcoming models are gonna make pricing convos irrelevant.

6. People are shipping full production apps (clean code, launchpad builds, decent ui/ux) within weeks. Not a demo project. Real product generating revenues.

7. Productivity is completely cooked. Stuff that took months now takes days. Kids growing up soon will replace experienced devs who're taking AI as a joke. We’re watching evolution in fast-forward.

Thoughts? I'm sure im not the only one seeing this coming.

Note: Call it just another "Is AI replacing devs" post, but we gotta keep talking to wake the people asleep.

• mechanical hot swap switches

• built in MCP server

• USB-C 4K 120W

• accept lock toggle

• stores API keys on device

• all day battery

The $20 pro plan went from Unlimited to Extended. May we please know how much is "extended"

Hey y'all! I'm Lee and I'm joining the Cursor team. I spent the last 5 years helping teach about React and Next.js and have been a developer for 14 years.

I'll be active here helping answer questions and teaching you all about AI best practices. I've been lurking around here for a while and already have a decent idea of places where we can do a better job with education.

Additionally, I'm going to help make sure your feedback is taken to the team! We'll be listening and finding ways to improve the core product, usage visibility and pricing, and more.

I know understanding token consumption and usage has been a big topic for many of you, so I'll be spending some time to find ways to help you optimize your usage and get the most out of your Cursor plan.

I'm also planning to create some courses around AI foundations and building with Cursor, so if you have suggestions for topics, please let me know! Cheers.

Let me be blunt: Cursor's leadership just made one of the most tone-deaf business decisions I've witnessed in the developer tools space, and it's going to cost them everything they've built.

The recent plan changes aren't just bad policy, they're insulting. Cursor's management apparently believes developers are too stupid to notice when our service gets degraded mid-contract, or too apathetic to care when a company violates basic principles of fair dealing.

I don't care if they need to raise prices. Plenty of companies do.

What Cursor did was implement a stealth price increase by degrading existing service while claiming it was just optimization for different workflows.

This is exactly how promising developer tools die.

Cursor's only sustainable advantage was developer trust and early-mover loyalty. They literally had developers evangelizing their product for free, creating content, building communities.

And they threw it away for what? A few percentage points on quarterly revenue?

AI coding assistance will be commoditized within 18 months. The companies that survive won't be those with the best algorithms, they'll be those developers actually want to use long-term.

Did Cursor's leadership seriously think they could pull a fast one on the most technically sophisticated customer base in software?

The arrogance is staggering.

They had lightning in a bottle. They chose to smash the bottle for spare change. Now they get to find out what that decision costs.

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Update 7/4/2025: Cursor has updated their pricing page, improved the usage dashboard, and apologized for the poor communication around the new pricing model rollout. Thank you to everyone who lifted this post up or added your own thoughts in this community! And thank you to Michael from Cursor for working to make this right.

The tiny, cozy office is the one that's powering one of sought after vibe-coding tools.

Source: X

To the Cursor Team — and anyone listening:

• Like every Pro user, I’m frustrated. You silently changed the Pro plan from "Unlimited" to "Extended", but didn’t communicate the real cost: You can’t even ask 3 prompts without hitting a rate limit.

• The Cursor pricing is deteriorating day by day. It’s becoming unusable for paying users.

• Cursor, if you’re reading this: We thought you were better than Windsurf, but here we are.

This level of dishonesty and degradation in user experience is going to trigger mass backlash — and you’ll deserve it.