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Cursor IDE's BugBot criticized for frustrating multi-push feedback loop

Users of the Cursor IDE are experiencing a frustrating feedback loop with the BugBot feature, where it appears to drip-feed issues across multiple code pushes. Instead of providing a comprehensive review, BugBot identifies a few problems, and after they are fixed and a new push is made, it flags additional issues in previously reviewed code. This behavior is perceived as poor product design, creating an endless review cycle rather than accelerating development. AI

IMPACT This issue highlights potential user experience flaws in AI-powered developer tools, suggesting a need for more efficient and transparent feedback mechanisms.

RANK_REASON User feedback on a specific feature of an IDE.

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Cursor IDE's BugBot criticized for frustrating multi-push feedback loop

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/cryptic-error ·

    Cursor Bugbot drip-feeds PR feedback across pushes

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Is anyone else seeing Cursor Bugbot drip-feed PR feedback across multiple pushes?</p> <p>The pattern I keep hitting is: Bugbot finds 1–2 issues, I fix them, push again, then it finds another 1–2 issues in code that was already present before. Thi…