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Cursor IDE users report degraded performance and broken features

Users of the Cursor IDE are reporting a degraded experience with the latest version, Cursor Composer 2.5. They describe the tool as becoming overly complex, requiring approval for simple tasks, and exhibiting broken features like the changes preview side panel. Some users are considering switching to alternative tools like ChatGPT due to these issues. AI

IMPACT Degraded user experience in AI-powered development tools could slow adoption.

RANK_REASON User complaints about a specific software product's performance and features.

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Cursor IDE users report degraded performance and broken features

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/SpareImpression3155 ·

    did they nerf it more

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>im running cursor composer 2.5 today to do a simple task that normally takes it like 5 seconds</p> <p>suddenly its running all these sub agents and asking me to approve every single thing</p> <p>the changes preview side panel is also broken</p> <…