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Cursor IDE's 'loops' feature reportedly broken, failing to monitor jobs

A user on Reddit's r/cursor subreddit is reporting that the "loops" feature in the Cursor IDE is no longer functioning as effectively as it previously did. The user, a biologist, described how the feature used to automatically monitor and fix issues with long-running genomics jobs on a university cluster overnight. However, recent attempts to use the feature have resulted in the agent only initiating the process and then stopping, failing to address problems that arise during execution. The user notes that manual prompts to the same agent can still resolve these issues, suggesting a potential problem with the Cursor CLI or the loop implementation itself. AI

IMPACT Potential degradation of AI agent functionality within the Cursor IDE could impact user workflows for automated tasks.

RANK_REASON User report of a bug or regression in a specific feature of an AI-adjacent tool.

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Cursor IDE's 'loops' feature reportedly broken, failing to monitor jobs

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Elegant-Job3311 ·

    Loops don't work like they used to?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>When I first discovered loops, it was a game changer. I used to have an agent start a pipeline (I'm a biologist, doing lots of genomics on a university cluster), and then monitor it every hour. Things would go wrong overnight and the agent would …