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Cursor IDE users report severe memory leak after update

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Users of the Cursor IDE have reported a significant memory leak following a recent update. The application has been observed consuming over 36GB of RAM on a 16GB MacBook Air, leading to system warnings about memory exhaustion. This issue appears to be exacerbated when multiple agents are active within the IDE. AI

IMPACT Potential disruption for developers using AI-powered IDEs, impacting productivity and system performance.

RANK_REASON User-reported bug in an AI-adjacent software tool.

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Cursor IDE users report severe memory leak after update

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COVERAGE [1]

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

    Memory Leak after latest update

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Running Cursor on Macbook Air M5 16GB RAM and after the update 2 days ago, I get warning from MAC OS that system has run out of memory. It then shows Cursor is using 36+ GB of RAM. 😂 Workload is not heavy, usually happens when multiple agents spa…

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