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Cursor users report Claude 4.6 Sonnet performance decline

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Users are reporting that Claude 4.6 Sonnet, when integrated with the Cursor IDE, appears to have become less capable. This perceived decline in performance, noted since last week, has led to the generation of code with errors. The users are questioning whether this issue stems from Anthropic's model or from potential changes within Cursor's settings. AI

IMPACT Degraded performance in integrated AI tools can impact developer productivity and trust in AI-assisted workflows.

RANK_REASON User reports of a specific tool's integration with an AI model showing degraded performance.

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Cursor users report Claude 4.6 Sonnet performance decline

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/cat0tail ·

    Why is my Claude 4.6 dumber?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Started last week i swear Claude 4.6 Sonnet in Cursor got dumber. Gave me multiple codes that had errors in them. Is this is Claude thing or is it Cursor changing some of their own settings?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a hr…

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