7 people reported
All time, since Sep 19.
Auto-update fails to install
“Stuck on 3.21.9, repeatedly failing to install 3.21.18.”
Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.
Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.
I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/cursor/issues/2000/file Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.
No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends
Auto-update fails to install and relaunches old version. On macOS 27, ShipIt logs "Beginning installation" then stops, and Cursor re-downloads the update with no message shown.
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- auto-updater
- Error text
Too many attempts to install, aborting update- Versions
- 3.20.21 to 3.25.6
- Platforms
- macOS
- How bad
- Breaks a normal workflow.
Not quite your bug?
- Windows update fails5 people
- Update never installs new version4 people
- Agent tool calls hang5 people
Original reports7, newest first
- macOS 27 updater hangs on "Still updating", then "Too many attempts to install"#175012
- Cursor fails to update often on my Mac#174637
- In-app updates fail on macOS 27 for ~2 weeks; ShipIt aborts after too many attempts#173757
- Cursor could not finish updating#173654
- Auto-update loops forever on macOS 27: ShipIt dies mid-install, app relaunches old version (3.21.9 → 3.21.18)#172741
- Cursor couldn't finish updating#172374
- Unable to install Cursor update#172337