Rank, 14 days: 1 on the Cursor sheet
3 people reported

All time, since Oct 29.

Local agent process doesn't respond

“The agent couldn't start because Cursor's agent process didn't respond.”

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I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/cursor/issues/22846/file
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No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends

Growing. 2 reports in the last 7 days and 1 the week before.

Local agent fails to start because agent process didn't respond. Every new chat or submit in Cursor IDE fails immediately with AgentTurnClassifiedError; cloud agents still work.

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Where
Cursor IDE agent
Error text
AgentTurnClassifiedError: The agent couldn't start because Cursor's agent process didn't respond. Retry, or reconnect if you're using a remote host; if it keeps failing locally and antivirus or a proxy inspects HTTPS traffic, run Network Diagnostics in Cursor Settings.
Versions
3.28.5
Platforms
Windows
How bad
Breaks a normal workflow. Some reports say it used to work. Some reports say it blocks them completely.

Not quite your bug?

  1. Agent requests time out waiting for host bridge to register10 people
  2. Agent requests time out5 people
  3. Unexpected error on every prompt2 people

Original reports3, newest first

  1. Error with each submit to cursor#176984
  2. Request ID: 691c3b8a-57a0-4ca1-933a-10b949f6a199 An unexpected error occurred. The agent couldn't start because Cursor's agent process didn't respond. Retry, or reconnect if you're using a remote host; if it keeps failing locally and antivirus or a proxy#176925
  3. Local agent process fails to start — “agent process didn’t respond” (Windows 11)#176618

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