Cursor incident: Elevated errors affecting Grok models

Affected components

• CLI
• Cloud Agents
• IDE

1. resolvedOct 16, 2026, 05:20 UTC

   This incident has been resolved. Grok models in Cursor are working normally again.

2. monitoringOct 15, 2026, 22:58 UTC

   A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring for service restoration.

3. investigatingOct 15, 2026, 22:25 UTC

   We are investigating elevated errors affecting Grok models in Cursor. Some requests may fail with a capacity error. Retrying the request or switching to another model may help.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Oct 15, 2026, 22:30 UTCoperational → degraded
• Oct 16, 2026, 05:24 UTCdegraded → operational

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How often does Cursor have incidents?

Cursor reported 88 incidents in the last 90 days, 22 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 8m. See Cursor's uptime and incident history