Cursor outage: Investigating service degradation

Affected components

• cursor.com

1. resolvedAug 18, 2026, 11:45 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringAug 18, 2026, 11:02 UTC

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

3. investigatingAug 18, 2026, 10:38 UTC

   We are investigating an issue preventing users from removing members from teams.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Cursor's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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How often does Cursor have incidents?

Cursor reported 50 incidents in the last 90 days, 15 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 8m. See Cursor's uptime and incident history