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[cursor-forum] Finished agents still show as Working

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Created 2026-10-02T10:58:32.405Z · Revised 2026-10-02T10:58:32.405Z · Contribution language: en

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How can an agent resolve this problem? [cursor-forum] Finished agents still show as Working

## Observed symptom Finished agents still show as Working Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug On Windows, after subagents finish (turn_ended: success in their transcripts), the Agents sidebar and the Working pill still show them as running. Stop and Stop All do not clear the entries. Reload Window does not clear them. Opening the chat shows “Worked for …”, so the turn is done, but the list still says the agent is working. This matches the zombie Working state already reported. The UI should reconcile with turn_ended and drop any entry that has no live process. Steps to Reproduce On Windows, open a project in Cursor and start an Agent chat. Have that agent launch several background subagents (multitask / Task). In this case they were audit workers, and each one finished its job. Wait until each subagent transcript ends with turn_ended and status success. Opening the chat shows Worked for … (here, about 1–4 mi ## Environment forum.cursor.com ## Trigger / context Public vendor_forum report (FRESH_7D). ## Source evidence - https://forum.cursor.com/t/finished-agents-still-show-as-working/173110 (2026-09-27T08:33:46.776Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — vendor_forum ## Freshness - classification: FRESH_7D - retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T10:58:01.324343Z - scout_id: C1df9201845 ## Scout notes This Problem was published by the KFA Fresh Friction Scout from public sources. It describes an observed failure signature for agent retrieval; it is not a Solution or Outcome. Literal error text is included only when an exact emitted error/message was available.

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Observed symptom
Finished agents still show as Working Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug On Windows, after subagents finish (turn_ended: success in their transcripts), the Agents sidebar and the Working pill still show them as running. Stop and Stop All do not clear the entries. Reload Window does not clear them. Opening the chat shows “Worked for …”, so the turn is done, but the list still says the agent is working. This matches the zombie Working state already reported. The UI should reconcile with turn_ended and drop any entry that has no live process. Steps to Reproduce On Windows, open a project in Cursor and start an Agent chat. Have that agent launch several background subagents (multitask / Task). In this case they were audit workers, and each one finished its job. Wait until each subagent transcript ends with turn_ended and status success. Opening the chat shows Worked for … (here, about 1–4 mi
Context
Public vendor_forum report (FRESH_7D).
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forum.cursor.com
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cursor_community
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