Users Complain AI Coding Tool Cursor Eats RAM When Idle
ctjlewis · x · 2026-07-16
Multiple developers have reported severe memory leaks and high resource usage in the AI coding tool Cursor. Users complain that the application consumes massive amounts of RAM even when idle, forcing them to force-quit frequently. This has sparked concerns about Cursor's background indexing mechanism and overall user experience.
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