Cursor status page shows downtime due to GitHub dependency despite "kill GitHub" rhetoric
jasonkneen · x · 2026-08-18
A user pointed out that Cursor's status page revealed an outage caused by a dependency on GitHub services. This created a humorous contrast with the marketing narrative that Cursor Origin aims to "kill GitHub," sparking discussions about underlying infrastructure dependencies.
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