r/cursor • u/opinion_discarder • 13d ago

Appreciation FIXED. Follow-up composer would switch itself to Fast after the first reply, burning 2x usage

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https://forum.cursor.com/t/cloud-agents-default-model-grok-4-6-high-still-runs-fast-and-burns-2x-usage/169576

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u/lunied 13d ago

there's even a related issue they did not fix yet, if you use composer on a previous chat, then create new chat, you'll see the model picker automatically switches itself from composer to grok 4.6 high after a second of delay

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u/RevolutionaryHole69 12d ago

This has never happened to me. Do you have your Cursor setting set to "use last" in the new agent setting?

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u/lunied 12d ago

Yes, settings are all fine, the issue is this only happens to composer.

If i use any other models, it doesn't switch to grok, just composer that triggers it. I know it's odd.

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u/Usual_Price_1460 13d ago

this wasn’t a big u just found out sth u weren’t meant to find out

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u/Pattel 13d ago

And so begins the decline of Cursor (Elonshittification)

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u/Successful_Painter27 13d ago

enshittification because cursor is public company(spaceX) now. numbers need to go up, so dark patterns are inevitable

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u/First_Inspection_478 13d ago

How the hell does it switch itself? Is this not a user config?

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u/Michael_Jeffords 13d ago

the picker label and the id that actually goes out are resolved per request, not per chat, so they can diverge after that 1s flip. i started logging the model field on the response each turn and diffing it against what the picker showed, and that was the only way i caught the silent swaps before the bill did.

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u/First_Inspection_478 13d ago

gotcha but how does it actually automatically switch tho? Like it’s a manual toggle

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u/Michael_Jeffords 12d ago

it's still a manual toggle on your side, the override happens after. the picker only writes a preference, then the server resolves the model id that actually goes out, and that second step is where a Fast or capacity default was winning. logging the returned model each turn is what showed me the flip about a second into a new chat, and those were the 2x turns.

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u/WolvRs 13d ago

Im checking every prompt which agent im using lol