Cursor CLI August 11 update improves steering and subagent completion

Cursor’s August 11, 2026 CLI release improves how developers steer and inspect agent runs, especially when a task delegates work to subagents.

Queue a steering message before interrupting

When an agent is working, pressing Enter now sends a queued message into the active run at a safe boundary. Cursor says the turn is interrupted only if Enter is pressed a second time.

That gives a running agent a chance to receive a correction or additional context without immediately discarding the current step.

Single-turn runs wait for delegated work

Headless and single-turn runs now drain delegated subagents before exiting. Cursor’s changelog describes this as a change from earlier behavior where a run could exit while background shells or development servers were still running.

For scripted workflows, the practical result is that the command’s completion better represents the completion of the work it delegated, rather than only the parent agent’s last visible response.

Full subagent transcripts

Drilling into a subagent now shows its complete, ordered transcript, including the prompt, thinking, tool calls, and final response, instead of only tool rows.

That makes it easier to audit what a delegated agent was asked to do, which tools it used, and how it reached its result.

Why this matters for CLI workflows

The update targets three common problems in long-running agent work: making a correction without losing the current turn, knowing when delegated work is truly finished, and reviewing the full path taken by a subagent. Together, these changes make Cursor CLI runs more predictable in headless automation and easier to debug interactively.

Source

• Cursor Docs — “CLI Changelog” (August 11, 2026 release): https://cursor.com/docs/cli/changelog