# Cursor: Investigating service degradation - xAI models

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-09-29 19:43 UTC · Resolved: 2026-09-29 20:18 UTC · Duration: 35 min
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: Cloud Agents, IDE, Grok Bot, CLI
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/dh24kf0vcpl8](https://stspg.io/dh24kf0vcpl8)
- [Company: Cursor](https://rewindex.com/company/cursor.md)

## Summary

Cursor reported a major xAI model degradation affecting CLI, Cloud Agents, Grok Bot, and IDE: users could see errors, slow responses, rate limiting, and failed Agent requests or Cloud Agent tasks. It started at 2026-09-29 19:43 UTC and was resolved at 2026-09-29 20:18 UTC; the reported duration was 34 min. _(machine-written, sol)_
## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-09-29 19:43 UTC: We are investigating a service degradation affecting xAI models. Some Agent requests may fail.
- **identified** 2026-09-29 20:01 UTC: We have identified the cause of degraded performance affecting xAI models and are working to restore full capacity. Users may see errors, slow responses, or rate limiting on these models, and some Cloud Agent tasks may fail. We will post another update shortly.
- **resolved** 2026-09-29 20:18 UTC: This incident has been resolved.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-09-29 19:43 UTC: [Major incident: Investigating service degradation - xAI models](https://rewindex.com/change/i5259cda3434d7b.md)


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