Cursor users signed in through T3 browser auth could enable account usage and authorize macOS Keychain access but still see no monthly limits. The driver passed its SDK browser credential to the usage reader as an explicit CURSOR_API_KEY; the reader correctly refuses to mix explicit API keys with a separate CLI account login.
Only pass that API-key marker when the instance is actually configured for API-key authentication. Browser-authenticated instances can then use the existing opt-in CLI/Keychain usage path. Explicit API-key instances retain the existing behavior.
The browser-auth regression verifies a monthly usage window before and after driver recreation while chat still uses the SDK browser key. It now explicitly asserts the usage result on the recreated driver, as requested in review. After merging current main, vp run check:changed passed formatting, lint, both knip checks, type checks for five affected packages and both driver tests. Manual verification in the installed macOS app previously showed both Cursor Models and Other Models monthly cards after refresh.
Related: #21228 implements instance-bound browser-credential exchange. This change uses the explicitly enabled CLI/Keychain account usage path; that account can differ from the SDK chat account. It does not implement the credential exchange in #21228.
Scope: this repairs credential selection for the existing, explicitly enabled CLI account-usage option. Maintainer review of the credential-handling change is still required; no prior approval is claimed.
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Verdict: Needs Human Approval
Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The production change enables browser-authenticated Cursor instances to use a Keychain credential for account-usage requests, while preserving explicit API-key behavior. Because this broadens authenticated credential handling and the associated sensitive data flow, the change warrants human review.
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Cursor usage-limit checks now pass an API key only for API-key authentication. The browser-auth test uses a Keychain token and verifies that refreshed usage reports 42%, including after driver recreation.
Changes: Cursor usage-limit authentication
| Layer / File(s) | Summary |
|---|---|
Browser-auth usage check packages/provider-cursor/src/server/driver.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/driver.test.ts | The usage-limit check omits the API key for browser-authenticated instances. The test configures Keychain credentials, checks the authorization header, and asserts that refreshed usage reports 42% before and after driver recreation. |
Priority: External image Normal
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes
Change: Bug fix
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storedLogin instead of passing undefined for CURSOR_API_KEY.Suggested reviewers: noahcuadrado
82bb5The production fix appears correct, but the regression test is host-dependent and should keep the mocked platform in scope before merging.
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| Title check | Passed | The title names the main change: the Cursor usage reader now gets correct credentials for SDK browser sign-ins, so account limits show. The diff matches this. In driver.ts, CURSOR_API_KEY is passed on… |
| Description check | Passed | The description covers the problem, the change, scope, and verification. It explains that the driver passed the SDK browser credential as an explicit CURSOR_API_KEY, which blocked the CLI/Keychain usa… |
| Linked Issues check | Passed | Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request. |
| Out of Scope Changes check | Passed | Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request. |
Explanation
The title names the main change: the Cursor usage reader now gets correct credentials for SDK browser sign-ins, so account limits show. The diff matches this. In driver.ts, CURSOR_API_KEY is passed only when auth.usesApiKey is true. The test adds Keychain and HTTP mocks, and it checks the usage result on the recreated driver.
Explanation
The description covers the problem, the change, scope, and verification. It explains that the driver passed the SDK browser credential as an explicit CURSOR_API_KEY, which blocked the CLI/Keychain usage path. It states the fix and that explicit API-key instances keep their behavior. Scope and approval are addressed: it links related #21228, says no prior approval is claimed, and says maintainer review is still required. Verification lists check:changed results, a regression test, and manual macOS checks. The template asks for a conventional commit title and a link to a triaged issue or maintainer approval. The description does not link a triaged issue or an approval comment, and it does not name the model and harness used, which the template requests when an agent was used. Those gaps are real but small, so the check passes.
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184-206: External image Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick winAssert the usage result after driver recreation.
recreated.snapshot.refreshruns the usage check, but the test asserts onlyauth.status. The existing42assertion covers the original driver, not the recreated driver. A regression that preserves authentication but drops the Keychain-backed usage result after recreation would pass.Suggested fix
1 - expect((yield* recreated.snapshot.refresh).auth.status).toBe("authenticated"); 2 + const recreatedSnapshot = yield* recreated.snapshot.refresh; 3 + expect(recreatedSnapshot.auth.status).toBe("authenticated"); 4 + expect(recreatedSnapshot.usageLimits?.windows[0]?.usedPercent).toBe(42); 🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Addressed the recreation-test review in 46f128c2: the refreshed recreated driver must remain authenticated and report the expected 42% usage. Merged current main in 77edd35a; vp run check:changed passes formatting, lint, both knip passes, five affected package typechecks and both driver tests.
The credential scope noted by Macroscope remains subject to maintainer review: this uses the existing opt-in CLI/Keychain account, which can differ from the SDK chat account. GitHub's CI workflow is held for maintainer approval of the fork run; it has not executed.
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One test-isolation finding below. I reproduced it at 77edd35; the fixture and global environment cleanup remain unchanged in the current diff. The focused driver/usage-reader suite (11 tests) and provider package typecheck passed at that reviewed commit with an isolated environment. I found no production correctness or security issue in the credential-selection fix.
| … | … | @@ -105,9 +108,31 @@ it.layer(layerTest)("CursorDriver", (it) => { | |
| 105 | 108 | environment: [{ name: "CURSOR_API_KEY", value: "", sensitive: true }], | |
[P2] Isolate the browser-usage regression from inherited Cursor settings
This fixture clears only CURSOR_API_KEY, while mergeProviderInstanceEnvironment retains other shell variables. The global provider-env test setup also leaves CURSOR_* and AGENT_CLI_CREDENTIAL_STORE intact. With an inherited custom endpoint, the limits reader correctly rejects Keychain access, so the new expected 42% assertion fails despite the production fix. An inherited auth token or file/memory credential-store setting can likewise divert the fixture away from the mocked Keychain path.
Reproduced at 77edd35 with:
| 1 | env -u CURSOR_AUTH_TOKEN -u CURSOR_API_KEY \ |
| 2 | AGENT_CLI_CREDENTIAL_STORE=default \ |
| 3 | CURSOR_API_ENDPOINT=https://cursor-review.invalid \ |
| 4 | vp test run packages/provider-cursor/src/server/driver.test.ts \ |
| 5 | -t 'persists browser credentials' |
The assertion at the first usage refresh receives undefined instead of 42.
Please also clear CURSOR_AUTH_TOKEN and CURSOR_API_ENDPOINT in the instance fixture, and pin AGENT_CLI_CREDENTIAL_STORE to the Keychain/default path. This keeps the initial and recreated-driver checks independent of the developer's shell.
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125-141: External image Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick winKeep the mocked platform in scope for the refreshes.
HostProcess.Platform("darwin")is currently scoped only to eachCursorDriver.createcall. Latersnapshot.refreshcalls resolve the host platform. On non-Darwin hosts, usage reads inheritedauth.jsoninstead of the mocked Keychain. The initial HTTP assertion can fail, and the recreated 42% assertion can depend on the developer environment.Provide the platform on the whole test effect so both refreshes use the intended Keychain path.
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1 - }).pipe(Effect.scoped), 2 + }).pipe( 3 + Effect.provideService(HostProcess.Platform, "darwin"), 4 + Effect.scoped, 5 + ), 🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Thanks @zaydiscold for working on browser sign-in limits. #29419 (af00cf73e1) reads limits using the SDK account, and #32448 (4c3a9d5818) removed the separate CLI/Keychain fallback. Closing as superseded.
