// WHAT IT MEANS
The upstream model provider is temporarily throttling requests. Wait or switch providers; this is separate from the subscription reset schedule.
It clusters around launches and outages at the provider, and around peak US hours.
// WHEN IT RESETS
Typically minutes, occasionally longer during a provider incident. There is no reset time on your side because nothing of yours was consumed.
If the provider is having a real outage, its status page (status.anthropic.com, status.openai.com) will show it; Anthropic and OpenAI have both reset their own subscribers' limits after large incidents, though that does not apply to API traffic through Cursor.
// WHAT TO DO NOW
- 01 Switch to a different model — another provider's frontier model, or a Cursor first-party model — and continue; the throttle is per provider.
- 02 Retry the same model after a few minutes if you need it specifically.
- 03 For long agent tasks, enable a fallback model in Cursor settings so the run does not stall when one provider throttles.
- 04 Check the provider's status page before assuming it is a Cursor problem.
// DOES IT AFFECT MY WEEKLY ALLOWANCE?
Since 12 October 2026, The X Subscription shares a weekly usage pool across Cursor and Grok. Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100 and Ultra $200 per month provide base, 4×, 15× and 50× Plus usage. Existing Cursor and SuperGrok subscribers may keep their legacy plans. Legacy Cursor keeps two monthly pools; switching to The X Subscription is optional.
// ALSO APPEARS AS
- “Rate limit with provider”
- “Provider rate limited”
- “This model provider is currently rate limited”