Cursor Pro silently shifts from 500 fast requests to dollar-denominated credits
Cursor's $20 Pro plan moved from 500 fast requests/month to a credit system that effectively cut usage to ~225 requests at the same price. CEO publicly apologized 3 weeks later.
$20 / mo · ~225 dollar-denominated credits/mo
Silent migration from fixed-request quota to credit-denominated billing without proactive notice represents a material reduction in paid value for heavy users.
Replacing a quantified request quota with dollar credits at the same headline price effectively halved capacity for power users; lack of advance notice compounds the harm.
Customers reasonably relied on the 500-request advertised quota when committing to the Pro plan; the change unilaterally reduced delivered value mid-cycle.
Cursor responded on day 378; their statement is attached below.
On June 16, 2025 Cursor migrated Pro subscribers from a fixed 500-request quota to dollar-denominated credits without proactive email notice.
On June 16, 2025 Cursor migrated Pro subscribers from a fixed 500-request quota to dollar-denominated credits without proactive email notice. Heavy users reported their effective request count dropped to roughly 225/month at the same $20 price, while a vocal subset received four-figure overage bills before the new model was clearly explained. Cursor posted an apology and partial refund window on July 4, 2025. This is the canonical 'AI plan nerf' incident of 2025 and the reason GotNerfed exists.
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