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Pick a scenario

Use "Pick a scenario" to tell the cases apart, then choose a response for each one.

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Pick a scenarioDrill setup

Choose one issue and commit to it. These four cover the most common shapes a Cursor TSE sees and each one tests a slightly different muscle.

Indexing failure

Codebase won't index or @-references return nothing.

Tests: do you check repo size, .gitignore, ignore files and the indexing status before blaming the model?

Slow Tab / autocomplete

Suggestions lag by seconds or stall entirely.

Tests: do you separate network latency from model latency from a local extension hogging the event loop?

SSO / auth loop

Sign-in bounces, token never sticks, enterprise SAMLSecurity Assertion Markup Language. The XML-era enterprise standard that powers single sign-on: your identity provider vouches for you to each app. Older than OIDC but still what many enterprise tools speak. Press Enter for the full definition. stalls.

Tests: do you ask about proxy, corporate network, browser vs in-app auth before escalating?

Model errors

Requests fail, time out or return capacity errors.

Tests: can you read the error, check status and tell a transient outage from a config or billing problem?