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Issues

Musk says Grok Bot can shop from a photo of your card

Grok Bot's own checkout uses a purchase card and Link, not a card photo. Also: why your computer drops offline, and 0.69 and 0.70 builds spotted early.

Grok BotSun 11 Oct 2026

Changelog

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Known issuesConfirmed

Some Grok Bot computers can't save their backup, so Update stops; don't Reset, staff warn

If Update keeps saying your computer's files aren't ready, your backup may be out of date. Keep working, copy key files off, and skip Reset.

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Known issuesConfirmed

Grok Bot computers are reachable again after today's outage

Cursor resolved the Oct 14 Grok Bot computer outage at 5:04 PM ET. Staff now say it began around 9 AM ET, and Update said files weren't ready because frozen computers couldn't be backed up.

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Known issuesConfirmed

Grok Bot computers were rebuilt today; reinstall system apps

A planned server move around 4:30 PM ET rebuilt Grok Bot computers. Home folders and saved logins survived; system-wide apps and the browser profile did not.

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Known issuesConfirmed

All screens in use can mean one Bot's screen failed to start

Staff say the error is misleading when other Bots on the same computer still have screens. They are tracking it as a known issue.

Known issuesConfirmed

Background scripts freeze when the Bot's computer sleeps

If a long-running script on your Bot's computer goes quiet for hours, the computer was paused. Make each run catch up and have a routine restart it.

TipsConfirmed

Make background scripts catch up after the Bot's computer sleeps

Save a last-run time so a missed tick isn't lost, and let a routine restart your scripts after an update, as kevinn from Cursor's forum staff advised.

Grok BotLast checked 11 Oct 2026

TipsConfirmed

Reach Microsoft Teams through a Bot's own account

Staff say a Bot still can't post into Teams as itself. Use a Microsoft 365 user on the Bot's computer.

Grok BotLast checked 10 Oct 2026

ExplainersConfirmed

What the Grok Bot computer is, and what lives on it

Every Bot you run works on one cloud computer with a browser, a terminal, and a shared /workspace folder.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

GuidesConfirmed

What to do when your Grok Bot is stuck, silent, or can't reach its computer

Work from the least destructive fix to the most, and know which buttons can cost you recent work.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026