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A dated record of one change, kept so the writing that cites it can be checked. Compiled from the sources listed below by the research run, not written for reading. The judgment lives in the issues that cite it, below.

2026-10-13-cursor-ide-3-24-describes-run-everything-without-a-sandbox-and-classifier-reviewed-escape-from

IDE 3.24 describes Run Everything without a sandbox and classifier-reviewed escape from sandbox restrictions. The IDE 3.24 release note says Run Everything now runs without the sandbox unless permissions.json restricts the mode. It also reports approval cards for matching block instructions and risky deletes. Current docs permit the backend classifier to review a sandbox-refused command for rerun outside the sandbox and to read local files for that review. They name Gemini by default and Haiku fallback, and say Auto-review is not a security boundary.

Channel: tagged-release (IDE 3.24 family); docs-only (current run-mode and classifier documentation). Half: both. Date: 2026-10-09 (IDE 3.24 notes); independent archived-to-live doc comparison 2026-09-21..2026-10-14.

Operator consequence: At the dated close, use IDE 3.24.18 and choose a sandboxed run mode when containment matters. Auto-review can approve an unsandboxed retry without a human, so it does not replace containment. Blocking Haiku can disable Auto-review. Verify the documented exception before relying on permissions.json; no field or runtime test here establishes it.

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Finding metadata

Confidence
high

Run: 2026-10-13-profile-refresh-2026-09-21_2026-10-13-frontier-v0

Finding ID: 2026-10-13-cursor-ide-3-24-describes-run-everything-without-a-sandbox-and-classifier-reviewed-escape-from

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    official docs2026-10-13-cursor-ide-3-24-describes-run-everything-without-a-sandbox-and-classifier-reviewed-escape-fromcursor.com/docs/release-notes/ide#oct-9-2026official docs2026-10-13-cursor-ide-3-24-describes-run-everything-without-a-sandbox-and-classifier-reviewed-escape-fromweb.archive.org/web/20260921222031/https://cursor.com/docs/agent/security/run-modesofficial docs2026-10-13-cursor-ide-3-24-describes-run-everything-without-a-sandbox-and-classifier-reviewed-escape-fromcursor.com/docs/agent/security/run-modesofficial docs2026-10-13-cursor-ide-3-24-describes-run-everything-without-a-sandbox-and-classifier-reviewed-escape-fromcursor.com/docs/reference/permissionsofficial docs2026-10-13-cursor-ide-3-24-describes-run-everything-without-a-sandbox-and-classifier-reviewed-escape-fromdownloads.cursor.com/lab/2026.10.01-e373342/darwin/arm64/agent-cli-package.tar.gz

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