Head to head

Cursor vs GPT-5.6-Sol

Comparing 4 documented Cursor incidents against 3 for GPT-5.6-Sol.

Verdict

Cursor has the lower average failure severity (8.2/10 vs 9.0/10), making it the statistically safer choice of the two — though both agents have documented critical incidents.

Reliability metrics for Cursor and GPT-5.6-Sol
MetricCursorGPT-5.6-Sol
Documented incidents43
Average severity8.29.0
Critical32
High01
Verified42

Severity at a glance

Cursor
8.2high
GPT-5.6-Sol
9.0critical

Failure modes

Cursor
Distribution of failure modes across all documented incidents.
GPT-5.6-Sol
Distribution of failure modes across all documented incidents.

The incidents behind these numbers