🔧 Why Cursor Keeps Writing Wildcard CORS (And Why It Matters)

TL;DR



AI editors default to app.use(cors()) -- allows every origin, always
The real risk hits when you add auth six days later and the CORS config never changes
Fix is eight lines but only matters if you apply it before credentials enter the picture


I shipped three side projects last year with Cursor doing the backend scaffolding. Every...