1.2.3 unable to load WSL

[mwjt42]

Describe the Bug

On load, Cursor can’t run WSL.

Steps to Reproduce

Load Cursor 1.2.3

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.2.3 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 3af362bc7c6ffdde67ee75328bc9be679d6f3a40
Date: 2025-07-10T05:10:54.391Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Additional Information

WSL terminal runs fine in Windows.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[ravirahman]

Hi @mwjt42, could you share the error you see and the logs from the “Remote - WSL” output panel when you try to open Cursor in WSL?

[Luks3110]

[2025-07-13 23:38:55.532] Downloading VS Code Server stable - a8e95743c5268be73767c46944a71f4465d05c90 into C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode-remote-wsl\a8e95743c5268be73767c46944a71f4465d05c90\vscode-server-stable-linux-alpine.tar.gz.
[2025-07-13 23:38:56.205] Unable to download server on client side: Error: Request downloadRequest failed unexpectedly without providing any details.. Will try to download on WSL side.
[2025-07-13 23:38:56.206] NodeExecServer run: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wsl.exe -d wsl-vpnkit sh -c '"$VSCODE_WSL_EXT_LOCATION/scripts/wslServer.sh" a8e95743c5268be73767c46944a71f4465d05c90 stable cursor-server .cursor-server --host=127.0.0.1 --port=0 --connection-token=975835404-214037265-3871760149-876000333 --use-host-proxy --without-browser-env-var --disable-websocket-compression --accept-server-license-terms --telemetry-level=all'
[2025-07-13 23:38:56.339] wsl: Failed to translate 'c:\Users\user\.cursor\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl-0.81.8'
[2025-07-13 23:38:56.339] sh: /scripts/wslServer.sh: not found
[2025-07-13 23:38:56.339] For help with startup problems, go to https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/troubleshooting#_wsl-tips