10/25 Cursor Down?

Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

2025-10-25 10:04:21.945 [error] Error installing Cursor server [wsl exec: installServerScript] Command failed with exit code 4294967295: stdout: Catastrophic failure
Error code: Wsl/Service/E_UNEXPECTED

Steps to Reproduce

Either trying to reinstall the Cursor server or reloading the window in Cursor IDE shows this error - Connection to Cursor server failed.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.54 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 5c17eb2968a37f66bc6662f48d6356a100b67be0
Date: 2025-10-21T19:07:38.476Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

4

I also have issues, very slow access to cursor infra (maybe). yesterday slow execution, today chats not loading. 1.7.54 macos M1

5

Having the same issue. Cursor has become unusable.

7

New unexpected OS pending updates caused this Catastrophic failure while Cursor was running.
Fixed the issue after rebooting the machine.

8

This error indicates that there was an error connecting to WSL. You will need to either shutdown wsl (wsl --shutdown) or reboot your computer.

9

When will your web site be back online so we can get to our invoices etc! Thanks P