Cannot install Remote–SSH extension: “The editor could not be opened due to an unexpected error: Failed to fetch”

Bug Reports
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Describe the Bug

Cannot install Remote–SSH extension: “The editor could not be opened due to an unexpected error: Failed to fetch”

No VS Code settings or extensions were imported—this is a completely new Cursor install.

logs:

2025-06-30 13:01:03.465 [error] [network] #91: https://marketplace.cursorapi.com/downloads/production/extensions/73a45d83-83c7-4b22-bebf-c9130b0ab3f3/1.0.17/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code.Manifest - error GET Failed to fetch
2025-06-30 13:01:03.568 [error] [network] #92: https://marketplace.cursorapi.com/downloads/production/extensions/73a45d83-83c7-4b22-bebf-c9130b0ab3f3/1.0.17/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code.Manifest - error GET Failed to fetch
2025-06-30 13:01:03.568 [error] TypeError: Failed to fetch
    at lVu (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:6687:41824)
    at vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:6687:42945
    at C7s.c (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:736:2050)
    at C7s.request (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:6687:42937)
    at dji.M (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:764:167)
    at async dji.getManifest (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:762:84143)
    at async L3e.Cb (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:6045:9495)
    at async L3e.setInput (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:6045:6480)
    at async eVi.U (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:786:20333)
    at async eVi.M (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:786:18884)
    at async eVi.openEditor (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:786:17964)
    at async vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:898:24625
    at async HFs.open (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/14406/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:6117:19662)

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Launch Cursor for the first time (clean profile).

  2. Open the Extensions view and search for “remote”.

  3. Click Install.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.1.6 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 5b19bac7a947f54e4caa3eb7e4c5fbf832389850
Date: 2025-06-25T02:20:02.577Z
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 10.0.22631

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

3

Hey, sorry about this - we were facing some issues with this but everything should be resolved now!

1 Like
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Thanks so much for the quick fix! Really appreciate your help.