Cannot interact with dev-container on fresh install

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Hello,

I am having trouble interacting with dev-container extensions upon a fresh install on an M2 MacBook. My old install had no issues whatsoever.

I may have messed something up in the process, so to be safe, I factory reset the new laptop and carefully set up my workspace as follows:

  1. Install brew & docker
  2. Install VSCode 1.96.2 and disable auto update
  3. Install dev-container extensions in VSCode
  • ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers
  • ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack
    • ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh
    • ms-vscode.remote-explorer
    • ms-vscode.remote-server
  1. Install cursor and import extensions/settings from VSCode.

I can see the desired extensions listed as installed, and all commands and menu views are present. However, if I attempt to run any of the dev container commands in Cursor, I get an error like:

command ‘remote-containers.attachToRunningContainer’ not found

According to Google, I seem to be the only one experiencing this issue.

Any idea what I’m missing here?

Thanks for your time!

About Code

Version: 1.96.2
Commit: fabdb6a30b49f79a7aba0f2ad9df9b399473380f
Date: 2024-12-19T10:22:47.216Z
Electron: 32.2.6
ElectronBuildId: 10629634
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.3.0

About Cursor

Version: 0.47.8
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 82ef0f61c01d079d1b7e5ab04d88499d5af500e0
Date: 2025-03-18T06:55:51.040Z
Electron: 32.2.6
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.3.0