Can't connect to my WSL

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I installed WSL today and am trying to connect Cursor to it, but it’s not working.
I installed the WSL extension in Cursor, and as soon as I try to connect to WSL, I get the following error:

[2025-12-08 12:00:41.203] Downloading:     100%
[2025-12-08 12:00:41.203] Failed
[2025-12-08 12:00:41.204] --2025-12-08 1:00:41 p.m.--  https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:56f0a83df8e9eb48585fcc4858a9440db4cc7770/server-linux-x64/stable
[2025-12-08 12:00:41.204] Resolving update.code.visualstudio.com (update.code.visualstudio.com)... 13.107.246.42, 13.107.213.42, 2620:1ec:46::42, ...
[2025-12-08 12:00:41.204] Connecting to update.code.visualstudio.com (update.code.visualstudio.com)|13.107.246.42|:443... connected.
[2025-12-08 12:00:41.204] HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
[2025-12-08 12:00:41.204] 2025-12-08 13:00:41 ERROR 404: Not Found.
[2025-12-08 12:00:41.204] 
[2025-12-08 12:00:41.204] ERROR: Failed to download https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:56f0a83df8e9eb48585fcc4858a9440db4cc7770/server-linux -x64/stable to /home/benjamin/.cursor-server/bin/56f0a83df8e9eb48585fcc4858a9440db4cc7770-1765195241.tar.gz

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Install WSL
  2. Install WSL extension into Cursor
  3. Try to connect to WSL

Expected Behavior

Working

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.1.50 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 56f0a83df8e9eb48585fcc4858a9440db4cc7770
Date: 2025-12-06T23:39:52.834Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

7

Fixed: wansn’t using the Anysphere extension