# Cant login into Cursor AI on Arch Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** linux, deeplinks, login\ **Created:** [April 19, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-login-into-cursor-ai-on-arch-linux/158426 "2026-04-19T08:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pygrammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pygrammer](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Pygrammer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-login-into-cursor-ai-on-arch-linux/158426/1 "2026-04-19T08:53:33Z")
i am using the version on AUR: cursor-bin . When i am clicking the “Log In” button it redirects me to my browser firefox and i am log in into cursor but when i clicking “Continue to sign in” its redirects me back into the same page not into the cursor. I have tried chromium, brave and all dont work. I also tried right clicking and copying link but it dont work too. How to fix it? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Coustols](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/tom_coustols/32/97175_2.png) [@Tom\_Coustols](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Tom_Coustols)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-login-into-cursor-ai-on-arch-linux/158426/4 "2026-04-20T02:26:19Z")
hey man, weird, i’m running the same setup and have no issue.. what about the cursor CLI? give it a try, it might unlock the ide trouble! ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-login-into-cursor-ai-on-arch-linux/158426/5 "2026-04-21T09:04:37Z")
Hey, on Linux the login flow works differently from macOS. There’s no `cursor://` redirect back to the app. The browser is supposed to stay on the confirmation page, and the IDE completes the login in the background via polling. So what you’re seeing is expected, but the IDE should pick it up within a few seconds. If it doesn’t, the most common fix is changing one setting: 1. Open Cursor Settings `Ctrl+,` 2. Search for `Http: Proxy Support` 3. Change the value from `override` to `on` 4. Restart Cursor and try logging in again This has fixed the same issue for other users: - [Cursor Desktop App Does Not Sign-In After Signing In From Web](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-desktop-app-does-not-sign-in-after-signing-in-from-web/152630) - [OAuth login silently fails behind local proxy — fix is changing one default setting](https://forum.cursor.com/t/oauth-login-silently-fails-behind-local-proxy-fix-is-changing-one-default-setting/151704) A couple more notes: - `cursor-bin` from AUR is a community package, not an official one. If nothing helps, try the official build `.tar.gz` or AppImage from [Cursor · Download](https://cursor.com/downloads). Sometimes community packages miss `code-url-handler.desktop` and related bits. Let me know if that still doesn’t help. Next we can check logs via Help \> Toggle Developer Tools \> Console while you try to log in. ---
**Author:** ![Pygrammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pygrammer](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Pygrammer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-login-into-cursor-ai-on-arch-linux/158426/6 "2026-04-21T17:18:47Z")
All dont worked. If i press CTRL+, it dont do anything. And the .tar.gz from the site dont work too( ---
**Author:** ![Pygrammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pygrammer](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Pygrammer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-login-into-cursor-ai-on-arch-linux/158426/7 "2026-04-21T17:21:06Z")
hey! doesn’t work too( ---
**Author:** ![Pygrammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pygrammer](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Pygrammer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-login-into-cursor-ai-on-arch-linux/158426/8 "2026-04-21T17:31:24Z")
Also i forgot to say that on website it doing this ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-login-into-cursor-ai-on-arch-linux/158426/9 "2026-04-21T17:44:37Z")
If clicking sign in on the website also does nothing, it looks more like a network block or strict browser privacy settings, not an IDE issue. Try this in order: 1. Open [cursor.com](http://cursor.com) in an incognito or private window with extensions disabled, then try to log in there. If it still doesn’t work, it’s likely a network or browser issue. 2. Switch networks, for example share internet from your phone and try via a mobile hotspot. This helps confirm whether your ISP or DNS is blocking requests to our auth endpoints. 3. Check whether your browser is blocking third party cookies for [cursor.com](http://cursor.com) and authenticator.cursor.sh. 4. Open DevTools `F12` in your browser, go to the Network tab, click the login button, then paste here: - which requests are sent and their status, especially 4xx or 5xx or failed - the Console tab red errors Also tell me which country or region you’re connecting from, and whether you’re using a VPN or proxy. That helps rule out geo restrictions. ---
**Author:** ![ialpersonmez](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ialpersonmez/32/123125_2.png) [@ialpersonmez](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ialpersonmez)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-login-into-cursor-ai-on-arch-linux/158426/10 "2026-10-10T13:54:18Z")
**What was the issue?** The Cursor AppImage was bypassing standard KDE browser settings and directly executing `xdg-open`, which SteamOS / Bazzite (KDE Plasma) mistakenly routed to the Software Store (Discover) error loop instead of a browser. **How it was fixed:** We created a custom launcher wrapper that prepended a redirected `xdg-open` alias inside `~/.local/bin` directly mapped to the Firefox Flatpak binary (`org.mozilla.firefox`). **Result:** Even with Firefox completely closed, clicking **Log In** inside Cursor now successfully forces the system to launch Firefox instead of opening Discover. cat \<\< ‘EOF’ \> ~/.local/bin/run-cursor.sh #!/bin/bash export PATH=“$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH” if [! -f ~/.local/bin/xdg-open]; then ln -sf /var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/org.mozilla.firefox ~/.local/bin/xdg-open fi # exec ~/Desktop/Cursor-3.24.9-x86\_64.AppImage “$@” EOF chmod +x ~/.local/bin/run-cursor.sh