Chat not working on Remote SSH with folder opened

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

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I use the Remote SSH extension to connect to an EC2 instance. I have been having issues using the Chat in this mode after opening a folder.

Interestingly, if I connect to the remote and don’t have a folder opened yet, the chat seems to respond.

When I open a folder, I send a message in the chat, but then the send button changes to a stop button but no loading icon is created and the message box is cleared.

Interestingly it seems to be a problem with some folders and not others?

Steps to Reproduce

Connect to a remote instance, open a folder (/home/ubuntu/), ask the chat agent a question.

Expected Behavior

The chat works as expected and produces a response.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.4.5 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: af58d92614edb1f72bdd756615d131bf8dfa5290
Date: 2025-08-13T02:08:56.371Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.2.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

3

Any update on this? This is preventing me from using Cursor on remote instances

5

Hi @NoopDawg, could you try doing s clean installation of Cursor? Please see the instructions here: Unable to install Python extension in the marketplace - #37 by ravirahman

This will wipe all settings and state, so I’d recommend backing things up first.

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I have encountered the same problem here, and the issue persists in Cursor v1.5.9. Hope the Cursor team will solve the problem ASAP. By the way, I have tried the above-mentioned solutions by ravirahman, and I solved the issue by installing the VS Code downloaded VSIX package.

8

I have had some luck going into subfolders, I wonder if this is an issue with the size of some of the folders on remote?

10

@NoopDawg does this still occur with 1.6. thats rolling out now?