# Connecting to WSL Remote Host fails due to missing files on Cursor servers **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [March 23, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/connecting-to-wsl-remote-host-fails-due-to-missing-files-on-cursor-servers/68688 "2025-03-23T15:39:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iafiaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/iafiaf/32/39776_2.png) [@iafiaf](https://forum.cursor.com/u/iafiaf)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/connecting-to-wsl-remote-host-fails-due-to-missing-files-on-cursor-servers/68688/1 "2025-03-23T15:39:30Z")
Hi there I was using Cursor with WSL just fine (connecting to a Ubuntu 24.02 distro) earlier today. But suddenly after I restart the IDE, I am unable to start a WSL session. I have turned on WSL.debug mode and below is the log. Essentially, Cursor gets a 404 while trying to retrieve: [https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30/vscode-reh-linux-legacy-x64.tar.gz](https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30/vscode-reh-linux-legacy-x64.tar.gz) ```auto [2025-03-23 15:33:59.041] Setting up server environment: Looking for /home/imran/.cursor-server/server-env-setup. Not found. [2025-03-23 15:33:59.041] WSL version: 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 Ubuntu-24.04 [2025-03-23 15:33:59.041] Updating VS Code Server to version b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30 [2025-03-23 15:33:59.041] Removing previous installation... [2025-03-23 15:33:59.041] Installing VS Code Server for Linux legacy-x64 (b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30) [2025-03-23 15:33:59.041] Downloading: [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + CODE_PROFILE=/home/imran/.cursor-server/server-env-setup [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + printf Setting up server environment: Looking for %s. /home/imran/.cursor-server/server-env-setup [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + [-f /home/imran/.cursor-server/server-env-setup] [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + echo Not found. [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + VSCODE_REMOTE_BIN=/home/imran/.cursor-server/bin [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + uname -r [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + WSL_VERSION=5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + echo WSL version: 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 Ubuntu-24.04 [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + dirname /mnt/c/Users/gizmo/.cursor/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl-0.88.2/scripts/wslServer.sh [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + /mnt/c/Users/gizmo/.cursor/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl-0.88.2/scripts/wslDownload.sh b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30 stable /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + [! -d /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30] [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + [-f /etc/alpine-release] [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + [-d /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin] [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + echo Updating VS Code Server to version b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30 [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + echo Removing previous installation... [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + rm -rf /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/???????????????????????????????????????? [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + rm -rf /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/????????????????????????????????????????-?????????? [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + rm -rf /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30-1742743905.tar.gz [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + mkdir -p /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + [] [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + [!] [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + date +%s [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + SERVER_TAR_FILE=/home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30-1742744038.tar.gz [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + download /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30-1742744038.tar.gz [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + command -v wget [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + [! /usr/bin/wget] [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + local_name=/home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30-1742744038.tar.gz [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + [-f /etc/alpine-release] [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + uname -m [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + PLATFORM=x64 [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + [-s /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/compatibilty-check] [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + PLATFORM=legacy-x64 [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + echo Installing VS Code Server for Linux legacy-x64 (b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30) [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + printf Downloading: [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + local_url=https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30/vscode-reh-linux-legacy-x64.tar.gz [2025-03-23 15:33:59.043] + set +x [2025-03-23 15:33:59.664] 100% [2025-03-23 15:33:59.665] Failed [2025-03-23 15:33:59.665] + [! -s /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30-1742744038.tar.gz] [2025-03-23 15:33:59.665] + echo Failed [2025-03-23 15:33:59.665] + set +e [2025-03-23 15:33:59.665] + wget -O /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30-1742744038.tar.gz https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30/vscode-reh-linux-legacy-x64.tar.gz [2025-03-23 15:33:59.665] --2025-03-23 16:33:59-- https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30/vscode-reh-linux-legacy-x64.tar.gz [2025-03-23 15:33:59.665] Resolving cursor.blob.core.windows.net (cursor.blob.core.windows.net)... 20.209.35.129 [2025-03-23 15:33:59.665] Connecting to cursor.blob.core.windows.net (cursor.blob.core.windows.net)|20.209.35.129|:443... [2025-03-23 15:33:59.976] connected. [2025-03-23 15:33:59.976] HTTP request sent, awaiting response... [2025-03-23 15:34:00.248] 404 The specified blob does not exist. [2025-03-23 15:34:00.248] 2025-03-23 16:34:00 ERROR 404: The specified blob does not exist.. [2025-03-23 15:34:00.248] [2025-03-23 15:34:00.248] + local_rc=8 [2025-03-23 15:34:00.248] + echo ERROR: Failed to download https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30/vscode-reh-linux-legacy-x64.tar.gz to /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30-1742744038.tar.gz [2025-03-23 15:34:00.248] ERROR: Failed to download https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30/vscode-reh-linux-legacy-x64.tar.gz to /home/imran/.cursor-server/bin/b6fb41b5f36bda05cab7109606e7404a65d1ff30-1742744038.tar.gz [2025-03-23 15:34:00.248] + [8 -eq 5] [2025-03-23 15:34:00.248] + exit 13 [2025-03-23 15:34:00.248] + RC=13 [2025-03-23 15:34:00.248] + [13 -ne 0] [2025-03-23 15:34:00.248] + exit 13 ``` ---
**Author:** ![iafiaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/iafiaf/32/39776_2.png) [@iafiaf](https://forum.cursor.com/u/iafiaf)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/connecting-to-wsl-remote-host-fails-due-to-missing-files-on-cursor-servers/68688/2 "2025-03-23T18:49:23Z")
I “fixed” the problem by rm -rf the .cursor-settings directory ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/connecting-to-wsl-remote-host-fails-due-to-missing-files-on-cursor-servers/68688/3 "2025-04-22T18:50:18Z")
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