# Connection errors with wsl2

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/connection-errors-with-wsl2/50765>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 13, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/connection-errors-with-wsl2/50765 "2025-02-13T18:16:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![markuseicher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/markuseicher/32/15573_2.png) [@markuseicher](https://forum.cursor.com/u/markuseicher)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/connection-errors-with-wsl2/50765/1 "2025-02-13T18:16:00Z")

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Hi community. I am going crazy. I can’t fix it so far. Whatever I try, I still have the following message in the wsl terminal window:

```auto
[2025-02-13 18:04:44.578] Extension version: 0.88.5
[2025-02-13 18:04:44.579] L10N bundle: none
[2025-02-13 18:04:44.580] WSL extension is supported only in Microsoft versions of VS Code

```

When running cursor . in a folder on Ubuntu22.04 WSL2 instance for the first time (or after having deleted the .cursor-server folder) I receive the following message about using a legacy server:

```auto
Installing VS Code Server for Linux x64 (f5f18731406b73244e0558ee7716d77c8096d150)
Downloading: 100%
Unpacking: 100%
Unpacked 4917 files and folders to /home/markus/.cursor-server/bin/f5f18731406b73244e0558ee7716d77c8096d150.
Looking for compatibility check script at /home/markus/.cursor-server/bin/f5f18731406b73244e0558ee7716d77c8096d150/bin/helpers/check-requirements.sh
Running compatibility check script
!!! WARNING: Using legacy server, please check https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/faq/old-linux for additional information !!!
Compatibility check successful (0)

```

Not sure if this is part of the problem, but I am trying to find a newer version of the cursor-server for Linux, but was not able to find one yet.

Can someone please help me, because not being able to use Cursor on WSL2 makes it pretty useless for me. Many thanks in advance. 🙏

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**Author:** ![markuseicher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/markuseicher/32/15573_2.png) [@markuseicher](https://forum.cursor.com/u/markuseicher)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/connection-errors-with-wsl2/50765/2 "2025-02-13T21:12:39Z")

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Could find a solution under the following link.

> <https://github.com/getcursor/cursor/issues/2027>
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> 1) If you can, please include a screenshot of your problem
> 2) Please include th…e name of your operating system
> 3) If you can, steps to reproduce are super helpful
> 
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> I am developing using Windows 11 + WSL: Ubuntu 24.04. After installing Cursor and importing the VSCode extension, the terminal shows the following when entering Cursor:
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> \[2024-09-29 07:18:15.385\] Extension version: 0.88.4
> \[2024-09-29 07:18:15.385\] L10N bundle: none
> \[2024-09-29 07:18:15.388\] WSL extension is supported only in Microsoft versions of VS Code
> \`\`\`
> 
> Does Cursor not support WSL?

User tuzun89 has a link to WSL Extension Version 0.883 that is working with Cursor 0.45.11. If you encounter the problem I mentioned above, visit the link and download the VSIX file. Hit `CTRL-SHIFT-P` and enter `Extensions: Install from VSIX` then select the downloaded VSIX file. After restarting the extension, it works like a charm. We probably need to get ready for more of such bs, because Microsoft has the right and the will to make the life of non Microsoft clones harder to use Marketplace extensions.

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**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:** [June 18, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/connection-errors-with-wsl2/50765/3 "2026-06-18T10:27:56Z")

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