Curor browser do not work on Nixos

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Same issue as in Cursor Browser not working on NixOS

Steps to Reproduce

@browser ask any message

Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.64
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 25412918da7e74b2686b25d62da1f01cfcd27680
Date: 2025-11-06T04:35:14.424Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.17.7-cachyos

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

2

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known bug with Chrome detection on Linux systems with non-standard paths, especially on NixOS.

Could you please share:

  1. Your Chrome installation path (run which google-chrome-stable or which chrome in the terminal)
  2. Whether you’ve tried setting a custom path in Cursor: Settings > Tools & MCP > Browser Automation > Custom Executable Path
  3. Any error messages you see when trying to use @browser

In the meantime, you can try using the “Browser Tab” feature in Agent chat as a temporary workaround, although it has less functionality than @browser.