The Cursor 15+ version can establish an SSH connection with Ubuntu 18.04 but cannot use the full IDE functions, such as Git. The remote host keeps restarting constantly. However, the Cursor 14 version has no such issues.

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Hey there! Thanks for the log, that’s exactly what I needed, and this isn’t anything wrong with your setup. On older Linux hosts like Ubuntu 18.04, Cursor 3.15+ connects fine but the remote extension host crashes and restarts, which is why the connection holds but Git and the other features don’t. …

Cursor cannot establish connection with Ubuntu 18.04

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Cursor cannot establish connection with Ubuntu 18.04

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