# Cursor Remote-SSH Connection Issue - Mac/Linux to Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [February 4, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-remote-ssh-connection-issue-mac-linux-to-windows/47533 "2025-02-04T00:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bay-jason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@bay-jason](https://forum.cursor.com/u/bay-jason)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-remote-ssh-connection-issue-mac-linux-to-windows/47533/1 "2025-02-04T00:13:13Z")
## Version - Cursor v0.45.9 (latest release as of writing) ## Issue Description When attempting to connect from Mac or Linux Cursor clients to Windows-based remote SSH servers, the connection fails. The terminal output indicates a 404 error when trying to download the server executable. Below is a snippet from the Terminal Output [11:03:58.206] server download URL: [https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/6ea842450e04c5537da4d83d51823fae13bb30f0/cli-win32-x64.tar.gz](https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/6ea842450e04c5537da4d83d51823fae13bb30f0/cli-win32-x64.tar.gz) [11:03:58.206] Downloading VS Code server locally… [11:03:58.268] Terminating local server [11:03:58.271] Resolver error: Error: Failed to download VS Code Server (Server returned 404) ## Reproduction Steps 1. Launch Cursor v0.45.9 on Mac or Linux 2. Attempt to connect to a Windows-based remote SSH server 3. Observe connection failure and 404 error in terminal output ## Workaround A temporary workaround has been identified: 1. First connect to the Windows server using a Windows-based Cursor client 2. After this initial connection, Mac and Linux clients can successfully connect ## Additional Information - The issue affects both Mac and Linux (AppImage) clients identically - The problem appears to be related to the URL formula used by non-Windows clients when attempting to download the SSH server executable - Once the server executable is installed via a Windows client, all subsequent connections work properly ## Environment - Client OS: macOS, Linux - Server OS: Windows - Cursor Version: 0.45.9 ---
**Author:** ![bay-jason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@bay-jason](https://forum.cursor.com/u/bay-jason)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-remote-ssh-connection-issue-mac-linux-to-windows/47533/2 "2025-02-07T18:25:51Z")
Just one note, the workaround only fixes the issue for the current release version. After the mac client update’s their Cursor, a windows user will have to remote in with a matching newer version. It just seems like the Mac/Linux clients download path to the server installer formulas are incorrect ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-remote-ssh-connection-issue-mac-linux-to-windows/47533/3 "2025-02-16T13:27:57Z")
Thanks for the detailed report. We’re aware of this SSH server download issue between Mac/Linux and Windows machines. Your workaround is correct - having a Windows client connect first will install the server, then Mac/Linux clients can connect successfully You’re also right that this is a temporary fix per version. When the Mac client updates, you’ll need a Windows user with the matching version to connect first. We’re working on fixing the download path formula for non-Windows clients to resolve this permanently ---
**Author:** ![GuiguiMEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@GuiguiMEC](https://forum.cursor.com/u/GuiguiMEC)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-remote-ssh-connection-issue-mac-linux-to-windows/47533/4 "2025-02-21T07:05:19Z")
Hello, do you know when the fix is planned ? In the lastest version (0.45.14) I still can’t download the vscode server. ---
**Author:** ![WachsenHaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/wachsenhaus/32/28138_2.png) [@WachsenHaus](https://forum.cursor.com/u/WachsenHaus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-remote-ssh-connection-issue-mac-linux-to-windows/47533/5 "2025-02-21T14:25:05Z")
me too ---
**Author:** ![Albo3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/albo3/32/19472_2.png) [@Albo3](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Albo3)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-remote-ssh-connection-issue-mac-linux-to-windows/47533/6 "2025-02-21T23:58:45Z")
Same ever since (0.45.14) My Remote-SSH still works Windows → Linux But not my Rpi Linux-arm64. Regular SSH works fine but cursor will Downloading VS Code Server… forever ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-remote-ssh-connection-issue-mac-linux-to-windows/47533/7 "2025-02-25T15:56:52Z")
I don’t believe we currently have a Linux ARM64 server that works for Remote SSH currently, but I believe this is on our workload soon!