Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Cursor IDE
Describe the Bug
I’m experiencing a critical issue with Cursor that appeared suddenly.
For the last two months everything was working perfectly — Cursor was able to:
run git push to GitHub from the integrated terminal,
access external websites (e.g., curl https://github.com),
install/update packages,
fetch and pull repositories.
However, starting two days ago, Cursor completely lost internet access.
Current behavior:
git push fails with the error:
error setting certificate verify locations: CAfile: /etc/ssl/cert.pem CApath: none
Any HTTPS request fails:
curl: (77) error setting certificate verify locations
Cursor cannot reach GitHub at all — neither through Git, nor through curl.
No changes were made to my local environment. The exact same commands that worked earlier now fail 100% of the time.
Important details:
I am using Cursor on macOS.
My local Git works normally from the standard terminal.
Only Cursor lost the ability to push or make external HTTPS requests.
This happened suddenly without any configuration changes.
It looks like the internal sandbox environment lost its certificate store or access to the internet entirely.
Steps to Reproduce
Steps to Reproduce
Open Cursor on macOS.
Open any project connected to a GitHub repository.
Run git push from Cursor’s built-in terminal.
→ Push fails with certificate error:
error setting certificate verify locations: CAfile: /etc/ssl/cert.pem CApath: none
Run any HTTPS request from the same terminal, for example:
curl -I https://github.com
→ Returns:
curl: (77) error setting certificate verify locations
Try gh auth login or git fetch — all commands fail due to inability to verify SSL certificates.
Check local macOS terminal outside of Cursor — git push, curl, and all network operations work normally.
Restart Cursor, reload window, reinstall — problem persists.
Result: Cursor’s internal environment has no access to the internet and cannot validate certificates.
Expected Behavior
Expected: Cursor should be able to perform Git operations, HTTPS requests, and access GitHub as before.
Operating System
MacOS
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 2.1.50
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 56f0a83df8e9eb48585fcc4858a9440db4cc7770
Date: 2025-12-06T23:39:52.834Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.5.0
For AI issues: which model did you use?
GPT 5.1 High
Does this stop you from using Cursor
Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor
