Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug The default Cursor Markdown renderer fails to render Markdown images ( both remote URLs and local relative paths ). Steps to Reproduce Open any markdown file in Cursor that contains image markdown, for example: Remote: ![](…

Hey, thanks for the detailed report with screenshots and the workaround you found, it really helps. This is a known bug in the built-in Markdown renderer. The current editor doesn’t load the image extension, so ![alt](url) gets parsed but not rendered. The association to vscode.markdown.preview.edi…

Default Cursor Markdown renderer fails to display local/remote images; VS Code markdown preview works

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Default Cursor Markdown renderer fails to display local/remote images; VS Code markdown preview works

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