Dev Container fails to load

Description:
The dev container feature over SSH stopped working after a Cursor restart, despite functioning normally 2-3 days ago. The container initialization process gets stuck while downloading the VS Code server.

Important Note:

  • This issue appears to be Cursor-specific, as the same dev container works properly in VSCode
  • Using MacBook Pro 2020 (Intel) as client machine
  • Server is running on ARM architecture

Current Behavior:

  • Dev container fails to initialize
  • VS Code server download process hangs indefinitely
  • Issue occurs specifically on ARM64 architecture

Error Log:
[7584 ms] Exit code 1
[7585 ms]
Support for ARM64 is in preview.
[7586 ms] Start: Run in container: test -d /root/.cursor-server/bin/f3b5a63019e4e2283033b4db987a35f8413c7570
[7651 ms]
[7651 ms]
[7652 ms] Exit code 1
[7652 ms] Start: Run in container: test -d /vscode/cursor-server/bin/linux-arm64/f3b5a63019e4e2283033b4db987a35f8413c7570
[7715 ms]
[7715 ms]
[7715 ms] Exit code 1
[7716 ms] Installing VS Code Server for commit f3b5a63019e4e2283033b4db987a35f8413c7570
[7717 ms] Start: Downloading VS Code Server
[7717 ms] f3b5a63019e4e2283033b4db987a35f8413c7570 linux-arm64 stable

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Restart Cursor
  2. Attempt to open a dev container via SSH
  3. Observe VS Code server download getting stuck

Environment:

  • Client: MacBook Pro 2020 (Intel)
  • Server: ARM64 architecture
  • Feature: Dev Container over SSH
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Were you able to resolve this successfully?

I think Iā€™m facing a similar issue, posted at Dev Containers don't work anymore: stuck on "Connecting to Dev Container: Installing server"