Extensions do not appear

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I don’t know if it’s actually a bug, but several extensions have simply disappeared from the cursor marketplace. To give you an idea, only half of my vscode extensions (41 in total) are imported into the cursor.

Steps to Reproduce

Import VS Code Extensions

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.8 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 28e7b8993fa2568fb3cb377e67615eb068b893e0
Date: 2025-12-27T18:19:45.425Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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Hey, thanks for the report.

This is a known limitation in Cursor. The editor uses the Open VSX registry instead of the official VS Code Marketplace. Extension authors need to publish their extensions to Open VSX separately, so some extensions may be missing or outdated.

A workaround is to install missing extensions manually:

  1. Download the VSIX file for the extension using a VSIX downloader tool:
    VSIX Downloader - Download Visual Studio Code Extensions | Free Online Tool
  2. In Cursor, press Ctrl+Shift+P and run “Extensions: Install from VSIX…”
  3. Select the VSIX file you downloaded

More details: Extensions | Cursor Docs

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I’ve done that, which I wouldn’t want to do, since it’s annoying. I only thought it was a problem because I’d never experienced it before, and it was working correctly until about a week ago.

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