Failed to initialize Puppeteer browser: Cannot find module 'puppeteer'

:prohibited: Yes. Tools are unable to retrieve files.

This started today, and it prevents the agents from being able to do anything in cursor.

Version: 0.48.7 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 1d623c4cc1d3bb6e0fe4f1d5434b47b958b05870
Date: 2025-04-02T05:04:28.547Z
Electron: 34.3.4
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.18.3
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

  • c:\Users\rsuel\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\resources\app\extensions\cursor-retrieval\dist\main.js

  • c:\Users\rsuel\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js

at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1232:15)

at n._resolveFilename (node:electron/js2c/utility_init:2:16068)

at t._resolveFilename (file:///c:/Users/rsuel/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:190:22873)

at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1058:27)

at c._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:16955)

at i._load (file:///c:/Users/rsuel/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:198:10963)

at t._load (file:///c:/Users/rsuel/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:190:22591)

at s._load (file:///c:/Users/rsuel/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:182:21601)

at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1318:19)

at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18)

at 758 (c:\Users\rsuel\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\resources\app\extensions\cursor-retrieval\dist\main.js:4:2850654)

at s (c:\Users\rsuel\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\resources\app\extensions\cursor-retrieval\dist\main.js:4:3532094)

at c:\Users\rsuel\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\resources\app\extensions\cursor-retrieval\dist\main.js:4:2430757

at async A.PuppeteerService.initializeBrowser (c:\Users\rsuel\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\resources\app\extensions\cursor-retrieval\dist\main.js:4:2430721)

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I’m having the same issue after I updated to latest version. Can’t get the tab completion to work, and I wonder if it has anything to do it with.

Spec:

Version: 0.49.6
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 0781e811de386a0c5bcb07ceb259df8ff8246a50
Date: 2025-04-25T04:39:09.213Z
Electron: 34.3.4
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.18.3
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 23.5.0

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