Failed to read devcontainer config Devcontainer CLI not found

Describe the Bug

When I “Dev Containers: reopen in dev container” i got the error at Remote - Dev Container

2025-08-14 17:41:44.080 [info] Searching for devcontainer.json files
2025-08-14 17:41:44.650 [info] Found 1 devcontainer.json files: \home\sevait\workspace\frappe-development-container\.devcontainer\devcontainer.json
2025-08-14 17:41:44.650 [info] Reading devcontainer config with command: read-configuration --workspace-folder /home/sevait/workspace/frappe-development-container --config /home/sevait/workspace/frappe-development-container/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
2025-08-14 17:41:44.650 [error] Failed to read devcontainer config Devcontainer CLI not found at /tmp/devcontainer-cli-363fe0b1-417b-4cfb-979d-ac31ea72ce69/cli/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js: EntryNotFound (FileSystemError): /tmp/devcontainer-cli-363fe0b1-417b-4cfb-979d-ac31ea72ce69/cli/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js
2025-08-14 17:41:44.651 [error] Failed to reopen folder in container Failed to read devcontainer configuration

Steps to Reproduce

  1. In windows, open project in WSL
  2. Dev container: reopen in dev container
    this error happened and could not open

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.4.5 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: af58d92614edb1f72bdd756615d131bf8dfa5290
Date: 2025-08-13T02:08:56.371Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Hi @Sevasit, do you have the Anysphere WSL extension installed? If not, would you be able to install it?

Our dev containers extension is not compatible with the VSCode WSL extension.

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