Fixing Pylance Compatibility on Cursor 2.0 (Temporary Solution)

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If you are using Cursor 2.0, you may have noticed that Pylance stopped working or can no longer be installed.
This happens because Cursor 2.0 currently runs on the VS Code engine version 1.99.x, while the latest Pylance builds (from 1.101.x onward) require VS Code 1.101.0 or higher.

There is also growing speculation that Microsoft might be enforcing stricter licensing and compatibility rules around Pylance, which is unfortunate since this extension is essential for Python developers using Cursor.

Pylance provides:

  • Type checking and static analysis based on Pyright

  • Intelligent autocomplete and IntelliSense

  • In-editor diagnostics and hover information

  • Code navigation and better overall performance for Python projects

Without Pylance, the Python development experience inside Cursor becomes significantly limited.

Temporary Fix

After some testing, I found a specific version that works perfectly with Cursor 2.0: Pylance 2025.6.1.

This version is fully compatible and stable with the current Cursor core.
You can download it directly from the official Visual Studio Marketplace:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/ms-python/vsextensions/vscode-pylance/2025.6.1/vspackage

Installation Guide

  1. Download the .vsix file to a folder, for example:
    C:\Downloads

  2. Open your terminal or shell (it can be inside Cursor or your system terminal).

  3. Run the following command to install it manually:

    cursor --install-extension ms-python.vscode-pylance-2025.6.1.vsix

  4. Once the installation finishes, check that Pylance appears in your installed extensions list.

  5. Restart Cursor to ensure the extension loads correctly.

Final Notes

After restarting, all Pylance features such as IntelliSense, linting, and type checking should be working normally again.
This fix will keep your Python environment functional until Cursor upgrades its VS Code core beyond version 1.101.x.

I hope this helps other developers who are facing the same issue.
If it works for you, share it forward so more people can stay productive with Cursor.

Happy coding, and cheers from Brazil :brazil::man_technologist:

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Thanks for the temporal solution. It works for me.

On 11/19/2025, Cursor 2.1.0 is released. It is based on VS Code 1.105.1, which is compatible with Pylance. So we can update Cursor and Pylance to fix this now.

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Thanks for sharing the vsix. As of 19th Nov 2025, I cannot get pylance working.
And nothing is working for python like type hinting, autocomplete, I just have the basic syntax highlighting. Hope mods (@condor / @deanrie ) fix this soon.

I am running this Cursor version, and I do not have any updates pending.

Version: 2.0.77 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: ba90f2f88e4911312761abab9492c42442117cf0
Date: 2025-11-13T23:10:43.113Z
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 10.0.26200
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hi @Anand_Kamble you will have to wait for Cursor 2.1 which is going to be released in a few days.

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I have updated cursor to 2.1.26, but it does not work. I cannot search for pylance in the extension window.

Version: 2.1.26
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: f628a4761be40b8869ca61a6189cafd14756dff0
Date: 2025-11-24T05:39:06.655Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.1.0