The new Glass interface isn’t working with WSL even though the regular IDE works and the extension for WSL works as usual. I know this in Alpha, so just bringing this up so you ensure its well tested in WSL before stable release.
Steps to Reproduce
Try to use any project within WSL and it will show a pop up saying install wsl extension and reload but it doesn’t really work per se.
Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue. Glass doesn’t fully support remote connections yet like WSL and SSH. The team is aware, and your report helps us prioritize it.
For now, the workaround is to start Cursor in classic mode:
cursor --classic
This opens the standard UI where WSL works as usual.
You can also try File > New Window from Glass. That also opens the classic IDE.
Yeah yeah normal IDE works as usual, I just noticed this on glass so reported it and glad that it’s a known issue and being worked on. There are some other bugs on Glass which I have listed on the topic Glass Alpha Bugs List / Feedback - Ideas / Feedback - Cursor - Community Forum as a running list while I continue to use glass (currently using normally with windows as I am just orchestrating agents today so its fine that wsl isnt working for now)
Same here, on latest version, WSL + glass still goes into WSL extension install loop. Can’t use existing chats, or start new chats (just hangs at planning), even if I ignore the WSL extension prompt.
For those patiently watching this thread, It looks like as of one of the last 1-2 updates, WSL now seems to be functional for me, with the new Glass view. Only issues I’ve seen so far are with the “Changes” tab not rendering anything – stating “Failed to load changes”.
