Grok Bot 0.68.1 local execution fails on Pop!_OS 22.04

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Grok Bot

Describe the Bug

Local execution fails to initialize in Grok Bot 0.68.1 on Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS due to an incompatibility between the bundled native Node.js module and the system’s C++ runtime library.

The module tree_sitter_runtime_binding.node requires GLIBCXX_3.4.31 and CXXABI_1.3.15, which are unavailable in the system’s installed libstdc++6 version. As a result, the native module fails to load with ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED, preventing local execution from working.

Steps to Reproduce

1- Install Grok Bot 0.68.1 on Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS using the official DEB package repository.

2- Launch Grok Bot.

3- Attempt to use the local execution functionality.

4- Observe the application logs or terminal output.

5- The following error appears:

6- GLIBCXX_3.4.31 not found

7- CXXABI_1.3.15 not found

8- Error: ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED

9- The error originates from:

10- /opt/Grok Bot/resources/app.asar.unpacked/dist/deps/tree-sitter/build/Release/tree_sitter_runtime_binding.node

Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Grok Bot should successfully load the native Tree-sitter module and initialize local execution on Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS without requiring users to manually upgrade system runtime libraries or install experimental GCC packages.

Version Information

Application: Grok Bot

Application version: 0.68.1

Operating system: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS

Architecture: x86_64 (amd64)

Installation method: DEB package via APT

Package repository: https://downloads.cursor.com/aptrepo

Installed libstdc++6: 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04.3

Available system symbol: GLIBCXX_3.4.30

Required symbols: GLIBCXX_3.4.31, CXXABI_1.3.15

Node.js runtime reported in error: v24.15.0

Affected dependency: tree_sitter_runtime_binding.node

Error code: ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED

Additional Information

Installing gnome-keyring and libsecret-1-0, then fully restarting the application, did not resolve the issue. The installed application version is 0.68.1, and the APT repository reports the same version as the latest available candidate.

The issue appears to be a runtime compatibility problem between the bundled native module and the C++ standard library available on Ubuntu 22.04-based systems.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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Hey, thanks for the report, and extra thanks for digging up the exact symbol versions and module path. That saves a lot of time.

This is a known issue that we’re already tracking, and I’ve added your report to it. In short, the current Linux build of Grok Bot pulls in a native module built against a newer C++ runtime than what’s available on Ubuntu 22.04-based systems, including Pop!_OS 22.04. Because of that, local execution doesn’t start and fails with ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED. Chat and cloud computer aren’t affected, and updating to a newer version of Grok Bot doesn’t help for now.

As a temporary workaround, local commands should work from a machine running Ubuntu 24.04 or newer, or from another OS, as long as it’s logged into the same account. I wouldn’t recommend replacing the system libstdc++ or installing packages from experimental PPAs, since that can break other things on some systems.

I’ll reply in this thread when there’s an update.