I can't setup my Background Agent environment

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Describe the Bug

When pressing Set Up Machine Interactively, it displays the errors:

[Status] Creating default environment... (Request ID: 4e59009b-871a-4ca0-b692-076876d049df)
[Warning] Failed to create default environment: [invalid_argument] Error
[Retry] Retrying in 2 seconds (Attempt 2/3)...
[Status] Creating default environment... (Attempt 2/3) (Request ID: d0d9edf9-0c44-4f34-8854-54b688e957f9)
[Warning] Failed to create default environment: [invalid_argument] Error
[Retry] Retrying in 2 seconds (Attempt 3/3)...
[Status] Creating default environment... (Attempt 3/3) (Request ID: bcb7f1e8-f0ec-4f67-a910-173ad7342b67)
[Error] Failed to create default environment after 3 attempts: [invalid_argument] Error

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Click the button.

Expected Behavior

It should let me start running Backround Agent commands.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.2.4 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: a8e95743c5268be73767c46944a71f4465d05c90
Date: 2025-07-10T16:55:16.443Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.4.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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