Increase updates to typescript native extension

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Currently the typescript native extension is on version 0.20251013.2

Upstream you can see TypeScript (Native Preview) - Visual Studio Marketplace that there are daily updates to the version of the package,

Can we get this updated on a nightly or weekly basis ? Due to the active development upstream this will improve developer experience a lot.

I’m currently missing the autofix implementation that was implemented last week and would be day/night in local devex with cursor + typescript ( powered by typescript native )

Steps to Reproduce

Install typesctipt native extension and see the version is 30 versions behind.

Expected Behavior

Expect it to be 0-1 versions behind.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.77 (Universal)
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: Darwin arm64 23.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. The issue you’re seeing happens because Cursor uses the Open VSX registry for extensions, not the official VSCode Marketplace.

Why this matters:

  • Open VSX often has older versions of extensions than the VSCode Marketplace
  • Some popular extensions (like Pylance, Jupyter) may be missing or outdated
  • Extension developers need to publish to Open VSX separately

Solutions:

This is a known limitation of using Open VSX instead of the official marketplace.

The download the VSIX and install from VSIX workaround worked for me.

However, VSCode has native first party extensions from microsoft like typescript and typescript native.

Since these are first party it would be great if cursor maintained a small list of extensions that it can download from VSIX for us even though open vsx has them missing.

Specifically the type of first party extensions like typescript & typescript native that you would expect a VS code style editor to have working with the best developer experience possible.

Especially since react / typescript is so popular for AI assisted editor experiences like cursor.