Describe the Bug
While I can successfully connect to my remote Windows desktop using Visual Studio Code’s Remote - SSH extension, I am encountering a persistent error when attempting to do the same within Cursor.
The specific error I’m seeing is: “Failed to download VS Code Server (Server returned 404)”. I’ve confirmed that the download URL provided in the logs (https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/ef5eeb47a684b4c217dfaf0463aa7ea952f8ab90/cli-win32-x64.tar.gz) returns a 404 error when accessed directly.
I have verified that I am using the latest version of Cursor and its associated remote development extensions.
Given that VS Code connects without issue, I suspect there might be a misconfiguration or an issue with the specific version of the VS Code Server that Cursor is trying to access or provide.Could you please investigate this issue?
Steps to Reproduce
- Open Cursor
- Connect via SSH to another system
- <Error downloading the Cursor CLI server (404)>
Expected Behavior
- Open Cursor
- Connect via SSH to another system
- Downloads the Cursor CLI Server
- Server & client communicates and establishes connection
- Code!
The steps are the same for both Cursor and Visual Studio Code.
Screenshots / Screen Recordings
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.1.5 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.962
Commit: ef5eeb47a684b4c217dfaf0463aa7ea952f8ab90
Date: (3 days ago)
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.06834210
Node.js 20.19.0
V8: 132.152.41 -electron.o
OS: Windows_NT 10.026100
Additional Information
Image I’ve uploaded is the Remote SSH extension, for info.
Both machines (client and server) are on Windows 11. If it matters, I SSH from my laptop to my desktop on the local network (due to a higher performance GPU on my desktop). But again, this works with VS Code, so I don’t think it’s my network configuration issue, but rather the tarball is missing on the server (hence the 404)
Does this stop you from using Cursor
Yes - Cursor is unusable