Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug Upon updating Cursor this morning and reopening my project via WSL: Ubuntu, I get “The editor could not be opened due to an unexpected error. Please consult the log for more details.” Also, I noticed the WSL extension has bee…

Hey, this is a known issue with WSL in the latest versions. The logs show two things: a missing code.sh launcher file and unknown quality: when installing cursor-server. Both can block the connection. Try this workaround that helped other users: Open Cursor locally, not in WSL Go to Extensions an…

New update results in WSL breaking

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New update results in WSL breaking

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