No longer able to use cursor agent features when SSHing

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor CLI

Describe the Bug

When I SSH into a VM in a folder where git is enabled,

I get the message:

unable to activate extension “git” because it requires the extension “git base” to be enabled

unable to activate extension “github” because it requires the extension “git base” to be enabled

If I reload the window, those messages still appear. In this state, when I interact with the agent chat, it will permanently hang stating “waiting for extensions”

I need to be ssh’d quite a bit for my work.

Steps to Reproduce

SSH into a vm, go into a folder where git is enabled.

Needs to be on the latest version: 2.4.22

I downgraded to the previous version and it works perfectly

happy to hop on a call and show what happened

Expected Behavior

It should allow me to interact with cursor agent normally

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

I dont know the full version information, I know it doesnt work on version: 2.4.22

but does work with the following (and all previous versions):
Version: 2.4.21
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: dc8361355d709f306d5159635a677a571b277bc0
Date: 2026-01-22T16:57:59.675Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Early Access
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.2.0

I reinstalled the previous version

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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Can you share your logs from the “Main”, “Window”, “Extension Host”, and “Extension Host (Remote)” output panels?

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yes, I need to redownload the messed up version first though

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After restarting my computer, deleting cursor, and installing 24.2.0 again it was fixed

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