Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug After updating Cursor today (January 20, 2026), the Prettier extension fails to activate with an ESM module loading error. Error from Extension Host log: [error] Activating extension esbenp.prettier-vscode failed due to an e…

It appears to be resolved in recent update. Version- 2.4.2

Prettier Extension v12.x fails to activate after Cursor update

Colin (Colin) January 20, 2026, 4:14pm 3

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