Every time I type in my password to connect to remote SSH through cursor the error logs below pop up, this has been an ongoing issue for the last few days but was working fine before hand. I have seen others have this issue but mine was working fine until the other day.
[Info - 19:08:44.717] Resolving ssh remote authority ‘ssh-remote+sunlab.cse.----.edu’ (attemp #1)
[Trace - 19:08:44.723] Identity keys:
None
[Info - 19:08:44.760] Trying no-auth authentication
[Info - 19:08:44.774] Trying password authentication
[Trace - 19:08:47.253] Server install command:
Server installation script
TMP_DIR=“${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-”/tmp"}"
DISTRO_VERSION=“0.33.1”
DISTRO_COMMIT=“26d69e8cd372a090b6a05b74a32fa7f9d52c10b0”
DISTRO_QUALITY=“stable”
SERVER_APP_NAME=“cursor-server”
SERVER_INITIAL_EXTENSIONS=“”
SERVER_LISTEN_FLAG=“–port=0”
SERVER_DATA_DIR=“$HOME/.cursor-server”
SERVER_DIR=“$SERVER_DATA_DIR/bin/$DISTRO_VERSION-$DISTRO_COMMIT”
SERVER_SCRIPT=“$SERVER_DIR/bin/$SERVER_APP_NAME”
SERVER_LOGFILE=“$SERVER_DATA_DIR/.$DISTRO_COMMIT.log”
SERVER_PIDFILE=“$SERVER_DATA_DIR/.$DISTRO_COMMIT.pid”
SERVER_TOKENFILE=“$SERVER_DATA_DIR/.$DISTRO_COMMIT.token”
SERVER_OS=
SERVER_ARCH=
SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN=
SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL=
LISTENING_ON=
OS_RELEASE_ID=
ARCH=
PLATFORM=
Mimic output from logs of remote-ssh extension
print_install_results_and_exit() {
echo “030ce27502ed0af0d7f52b00: start”
echo “exitCode==$1==”
echo “listeningOn==$LISTENING_ON==”
echo “connectionToken==$SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN==”
echo “logFile==$SERVER_LOGFILE==”
echo “osReleaseId==$OS_RELEASE_ID==”
echo “arch==$ARCH==”
echo “platform==$PLATFORM==”
echo “tmpDir==$TMP_DIR==”
echo "030ce27502ed0af0d7f52b00: end"
exit 0
}
Check if platform is supported
PLATFORM=“$(uname -s)”
case $PLATFORM in
Darwin)
SERVER_OS=“darwin”
;;
Linux)
SERVER_OS=“linux”
;;
FreeBSD)
SERVER_OS=“freebsd”
;;
DragonFly)
SERVER_OS=“dragonfly”
;;
*)
echo “Error platform not supported: $PLATFORM”
print_install_results_and_exit 1
;;
esac
Check machine architecture
ARCH=“$(uname -m)”
case $ARCH in
x86_64 | amd64)
SERVER_ARCH=“x64”
;;
armv7l | armv8l)
SERVER_ARCH=“armhf”
;;
arm64 | aarch64)
SERVER_ARCH=“arm64”
;;
ppc64le)
SERVER_ARCH=“ppc64le”
;;
*)
echo “Error architecture not supported: $ARCH”
print_install_results_and_exit 1
;;
esac
os-release
OS_RELEASE_ID=“$(grep -i ‘^ID=’ /etc/os-release 2>/dev/null | sed ‘s/^ID=//gi’ | sed 's/”//g’)"
if [[ -z $OS_RELEASE_ID ]]; then
OS_RELEASE_ID=“$(grep -i ‘^ID=’ /usr/lib/os-release 2>/dev/null | sed ‘s/^ID=//gi’ | sed 's/”//g’)"
if [[ -z $OS_RELEASE_ID ]]; then
OS_RELEASE_ID=“unknown”
fi
fi
Create installation folder
if [[ ! -d $SERVER_DIR ]]; then
mkdir -p $SERVER_DIR
if (( $? > 0 )); then
echo “Error creating server install directory”
print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi
fi
SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL=“$(echo “https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/\${version}-\${commit}/vscode-reh-\${os}-\${arch}.tar.gz” | sed “s/${quality}/$DISTRO_QUALITY/g” | sed “s/${version}/$DISTRO_VERSION/g” | sed “s/${commit}/$DISTRO_COMMIT/g” | sed “s/${os}/$SERVER_OS/g” | sed “s/${arch}/$SERVER_ARCH/g”)”
echo “Downloading server from ‘$SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL’”
Check if server script is already installed
if [[ ! -f $SERVER_SCRIPT ]]; then
if [[ “$SERVER_OS” = “dragonfly” ]] || [[ “$SERVER_OS” = “freebsd” ]]; then
echo “Error “$SERVER_OS” needs manual installation of remote extension host”
print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi
pushd $SERVER_DIR > /dev/null
# Generate a random filename to avoid collisions
RANDOM_FILENAME="vscode-server-9294194f-5951-42e9-a381-cb2224217ffe.tar.gz"
if [[ ! -z $(which wget) ]]; then
wget --tries=3 --timeout=10 --continue --no-verbose -O $RANDOM_FILENAME $SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL
elif [[ ! -z $(which curl) ]]; then
curl --retry 3 --connect-timeout 10 --location --show-error --silent --output $RANDOM_FILENAME $SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL
else
echo "Error no tool to download server binary"
print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi
if (( $? > 0 )); then
echo "Error downloading server from $SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL"
print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi
tar -xf $RANDOM_FILENAME --strip-components 1
if (( $? > 0 )); then
echo "Error while extracting server contents"
print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi
if [[ ! -f $SERVER_SCRIPT ]]; then
echo "Error server contents are corrupted"
print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi
rm -f $RANDOM_FILENAME
popd > /dev/null
else
echo “Server script already installed in $SERVER_SCRIPT”
fi
Try to find if server is already running
if [[ -f $SERVER_PIDFILE ]]; then
SERVER_PID=“$(cat $SERVER_PIDFILE)”
echo “Server PID: $SERVER_PID”
echo “Server script: $SERVER_SCRIPT”
SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS=“$(ps -o pid,args -p $SERVER_PID | grep $SERVER_SCRIPT)”
else
echo “Server script: $SERVER_SCRIPT”
SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS=“$(ps -o pid,args -A | grep $SERVER_SCRIPT | grep -v grep)”
fi
echo “Server running process: $SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS”
SERVER_IS_RUNNING=$([[ ! -z $SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS ]] && echo true || echo false)
if [[ -z $SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS ]]; then
if [[ -f $SERVER_LOGFILE ]]; then
rm $SERVER_LOGFILE
fi
if [[ -f $SERVER_TOKENFILE ]]; then
rm $SERVER_TOKENFILE
fi
touch $SERVER_TOKENFILE
chmod 600 $SERVER_TOKENFILE
SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN="a67d304d-fd4d-482a-905b-d2f3941703f0"
echo $SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN > $SERVER_TOKENFILE
$SERVER_SCRIPT --start-server --host=127.0.0.1 $SERVER_LISTEN_FLAG $SERVER_INITIAL_EXTENSIONS --connection-token-file $SERVER_TOKENFILE --telemetry-level off --enable-remote-auto-shutdown --accept-server-license-terms &> $SERVER_LOGFILE &
echo $! > $SERVER_PIDFILE
else
echo “Server script is already running $SERVER_SCRIPT”
fi
function try_running() {
if [[ -f $SERVER_TOKENFILE ]]; then
SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN=“$(cat $SERVER_TOKENFILE)”
else
echo "Error server token file not found $SERVER_TOKENFILE"
return 1
fi
if [[ -f $SERVER_PIDFILE ]]; then
SERVER_PID="$(cat $SERVER_PIDFILE)"
SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS="$(ps -o pid,args -p $SERVER_PID | grep $SERVER_SCRIPT)"
else
SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS="$(ps -o pid,args -A | grep $SERVER_SCRIPT | grep -v grep)"
fi
if [[ -f $SERVER_LOGFILE ]]; then
for i in {1..5}; do
LISTENING_ON="$(cat $SERVER_LOGFILE | grep -E 'Extension host agent listening on .+' | sed 's/Extension host agent listening on //')"
if [[ -n $LISTENING_ON ]]; then
break
fi
sleep 0.5
done
if [[ -z $LISTENING_ON ]]; then
echo "Error server did not start sucessfully"
return 1
fi
else
echo "Error server log file not found $SERVER_LOGFILE"
return 1
fi
return 0
}
Finish server setup
if ! try_running; then
echo “Failed once $SERVER_IS_RUNNING”
if [[ $SERVER_IS_RUNNING == true ]]; then
echo “Retry”
if [[ -f $SERVER_LOGFILE ]]; then
rm $SERVER_LOGFILE
fi
if [[ -f $SERVER_TOKENFILE ]]; then
rm $SERVER_TOKENFILE
fi
touch $SERVER_TOKENFILE
chmod 600 $SERVER_TOKENFILE
SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN="663e38c3-761d-4a35-89d2-796e00b43bee"
echo $SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN > $SERVER_TOKENFILE
$SERVER_SCRIPT --start-server --host=127.0.0.1 $SERVER_LISTEN_FLAG $SERVER_INITIAL_EXTENSIONS --connection-token-file $SERVER_TOKENFILE --telemetry-level off --enable-remote-auto-shutdown --accept-server-license-terms &> $SERVER_LOGFILE &
echo $! > $SERVER_PIDFILE
if ! try_running; then
echo "Exiting after retry"
print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi
else
echo "Exiting without"
print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi
fi
print_install_results_and_exit 0
[Trace - 19:08:47.315] Server install command stderr:
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/home/rwg227/.cursor-server’: File exists
[Trace - 19:08:47.315] Server install command stdout:
Error creating server install directory
030ce27502ed0af0d7f52b00: start
exitCode==1==
listeningOn====
connectionToken====
logFile==/home/rwg227/.cursor-server/.26d69e8cd372a090b6a05b74a32fa7f9d52c10b0.log==
osReleaseId==rocky==
arch==x86_64==
platform==Linux==
tmpDir==/run/user/300838==
030ce27502ed0af0d7f52b00: end
[Error - 19:08:47.316] Error resolving authority
Error: Couldn’t install vscode server on remote server, install script returned non-zero exit status
at t.installCodeServer (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:1039059)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
at async /Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:438343