Describe the Bug
Sometimes when trying to connect to a remote machine using SSH I’m getting the following error. Looks like the script that cursor is executing does not clean up the lock file properly
2025-08-04 21:47:08.669 [info] (ssh_tunnel) stderr: ln: failed to create hard link '/tmp/cursor-remote-lock.e431f46578fbcd24195663a54f878ac2': File exists
Steps to Reproduce
- Try to connect to remote machine using SSH
- Sometimes it fails
Operating System
Windows 10/11
MacOS
Linux
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.3.6 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 68b8fe7396ea37d8acdaaaa08ba316ba359a4160
Date: 2025-07-30T17:59:33.842Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0
Does this stop you from using Cursor
Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor