Remote SSH Extension Unable to Connect to FreeBSD Server

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Hello,

Description:
I’m experiencing connection issues when trying to use Cursor’s Remote SSH extension to connect to a FreeBSD server. The extension successfully authenticates to the server using SSH keys but fails with an “Unsupported platform: FreeBSD” error.

Error details:

  • The connection authenticates successfully using public key authentication
  • The remote system is detected as “FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-p12”
  • The extension reports “Unsupported platform: FreeBSD”
  • Connection fails with exit code 35
  • Error message: “Failed to parse remote port from server output”

Environment:

  • Cursor version: 0.45.15
  • Remote SSH extension version: 0.113.1
  • Local OS: macOS (darwin arm64)
  • Remote OS: FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-p12
  • OpenSSH version: OpenSSH_9.6p1, LibreSSL 3.3.6

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open Cursor
  2. Use Remote SSH extension to connect to FreeBSD server
  3. Connection fails after authentication with “Unsupported platform” error

What I’ve tried:

  1. Verified SSH works correctly from terminal
  2. Confirmed SSH key authentication is working correctly
  3. Tried to find settings for ignoring platform check

Question:
Is there a way to make Remote SSH extension work with FreeBSD servers? Are there any workarounds or settings I can use to bypass the platform check?