Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Cursor IDE
Describe the Bug
2025-10-31 08:50:28.823 [info] Download failed: Download failed: Error downloading server from https://downloads.cursor.com/production/8e4da76ad196925accaa169efcae28c45454cce3/linux/x64/cursor-reh-linux-x64.tar.gz. Downloading server locally and copying it over...
2025-10-31 08:50:28.823 [info] Downloading server from https://downloads.cursor.com/production/8e4da76ad196925accaa169efcae28c45454cce3/linux/x64/cursor-reh-linux-x64.tar.gz to C:\Users\dvv\AppData\Local\Temp\cursor-server-fe68e0fd-1429-4c48-8125-ae2692c5c450.tar.gz
2025-10-31 08:50:28.824 [info] (ssh_tunnel) stdout: Unlocking /run/user/1001/cursor-remote-lock.eec1e8b73fe45f8b80568d394e69c2a6
2025-10-31 08:50:50.510 [info] Downloaded server locally to C:\Users\dvv\AppData\Local\Temp\cursor-server-fe68e0fd-1429-4c48-8125-ae2692c5c450.tar.gz. Copying to remote host at ~/.cursor-server/cursor-server-d8d454f5-01db-4299-aa04-4cecffdd2717.tar.gz
2025-10-31 08:50:50.622 [info] Base64-encoding local file C:\Users\dvv\AppData\Local\Temp\cursor-server-fe68e0fd-1429-4c48-8125-ae2692c5c450.tar.gz to temp file C:\Users\dvv\AppData\Local\Temp\cursor_remote_copy_b4126■■■-19b1-4e0f-814a-4dd4b6b1f0e6.b64
2025-10-31 08:50:50.673 [info] Copying file to remote via SSH: Get-Content -Raw "C:\Users\dvv\AppData\Local\Temp\cursor_remote_copy_b4126■■■-19b1-4e0f-814a-4dd4b6b1f0e6.b64" | ssh -T ramsey-bw.abagy.com "bash -c `'cat | (tr -d `"[:space:]`" || true) | (base64 -d 2>/dev/null || base64 -D || true) > `"`$HOME/.cursor-server/cursor-server-d8d454f5-01db-4299-aa04-4cecffdd2717.tar.gz`"`'"
2025-10-31 08:50:51.287 [info] [copyToRemote][stderr]: base64: invalid option -- 'D'
2025-10-31 08:50:51.287 [info] [copyToRemote][stderr]: Try 'base64 --help' for more information.
2025-10-31 08:50:51.332 [info] Deleted local server file C:\Users\dvv\AppData\Local\Temp\cursor-server-fe68e0fd-1429-4c48-8125-ae2692c5c450.tar.gz
2025-10-31 08:50:51.332 [info] Successfully SCP'd server to the remote host. Reattempting to connect
2025-10-31 08:50:51.332 [info] Deleting local script C:\Users\dvv\AppData\Local\Temp\cursor_remote_install_6cb78d71-7ba0-47b6-ba87-e737d64f619c.sh
2025-10-31 08:50:51.333 [info] Using askpass script: c:\Users\dvv\.cursor\extensions\anysphere.remote-ssh-1.0.34\dist\scripts\launchSSHAskpass.bat with javascript file c:\Users\dvv\.cursor\extensions\anysphere.remote-ssh-1.0.34\dist\scripts\sshAskClient.js. Askpass handle: 51025
2025-10-31 08:50:51.339 [info] Launching SSH server via shell with command: type "C:\Users\dvv\AppData\Local\Temp\cursor_remote_install_5c6078f0-527d-4546-91ec-d66ffe1d25d2.sh" | ssh -T -D 51088 ramsey-bw.abagy.com bash --login -c bash
2025-10-31 08:50:51.339 [info] Establishing SSH connection: type "C:\Users\dvv\AppData\Local\Temp\cursor_remote_install_5c6078f0-527d-4546-91ec-d66ffe1d25d2.sh" | ssh -T -D 51088 ramsey-bw.abagy.com bash --login -c bash
2025-10-31 08:50:51.339 [info] Started installation script. Waiting for it to finish...
2025-10-31 08:50:51.339 [info] Waiting for server to install. Timeout: 30000ms
2025-10-31 08:50:51.537 [info] (ssh_tunnel) stdout: Configuring Cursor Server on Remote
2025-10-31 08:50:51.539 [info] (ssh_tunnel) stdout: Using TMP_DIR: /run/user/1001
2025-10-31 08:50:51.555 [info] (ssh_tunnel) stdout: Locking /run/user/1001/cursor-remote-lock.eec1e8b73fe45f8b80568d394e69c2a6
2025-10-31 08:50:51.556 [info] (ssh_tunnel) stdout: Found existing server archive at /home/cm/.cursor-server/cursor-server-d8d454f5-01db-4299-aa04-4cecffdd2717.tar.gz, using it instead of downloading
2025-10-31 08:50:51.556 [info] (ssh_tunnel) stdout: Extracting server contents from cursor-server-71cc6d94-269a-46da-8ddf-a8198bcfbc13.tar.gz
2025-10-31 08:50:51.557 [info] (ssh_tunnel) stderr: tar: This does not look like a tar archive
Steps to Reproduce
Try to connect with ssh to server that does not have internet
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 2.0.43 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 8e4da76ad196925accaa169efcae28c45454cce0
Date: 2025-10-30T18:49:27.589Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26120
Does this stop you from using Cursor
No - Cursor works, but with this issue