Is anyone else having issues connecting to ssh after installing the latest update? It was literally working fine this morning, then I installed the update and suddenly it won’t connect anymore.
For context, I get this error:
[Error - 19:30:28.382] Error resolving authority
Error: Couldn’t install vscode server on remote server, install script returned non-zero exit status
We’ll have a look. Thank you for reporting.
a cursor dev here. would love to help this get solved. we tested SSH and would love help replicating the issue. are you using tunnels or dev containers? Is this normal ssh?
This is a normal ssh to my university’s linux servers.
Thanks for reporting! Could you paste the entire log?
Ah unfortunately I reverted back to an older version of cursor and it works, and my project is due in two days lol so I don’t want to install the newer version again. Sorry! I’ll post it again as soon as I get my code to work and can install the latest update again.
Here is mine – I am using tailscale – but then opened up regular sshd and copied my key over and got the same result.
edit: I can download the url just fine with wget and curl so I’m very confused about what is going no…
[Info - 22:34:48.536] Resolving ssh remote authority 'ssh-remote+nimbus@pako' (attemp #1)
[Trace - 22:34:48.544] Identity keys:
/Users/kevinjoyce/.ssh/id_ed25519 ssh-ed25519 SHA256:kGSUUPQRGj8jtw3APByQSNC0y3bZS9YFE7saRanBnhY=
[Info - 22:34:48.592] Trying no-auth authentication
[Trace - 22:34:48.631] Server install command:
# Server installation script
TMP_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-"/tmp"}"
DISTRO_VERSION="0.13.0"
DISTRO_COMMIT="e4dfb063f60fbbb889ccfa43d4d2ba3b118c8830"
DISTRO_QUALITY="stable"
SERVER_APP_NAME="cursor-server"
SERVER_INITIAL_EXTENSIONS=""
SERVER_LISTEN_FLAG="--port=0"
SERVER_DATA_DIR="$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 "5ddea4f54ae88abe246dc11e: 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 "5ddea4f54ae88abe246dc11e: 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: $ARCH"
print_install_results_and_exit 1
;;
esac
# https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html
OS_RELEASE_ID="$(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-9f132773-f74a-4695-995a-ee4a551c6946.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="ed76a126-f62d-4fb0-9e6c-03679b751a77"
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="3f5a7778-73f2-40e6-85cb-f430a0df0af3"
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 - 22:34:48.977] Server install command stderr:
failed: Network is unreachable.
[Trace - 22:34:48.977] Server install command stdout:
Downloading server from 'https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/0.13.0-e4dfb063f60fbbb889ccfa43d4d2ba3b118c8830/vscode-reh-linux-x64.tar.gz'
Error downloading server from https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/0.13.0-e4dfb063f60fbbb889ccfa43d4d2ba3b118c8830/vscode-reh-linux-x64.tar.gz
5ddea4f54ae88abe246dc11e: start
exitCode==1==
listeningOn====
connectionToken====
logFile==/home/nimbus/.cursor-server/.e4dfb063f60fbbb889ccfa43d4d2ba3b118c8830.log==
osReleaseId==debian==
arch==x86_64==
platform==Linux==
tmpDir==/tmp==
5ddea4f54ae88abe246dc11e: end
[Error - 22:34:48.979] 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:1:817365)
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:1:438341
EDIT: OK, I guess the script turns off ipv6 or something?? I had no ipv4 default gateway set and that was the issue here. So it downloaded fine via ipv6 manually but I had to add that gateway back before the script worked.
Mine also has a network error and claims it can’t download the server which is weird because from the cli as the ‘nimbus’ user I can copy/paste the url and download with wget or curl with no issues.
It seems with copy/pasting the code my messages vanish so here is a link to the logs on github
Oh huh… and this didn’t happen on the last version?
Believe this is a problem with our using a higher glibc version than Ubuntu 18.04 can support. Should have a patch out asap.
Btw the fix for this is live!
It works! Thanks guys. You’re the best. You’ve got a loyal Pro user for this 
I still get a similar issue. Here is the full stack trace:
[Info - 03:23:48.767] Resolving ssh remote authority 'ssh-remote+ec2-instance' (attemp #1)
[Trace - 03:23:48.818] Identity keys:
/Users/ian/.ssh/aws-ec2-key-us-east-1.pem ssh-rsa SHA256:HJLgjK52kCzdr5gYRC3ZQDfGcS2ZwaCLdOXbmoOCrBc=
[Info - 03:23:48.996] Trying no-auth authentication
[Info - 03:23:49.37] Trying publickey authentication: /Users/ian/.ssh/aws-ec2-key-us-east-1.pem ssh-rsa SHA256:HJLgjK52kCzdr5gYRC3ZQDfGcS2ZwaCLdOXbmoOCrBc=
[Error - 03:23:49.118] Error resolving authority
Error: All configured authentication methods failed
at _e (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:143771)
at /Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:442730
at authHandler (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:438250)
at ye (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:146644)
at USERAUTH_FAILURE (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:135448)
at 51 (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:286953)
at e.exports.J (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:157386)
at J.decrypt (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:250538)
at e.exports.U [as _parse] (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:156910)
at e.exports.parse (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:160713)
at Socket.<anonymous> (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:142511)
at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:324:12)
at readableAddChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:297:9)
at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:234:10)
at TCP.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:190:23)
Here the relevant entry in my ~/.ssh/config file
Host ec2-instance
HostName <my_ip>
User ec2-user
IdentityFile /Users/ian/.ssh/aws-ec2-key-us-east-1.pem
Note that the command
ssh -i ~/.ssh/aws-ec2-key-us-east-1.pem ec2-user@<my_ip>
works just fine from the terminal inside Cursor.
Finally, here is the info from “About Cursor”
Version: 0.16.0
VSCode Version: 1.84.2
Commit: 62c4c972aa5e76a3f5b465c2e07bce967ffb2e80
Date: 2023-11-16T22:43:05.957Z
Electron: 25.9.2
ElectronBuildId: undefined
Chromium: 114.0.5735.289
Node.js: 18.15.0
V8: 11.4.183.29-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 23.1.0
What happens if you run just ssh ec2-instance in a terminal?
ssh ec2-instance works just fine, either in iTerm or from the Cursor terminal.
To pile on, trying to connect to a Hetzner Ubuntu SSH Host using Cursor (now 17, but was an issue with 16) on Mac OS I get:
[Info - XX:XX:XX.XXX] Resolving ssh remote authority ‘ssh-remote+XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX’ (attemp #X)
[Trace - XX:XX:XX.XXX] Identity keys:
/Users/XXX/.ssh/id_rsa ssh-rsa SHA256:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX=
[Info - XX:XX:XX.XXX] Trying no-auth authentication
[Info - XX:XX:XX.XXX] Trying publickey authentication: /Users/XXX/.ssh/id_rsa ssh-rsa SHA256:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX=
[Info - XX:XX:XX.XXX] Trying password authentication
[Error - XX:XX:XX.XXX] Error resolving authority
Error: All configured authentication methods failed
at _e (/Applications/XXX.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:X:XXXXXX)
at /Applications/XXX.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:X:XXXXXX```
It’s working with VS Code.
Having this same issue. On Mac OS, trying to connect to EC2. Works on VSCode, works in iTerm, works in cursor terminal
Can we please get this marked as unresolved so we know somebody is actually looking at it? If this should be submitted somewhere else, let me know.
Having the same issue. Mac OS 13.6.2.
Note we are using Foxpass to manage our keys (described, roughly, here). But I don’t think that’s an issue because I can connect fine in VS Code and iTerm2.
Cursor info:
Version: 0.20.2
VSCode Version: 1.84.2
Commit: 33c8b08492b48664cb00a8ab054f2d60697bbf90
Date: 2023-12-19T02:08:30.362Z
Electron: 25.9.2
ElectronBuildId: undefined
Chromium: 114.0.5735.289
Node.js: 18.15.0
V8: 11.4.183.29-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 22.6.0
Relevant parts of ~/.ssh/config:
Host *
ServerAliveInterval 60
TCPKeepAlive yes
AddKeysToAgent yes
UseKeychain yes
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_foxpass_work_computer
Host localcloud
User REDACTED
Hostname REDACTED
ForwardAgent yes
Cursor logs:
[Info - 21:31:08.306] Resolving ssh remote authority 'ssh-remote+localcloud' (attemp #1)
[Trace - 21:31:08.321] Identity keys:
/Users/REDACTED/.ssh/id_rsa ssh-rsa SHA256:REDACTED
/Users/REDACTED/.ssh/id_rsa_foxpass_work_computer ssh-rsa SHA256:REDACTED
[Info - 21:31:08.420] Trying no-auth authentication
[Info - 21:31:08.445] Trying publickey authentication: /Users/REDACTED/.ssh/id_rsa ssh-rsa SHA256:REDACTED
[Info - 21:31:08.465] Trying publickey authentication: /Users/REDACTED/.ssh/id_rsa_foxpass_work_computer ssh-rsa SHA256:REDACTED
[Error - 21:31:08.570] Error resolving authority
Error: All configured authentication methods failed
at _e (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:143771)
at /Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:442730
at authHandler (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:438250)
at Ee (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:146644)
at USERAUTH_FAILURE (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:135448)
at 51 (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:286953)
at e.exports.J (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:157386)
at J.decrypt (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:250538)
at e.exports.U [as _parse] (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:156910)
at e.exports.parse (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:160713)
at Socket.<anonymous> (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:142511)
at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:324:12)
at readableAddChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:297:9)
at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:234:10)
at TCP.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:190:23)
i’m having the same issue too and it’s quite blocking as i use remote containers for my work. Is there an ETA for when this will be fixed? i bought the pro subscription but i can’t use it for work it’s quite disappointing 
edit: ended up cancelling my subscription, i love Cursor but really need containers working to do my job. i’ll subscribe again once it’s fixed 
in any case, thanks team for the great work!