Hey, this is a known issue on Windows. The extension host won’t start, and because of that all providers Authentication UI, Cursor Tab, Agent, Indexing fail with Timeout waiting for EverythingProvider. Your network still works and basic tests pass.
Let’s try this step by step:
- Check the cursor-socket folder
Open Command Prompt and run:
dir "D:\worksoft\cursor\resources\app\extensions\cursor-socket\"
If you see dist\ but there’s no out\, that’s the cause. Fix it like this:
cd "D:\worksoft\cursor\resources\app\extensions\cursor-socket"
xcopy dist out\ /E /I
Restart Cursor.
- Clash Verge VPN
Even if the VPN isn’t active, having VPN software installed can break the extension host. Try fully uninstalling Clash Verge, reboot, then launch Cursor. Other users fixed the same issue by removing the VPN: Extension host terminated unexpectedly no matter what i try
- Turn off Indexing
Cursor Settings (not VS Code settings) > Indexing & Docs > turn off Index Repositories for Instant Grep (BETA) and Codebase Indexing. Restart Cursor.
- Launch without extensions
"D:\worksoft\cursor\Cursor.exe" --disable-extensions
The team is aware of this issue. Send the dir output from step 1 and tell me which step helped or didn’t help.