# Times of extension search plug-in 503

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/times-of-extension-search-plug-in-503/168801>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** marketplace, extensions\
**Created:** [August 19, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/times-of-extension-search-plug-in-503/168801 "2026-08-19T01:11:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![stj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@stj](https://forum.cursor.com/u/stj)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/times-of-extension-search-plug-in-503/168801/1 "2026-08-19T01:11:15Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

### Describe the Bug

Times of extension search plug-in 503

### Steps to Reproduce

When I search for plug-ins, I directly report 503

### Screenshots / Screen Recordings

 ![Snipaste_2026-08-19_09-08-53.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/0/0/009c6d8b849a04c43086549e3ceb7f8d7a4a9366.png)

### Operating System

MacOS

### Version Information

3.16.17 (Universal)

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/times-of-extension-search-plug-in-503/168801/5 "2026-08-19T08:05:23Z")

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Hey, thanks for the report. I can see the screenshot with the “Server returned 503” error when searching for “git” in the marketplace.

This isn’t anything on your side. At that time there was a short outage on the extension marketplace service, and because of it extension search requests were returning 503. The timing of your screenshot matches that outage window, and it recovered around the same time.

You don’t need to do anything. No reinstall, no proxy or settings changes. Just try the search again, it should work now.

We’re tracking this issue since these 503s can happen from time to time. If you hit it again, let us know, ideally with an approximate time and your timezone. That helps us match it to the logs.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/times-of-extension-search-plug-in-503/168801/6 "2026-09-18T08:05:47Z")

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Closed on September 18, 2026, 8:05am UTC

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