Unable to Send Messages — Agent Shows “Generating…” Indefinitely (when using SSH)

[Yousef_Ahmad]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I am unable to send instructions to the Agent. After typing a message and pressing Enter, the interface appears to begin processing (showing “Generating…” or the loading animation), but no response ever arrives. This issue consistently occurs when I connect to a remote server via SSH inside Cursor.

Steps to Reproduce

Open Cursor.

Connect to a remote server using Remote-SSH.

Open a chat with the Agent.

Type any instruction and press Enter.

The Agent shows “Generating…” indefinitely, but no reply is produced.

Notes:

The issue only happens when using SSH.

Restarting Cursor didn’t solve the problem

I tested this on two different laptops, and the same issue occurred on both.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.5.11 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 2f2737de9aa376933d975ae30290447c910fdf40
Date: 2025-09-05T03:48:32.332Z
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 10.0.22621

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[sanjeed5 (Sanjeed)]

Can you try these steps please?

1. Uninstall Remote-SSH:

   • Open Extensions view (Ctrl + Shift + X)

   • Search “Remote-SSH”

   • Click gear icon → “Uninstall”

2. Install Anysphere Remote SSH:

   • Open Cursor marketplace

   • Search “SSH”

   • Install the Anysphere Remote SSH extension

3. After installation:

   • Close all VS Code instances with active SSH connections

   • Restart Cursor

   • Reconnect via SSH

Verify your SSH configuration and keys are properly set up.