When Cursor tries to connect to the server, it keeps displaying "Downloading VS Code Server...", but it can be connected quickly and easily on Vscode. What's wrong?

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When Cursor tries to connect to the server, it keeps displaying “Downloading VS Code Server…”, but it can be connected quickly and easily on Vscode. What’s wrong?

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Could you try switching to the Anysphere remote extension?

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You mean which one?

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I tried to go back from version 0.50 to version 0.48, and after loading for more than 30 minutes, I was able to connect successfully. :smiling_face_with_tear:

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We have new remote extensions – see New In-house Extensions (C++, C#, SSH, DevContainers, WSL, Python). They should come up if you search for “SSH”, “Remote Containers”, or “WSL” – depending on which remote you’re using. But anyways, if it’s working, probably best to leave it as is!

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Thank you for your guidance!

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Also,there is warning that “You are about to connect to a version of OS that is not supported by Cursor.” Will this affect operation?

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If it works, you can ignore that warning – we removed that popup in the next Cursor update.

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Thanks, keep it up!

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In my case, Anysphere’s extension does not work (cursor-server won’t download). Switching to MS’s ssh-remote solves this issue.

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Hi @zcorn2017, could you share more about the issue that you’re running into? If you have logs for the “Remote - SSH” output window on the Anysphere extension, it’d be very helpful if you could share so we can figure out what’s wrong. Thanks!