Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug The Worktrees Setup feature doesn’t work when Cursor is running inside WSL. When I start an agent chat in Worktree mode within WSL, the setup process fails to find the configuration file even though it exists. In the IDE log…

I also use devcontainer and am experiencing the same situation.

Hey, thanks for the report. It looks like your config file is correct, but the logs show rootWorkspacePath using Windows-style backslashes (\\home\\erickluis00\\ubuntu-projects\\acessopro) instead of Unix forward slashes. That’s why the config file lookup fails. This seems to be a bug in how Cursor…

Hi @deanrie , there is Any updates on this case? Any workaround or status on the fix?

Hi @Gilbert_Leung , thank you for filing, we were incorrectly treating WSL and assuming paths in WSL are just like paths in Windows (they aren’t). I have fixed the issue and it’ll be in the next build of 2.1, should be 2.1.26 or higher.

@Erick_Luis was the one with proper bug report. He should get the thanks. Thank you @David_Gomes ; this was the one bug stopping me from using Cursor 2.

Even after the recent fix, Cursor still doesn’t detect the worktrees.json file inside WSL. I’ve updated to version 2.1.26, and the rootWorkspacePath now appears to be correct, but the setup still outputs: [worktree-setup] no config file found in worktree or root, skipping. [image] [2025-11-24T11…

[2025-11-26T07:42:22.342Z] [worktree-setup] checking config {“composerId”:“66b8118b-b61a-440e-ac77-1433c1f70e15”,“worktreePath”:“/home/gilbert/.cursor/worktrees/mono__WSL__Ubuntu_/wge”,“rootWorkspacePath”:“/home/gilbert/mono”,“worktreeConfigFile”:“file:///home/gilbert/.cursor/worktrees/mono__WSL__U…

Worktrees Setup not working in WSL

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Matt_Madson (Matt Madson) December 24, 2025, 11:24pm 22

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