WSL breaks on Cursor update

[xale-a]

Clicking retry/ignore/close doesn't fix anything. It has happened for the last 3 updates.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Have project opened in WSL (remote)
2. Update Cursor

Temp fix that I use: rm -rf /home/<user>/.cursor-server/bin/* and reopen Cursor

OS: Windows 11

[zjwarnes]

Same issue here, developing in WSL with cursor AI has not worked since the update. But that tmp fix is working for me too, thanks for that, I was about to write off cursor ai

[nheinbaugh]

You're a true hero! Thank you! Your steps worked to remove the .cursor-server/bin folder. I think it somehow decided it should try to download a version from the cursor blob storage that just doesn't exist

[mecskyverse]

Thanks for sharing!!

[vurg]

Encountered the same issue yesterday.

I use VS code inside WSL, and I start from terminal with code .

The recommended rm -rf ~/.cursor-server/bin/* did not fix the issue. It kept repeating the same error message. Uninstalled cursor.

[xale-a]

@vurg when you type code . you are launching VS Code, not Cursor. So if you're experiencing that in VS Code, you'd need to run rm -rf ~/.vscode-server/bin/*.

Btw, the problem was present for me in VS Code also, but it seems to be fixed now, hopefully Cursor will catch up with updates soon