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Problem

Cursor turns fail on networks whose proxy can't carry HTTP/2 (https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/16435): behind a mandatory HTTP proxy, runs hang until Connection failed repeatedly, and behind a TLS-inspecting proxy with no ALPN every turn ends with expected h2 session, but ALPN protocol failed to negotiate. The first reporter says the Cursor CLI works on the same machine with "network": { "useHttp1ForAgent": true } in ~/.cursor/cli-config.json, but T3 never passes that setting to the SDK.

Change

CursorSdk.layer reads network.useHttp1ForAgent from the Cursor CLI's cli-config.json (found the way the CLI finds it) when it starts. If it is true, the first SDK load calls Cursor.configure({ local: { useHttp1ForAgent: true } }), before chat turns or text generation create an agent. A missing, unreadable or false setting leaves the SDK's default alone.

Scope

A bug fix: Cursor turns hang or fail behind such proxies. Fixes https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/16435 (triaged bug). This takes the triage's CLI file route only, with no new T3 setting or UI.

Verification

To see it on Linux: (1) run the T3 server where its only way out is a proxy without HTTP/2 (HTTPS_PROXY, NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1), (2) set useHttp1ForAgent to true in cli-config.json, (3) send a Cursor turn: main hangs with no reply.

I ran exactly that with Composer 2.5 (Cursor SDK 1.2.0) on a Linux web dev build with a Cursor API key for my account, behind a local TLS-inspecting proxy with http2=false, main d313b2aff3 against this head eef37b77ec. On main the turn hung with no reply, no agent request reached the proxy and the SDK's direct connection failed DNS. On this head it replied after 1m 8s, with RunSSE and BidiAppend over HTTP/1.1 and no HTTP/2 request.

Main d313b2a: the turn shows Working for 5m 31s and Thinking, with no reply

This head eef37b7: the turn replied "ready" after Worked for 1m 8s

Not checked:

• A transparent TLS-inspecting proxy that intercepts the SDK's direct HTTP/2 connection (the ALPN protocol failed to negotiate report).
• Windows and macOS.
• Editing cli-config.json while the server runs.

Cause, change detail, method and proxy logs

Reports. Cursor turns fail on networks whose proxy can't carry HTTP/2 (https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/16435). One reporter is behind a TLS-inspecting proxy that negotiates no ALPN, so every turn ends with expected h2 session, but ALPN protocol failed to negotiate. Another is behind a mandatory HTTP proxy that the SDK's HTTP/2 client never uses, so runs hang until Connection failed repeatedly. The first reporter says the Cursor CLI works on the same machine with "network": { "useHttp1ForAgent": true } in ~/.cursor/cli-config.json.

@cursor/sdk 1.2.0 has the same switch, but only through its process-wide Cursor.configure({ local: { useHttp1ForAgent } }). It doesn't read the CLI's config file, and T3 never calls configure, so under Node the agent stream always uses HTTP/2.

Change detail. CursorSdk.layer reads network.useHttp1ForAgent from the Cursor CLI's cli-config.json when it starts, without importing the SDK. If the value is true, the service's load() calls Cursor.configure({ local: { useHttp1ForAgent: true } }) the first time it loads the SDK, and the layer clears the value again when it is released. A missing, unreadable or false setting leaves the SDK's default alone, so nobody else's transport changes.

The file is found the way the Cursor CLI finds it: CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR, then $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cursor, then ~/.cursor.

Why here: chat turns and Cursor text generation both get the SDK from this one layer's load(), which the server provides once per process, so the setting is in place before either creates an agent. The SDK keeps this setting per process, so it comes from the host's environment, not from any one provider instance.

The layer now needs FileSystem and Path, and reads the host environment and home directory. The server already provides both services. Two test layers and the replay-fixture recorder script changed only how they provide those services.

Scope detail. Fixes https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/16435 (triaged bug). The triage comment points at a one-time Cursor.configure before any agent is created, covering chat turns and text generation, with the value from the CLI's cli-config.json, a provider setting, or both. This PR takes the CLI file route only: users who already followed Cursor's proxy docs get a working provider with no new T3 setting or UI. It adds no provider setting, and no automatic HTTP/1.1 when HTTPS_PROXY and NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY are set, which the second reporter suggested.

Method. A Cursor turn behind a mandatory proxy that won't speak HTTP/2 replies, with the agent stream on HTTP/1.1. Composer 2.5 (Cursor SDK 1.2.0 on both builds) ran on a Linux web dev build named "Test machine", main d313b2aff3 and this head eef37b77ec, with a fresh isolated T3 home and a short-lived Cursor user API key for my Cursor account. The T3 server ran in its own network namespace. Its only way out was a local TLS-inspecting proxy (mitmproxy 12.3.1, http2=false, body streaming on), with HTTPS_PROXY, NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1, the proxy's CA in NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS and {"network": {"useHttp1ForAgent": true}} in cli-config.json. The prompt "Reply with the single word: ready" was typed into the composer by a headless Chromium under Playwright (sent through the debugging port). Main has not changed CursorSdk.ts since d313b2aff3:

$ git log --oneline d313b2aff3..0f13d2ccbd -- packages/provider-cursor/src/server/CursorSdk.ts | wc -l
0

The proxy's own log (agent and Bidi requests, then HTTP/2 and HTTP/1.1 request counts) and the server log's DNS failures.

Main d313b2aff3: no agent request reached the proxy, and the SDK's direct connection failed DNS.

$ grep -E 'HTTP/[0-9.]+ POST api2.cursor.sh/(agent|aiserver).v1.(AgentService|BidiService)' proxy-httpver-main.log | cut -d' ' -f2- | sort | uniq -c
$ grep -cE '^[0-9:]+ HTTP/2' proxy-httpver-main.log
0
$ grep -cE '^[0-9:]+ HTTP/1.1' proxy-httpver-main.log
57
$ grep -ohE 'getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN [a-z0-9.]+' server-main.log | sort | uniq -c
      3 getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN api2.cursor.sh

This head eef37b77ec: RunSSE and BidiAppend over HTTP/1.1, and no HTTP/2 request.

$ grep -E 'HTTP/[0-9.]+ POST api2.cursor.sh/(agent|aiserver).v1.(AgentService|BidiService)' proxy-httpver-head.log | cut -d' ' -f2- | sort | uniq -c
      1 HTTP/1.1 POST api2.cursor.sh/agent.v1.AgentService/RunSSE
     45 HTTP/1.1 POST api2.cursor.sh/aiserver.v1.BidiService/BidiAppend
$ grep -cE '^[0-9:]+ HTTP/2' proxy-httpver-head.log
0
$ grep -cE '^[0-9:]+ HTTP/1.1' proxy-httpver-head.log
94
$ grep -ohE 'getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN [a-z0-9.]+' server-head.log | sort | uniq -c

Prior PRs

None make this fix. https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/16146 by nkoynov (merged) made failed Cursor turns show Cursor's error instead of "Provider turn failed.". drrius traced the cause to the SDK switch in https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/16435, and JoseAcevesGon reported the explicit proxy case.

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Fixes #16435

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Verdict: Approved at ac2f6dc

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a narrowly scoped Cursor proxy-compatibility fix that honors an explicit existing CLI transport preference without changing the default behavior for other users. The production change is isolated and accompanied by configuration-path and cleanup tests.

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Walkthrough

The Cursor SDK layer reads network.useHttp1ForAgent from Cursor CLI configuration. When the value is true, the layer configures HTTP/1 for the agent transport and resets the setting when its scope ends. Updated layer compositions provide required Node and path services.

Changes: Cursor agent transport configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Provide platform services to the SDK layer apps/server/scripts/record-cursor-agent-sdk-replay-fixture.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/driver.test.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/textGeneration.test.ts	The replay command and test layers provide Node or path services to CursorSdk.layer.
Read and apply the CLI transport setting packages/provider-cursor/src/server/CursorSdk.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/CursorSdk.test.ts	CursorSdk.layer checks CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR, then XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cursor, then ~/.cursor for cli-config.json. It enables local.useHttp1ForAgent only when the decoded setting is true and resets it to null on release. Tests cover path selection, disabled values, malformed configuration, and missing files.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant HostProcess
  participant CursorSdkLayer
  participant FileSystem
  participant CursorConfigure
  CursorSdkLayer->>HostProcess: Read environment and home directory
  CursorSdkLayer->>FileSystem: Read cli-config.json from selected directory
  FileSystem-->>CursorSdkLayer: Configuration contents or read failure
  CursorSdkLayer->>CursorConfigure: Set local.useHttp1ForAgent to true when configured
  CursorSdkLayer->>CursorConfigure: Reset local.useHttp1ForAgent to null on release

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the main change: honoring HTTP/1.1 for Cursor agent traffic on proxy networks.
Linked Issues check		Open issue #16435 requires Cursor turns to use HTTP/1.1 when the CLI config enables network.useHttp1ForAgent. CursorSdk.layer reads that setting from CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cursor…
Out of Scope Changes check		The whole-PR diff contains no unrelated change. The ConnectError rejection guard tested in CursorSdk.test.ts was already present at the merge base; this PR only adds host-service setup needed to r…
Description check		The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and it links the triaged bug issue #16435. The Problem section names the failure and …

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Explanation

Open issue #16435 requires Cursor turns to use HTTP/1.1 when the CLI config enables network.useHttp1ForAgent. CursorSdk.layer reads that setting from CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cursor, or ~/.cursor. Its load() configures the SDK before returning it on the first load, and the layer clears the process-wide setting on release. Missing, false, or invalid config leaves the default transport in place. The tests cover all three lookup locations, disabled, damaged, and missing config, first-load timing, warning behavior, and cleanup. The issue permits the CLI config route; it does not require a provider setting. The reported runtime check also supports the HTTP/1.1 transport behavior.

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Explanation

The whole-PR diff contains no unrelated change. The ConnectError rejection guard tested in CursorSdk.test.ts was already present at the merge base; this PR only adds host-service setup needed to run those tests with the updated layer. The CLI-config lookup, transport tests, and NodeServices/Path layer wiring support issue #16435.

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The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and it links the triaged bug issue #16435. The Problem section names the failure and the expected behavior. The Change section explains the CLI config lookup, the one-time configure call, and why the layer is the right place. The Scope section says this is a bug fix, links the issue, and states what is excluded. The Verification section gives concrete reproduction steps, observed results for main and the head commit, proxy and DNS log evidence, and a list of what was not checked. It also names the model and harness used, which the template asks for. Minor points: the Problem section lacks a short standalone statement of the expected behavior, and the template asks for before/after evidence for UI changes. This change has no UI change, and the PR does include before/after screenshots anyway. The description is long, but the required information is present and specific.

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🤖 Opus 5.5 replying on behalf of Victor.

Merged main to clear the conflict: 6a1028b, plus a small cleanup in 6b75f9a.

Main now loads the Cursor SDK lazily through CursorSdk.load, so the fix moved there. The layer still reads network.useHttp1ForAgent from the Cursor CLI's cli-config.json when it builds, without importing the SDK. Cursor.configure({ local: { useHttp1ForAgent: true } }) now runs on the first load(), before chat turns or text generation create an agent. The value is cleared on release only if it was set. Nothing was dropped, because main has no equivalent.

After the merge, the HTTP/1.1 cases in CursorSdk.test.ts still fail against main's CursorSdk.ts and all 10 tests pass on this head. I reran the local TLS check on @cursor/sdk 1.2.0. With the setting on, the agent stream used HTTP/1.1 (RunSSE, BidiAppend). With the setting off, and on main with it on, it stayed on HTTP/2 (Run).

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packages/provider-cursor/src/server/CursorSdk.ts: 1

95-97: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Log a warning when the CLI config exists but cannot be read or decoded.

Effect.option turns every failure into None. A missing cli-config.json is a normal case. A permission error or malformed JSON is not. Both now give the same result: the SDK stays on HTTP/2 and nothing is reported.

This affects the users this change targets. They are behind a proxy that has no HTTP/2. If their config has a syntax error, turns fail with the same network symptom as before. No log entry points to the cause.

Keep the safe fallback. Skip the file when it is absent. For any other failure, log a bounded warning before falling back. Do not put cause.message in the log attributes.

The FileSystem.exists call is a pre-check. Use a NotFound tag match instead if the Effect PlatformError API provides one.

Proposed change

-  const config = yield* fileSystem
-    .readFileString(path.join(configDirectory, "cli-config.json"))
-    .pipe(Effect.flatMap(decodeCursorCliConfig), Effect.option);
+  const configPath = path.join(configDirectory, "cli-config.json");
+  if (!(yield* fileSystem.exists(configPath).pipe(Effect.orElseSucceed(() => false)))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const config = yield* fileSystem.readFileString(configPath).pipe(
+    Effect.flatMap(decodeCursorCliConfig),
+    Effect.tapError(() =>
+      Effect.logWarning("Ignoring unreadable Cursor CLI config; using the SDK default transport.", {
+        configPath,
+      }),
+    ),
+    Effect.option,
+  );

Based on learnings: when a function reads and parses a persisted config file, flag cases where parse or I/O errors collapse into the absent case. This makes a corrupted file indistinguishable from a missing one.

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Update the `readFileString` and `decodeCursorCliConfig` failure handling so a
missing `cli-config.json` still uses the safe fallback, while other read or
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🤖 Opus 5.5 replying on behalf of Victor.

On the unreadable-config note: eef37b7 keeps the fallback to the SDK's default transport but stops hiding why. A missing cli-config.json still falls back silently. Any other read failure, or a file that does not decode, now logs one warning with the config path first. The transport table test checks that a damaged file warns and keeps the default, and that a missing file logs nothing.

The "Out of Scope Changes" note is not part of this PR: the ConnectError / ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END handling is already on main, and this PR's diff does not touch it.