fix(cursor): honor HTTP/1.1 transport for proxy networks#25338

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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, at the transport level with no account: (1) put {"network": {"useHttp1ForAgent": true}} in the Cursor CLI's cli-config.json, (2) load T3's CursorSdk.layer and send one agent message to a local TLS server that offers HTTP/2 and HTTP/1.1 and logs each request's version, (3) on main the agent stream arrives as HTTP/2.

I ran that on main 4947db07d3, then on this branch merged with it (39891e8424), with a placeholder key in a network namespace that reaches only loopback. Agent-stream lines from the server's log:

Main 4947db07d3:

1$ grep -E 'AgentService|BidiService' transport-main-4947db07d3.txt | sort | uniq -c
2 3 HTTP/2.0 POST /agent.v1.AgentService/Run

This branch merged with main (39891e8424):

1$ grep -E 'AgentService|BidiService' transport-merge-39891e8424.txt | sort | uniq -c
2 3 HTTP/1.1 POST /agent.v1.AgentService/RunSSE
3 3 HTTP/1.1 POST /aiserver.v1.BidiService/BidiAppend

Re-checked against main 4947db07d3 on 2026-11-12: the HTTP/1.1 tests in CursorSdk.test.ts fail there without the change and pass with it; the branch merges cleanly.

Not checked:

  • A signed-in Cursor turn behind a proxy without HTTP/2, on this commit: no sign-in was used.
  • 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 and method

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 apply this CLI network setting, and T3 never calls configure, so under Node the agent stream defaults to 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. The client builds the real CursorSdk.layer from each checkout (@cursor/sdk 1.2.0 on both), calls load(), then Agent.create and one send, with CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR holding the file above and CURSOR_BACKEND_URL pointing at the local server, which answers the key exchange and /v1/models and returns 503 for the rest. On main the SDK's agent stream is Run over HTTP/2; with the change it switches to RunSSE and BidiAppend over HTTP/1.1. The SDK turns off certificate checks by itself for a localhost or 127.0.0.1 backend.

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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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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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

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1sequenceDiagram
2 participant HostProcess
3 participant CursorSdkLayer
4 participant FileSystem
5 participant CursorConfigure
6 CursorSdkLayer->>HostProcess: Read environment and home directory
7 CursorSdkLayer->>FileSystem: Read cli-config.json from selected directory
8 FileSystem-->>CursorSdkLayer: Configuration contents or read failure
9 CursorSdkLayer->>CursorConfigure: Set local.useHttp1ForAgent to true when configured
10 CursorSdkLayer->>CursorConfigure: Reset local.useHttp1ForAgent to null on release

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Title checkPassedThe title clearly identifies the main change: honoring HTTP/1.1 for Cursor agent traffic on proxy networks.
Linked Issues checkPassedOpen 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 checkPassedThe 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 checkPassedThe description follows the repository template closely. It has the Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and it links the triaged issue #16435. The Problem section states the failure mod…
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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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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 the Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and it links the triaged issue #16435. The Problem section states the failure modes and expected behavior, and the Change section explains the config lookup order, the SDK call, and the no-op path when the setting is missing or false. The Scope section explains why this is a bug fix and why the provider-setting route is left out. Verification gives concrete commands, branch and main commit hashes, observed HTTP version results, and a list of checks that were not run. The description also includes the agent-attribution line that the template asks for. The template's Title guidance is not part of this check. Minor gap: the Problem section does not give a full reproduction on the PR branch beyond the transport-level steps.

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……@@ -56,6 +61,32 @@ function onUnhandledRejection(reason: unknown): void {
80+ ? CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR
81+ : XDG_CONFIG_HOME?.trim()
82+ ? path.join(XDG_CONFIG_HOME, "cursor")
83+ : path.join(yield* HostProcess.HomeDirectory, ".cursor");
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Use the CLI configuration location on macOS.

If XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set on macOS, this branch reads its cursor directory even when the CLI setting is in ~/.cursor/cli-config.json. A user with HTTP/1.1 enabled in the CLI file can therefore get HTTP/2 agent connections. Apply the XDG branch only on platforms where the CLI uses it. Cursor documents XDG_CONFIG_HOME for Linux/BSD. (prod.cursor.com)

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I'm keeping this as is. The macOS Cursor CLI reads XDG_CONFIG_HOME too, so T3 reads the same file the CLI does.

The docs do say "XDG_CONFIG_HOME (Linux/BSD)", but the shipped CLI has no platform check. In the macOS arm64 build (downloads.cursor.com/lab/2026.10.22-27dcf5f/darwin/arm64/agent-cli-package.tar.gz), cursor-config/dist/paths.js resolves the config directory like this:

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1function o() {
2 const t = process.env.CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR; if (t?.trim()) return t;
3 const e = process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME;
4 return e?.trim() ? join(e, "cursor") : join(homedir(), ".cursor");
5}
6function m() { return join(o(), "cli-config.json"); }

FileBasedConfigProvider.loadFromDefaults loads cli-config.json from m() and never falls back to ~/.cursor. If the file is missing, it creates one there. So on a Mac with a nonblank XDG_CONFIG_HOME and no nonblank CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR, the CLI reads and writes $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cursor/cli-config.json and does not fall back to ~/.cursor/cli-config.json. If T3 skipped XDG on macOS, it would read a file the CLI doesn't use and could pick the wrong transport. The Linux x64 build has the same function.

@only21mil You're right. The shipped CLI resolver you quoted uses XDG_CONFIG_HOME on macOS without a platform check. The current implementation matches that precedence.

My suggestion relied on the documentation’s platform label. Adding a macOS exclusion would make T3 read a different configuration file from the CLI. I withdraw the finding. No change is needed.


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Merged main to clear the conflict: 6a1028bbda5a2f92c599a4b75f4d22b20aee7f12, plus a small cleanup in 6b75f9a70d5409f68f4ada8d101833a590eb1020.

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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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.

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1- const config = yield* fileSystem
2- .readFileString(path.join(configDirectory, "cli-config.json"))
3- .pipe(Effect.flatMap(decodeCursorCliConfig), Effect.option);
4+ const configPath = path.join(configDirectory, "cli-config.json");
5+ if (!(yield* fileSystem.exists(configPath).pipe(Effect.orElseSucceed(() => false)))) {
6+ return false;
7+ }
8+ const config = yield* fileSystem.readFileString(configPath).pipe(
9+ Effect.flatMap(decodeCursorCliConfig),
10+ Effect.tapError(() =>
11+ Effect.logWarning("Ignoring unreadable Cursor CLI config; using the SDK default transport.", {
12+ configPath,
13+ }),
14+ ),
15+ Effect.option,
16+ );

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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On the unreadable-config note: eef37b77ec 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.

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Ran the real T3 server and Cursor provider on both commits with fresh isolated state and identical synthetic input. Set network.useHttp1ForAgent=true, trusted an HTTP/1.1-only TLS reverse proxy, and sent “Reply with OK only. Do not use tools.” through the real CLI.

Base failed with expected h2 session, but ALPN protocol failed to negotiate (exit 1). Head completed with OK (exit 0); the proxy observed an HTTP/1.1 agent stream with status 200.

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  • Browser sign-in and chat rendering were not exercised; the real server's Cursor turn was driven through T3's CLI using the injected credential.
  • XDG_CONFIG_HOME and home-directory fallback paths, disabled settings, and malformed configuration were not exercised; this proof used CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR with the preference enabled.