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/ide install works but can't conntect on docker devcontainersΒ #6297

@eRuaro

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@eRuaro

What happened?

i'm receiving this message after installing gemini cli companion extension on cursor + dev container.

βœ• πŸ”΄ Disconnected: Failed to connect to IDE companion 
  extension for VS Code. Please ensure the extension 
  is running and try restarting your terminal. To 
  install the extension, run /ide install.

this happens while running the following commands:

  • /ide install
  • /ide status
  • /ide disable

this happens in both vs code and cursor when running in a dev container.

What did you expect to happen?

gemini cli companion to work for context diffing

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$ gemini /about
β”‚ About Gemini CLI                            β”‚
β”‚                                             β”‚
β”‚ CLI Version    0.1.21                       β”‚
β”‚ Git Commit     055fe46d                     β”‚
β”‚ Model          gemini-2.5-pro               β”‚
β”‚ Sandbox        no sandbox                   β”‚
β”‚ OS             linux                        β”‚
β”‚ Auth Method    gemini-api-key   

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Anything else we need to know?

i'm running dev containers on a mac machine.

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