[BUG] Remote SSH to Apple Silicon Mac fails - darwin-arm binary missing (v1.11.9)

[BUG] Remote SSH to Apple Silicon Mac fails - darwin-arm binary missing (v1.11.9)

Summary

When attempting to connect from Windows Antigravity client to a remote Apple Silicon Mac (M4 Mac mini) via SSH, the connection fails because the server binary (darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz) cannot be downloaded from Google’s release server. All download URLs return errors.

This issue was previously reported in version 1.11.5 but remains unfixed in version 1.11.9.


Environment

Client (Windows)

  • Antigravity Version: 1.11.9

  • VSCode OSS Version: 1.104.0 (user setup)

  • Commit: b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d

  • Date: 2025-11-26T00:10:18.320Z

  • Electron: 37.3.1

  • Chromium: 138.0.7204.235

  • Node.js: 22.18.0

  • V8: 13.8.258.31-electron.0

  • OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

  • Language Server CL: 836836722

Remote Host (Mac)

  • Device: Mac mini (M4, Apple Silicon)

  • Architecture: darwin-arm64

  • SSH: Working correctly (verified with terminal and VS Code Remote SSH)


Steps to Reproduce

  1. Install Antigravity 1.11.9 on Windows

  2. Configure SSH connection to Apple Silicon Mac (M4)

  3. Attempt to connect via Remote SSH

  4. Connection fails with download errors


Expected Behavior

Antigravity should successfully download the server binary for Apple Silicon Mac and establish the remote SSH connection.


Actual Behavior

The connection fails because the server binary cannot be downloaded. Antigravity attempts multiple URLs but all fail:

Download failed from https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/j0qc3/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...
Download failed from https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/j0qc3/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...
Download failed from https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...
Download failed from https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...
Error downloading server from all URLs
Error: installation failed.
exitCode==1==


Full Error Log

2025-12-02 19:06:05.786 [info] [Trace - 10:06:05.786] [stderr] debug1: pledge: network
2025-12-02 19:06:05.832 [info] [Trace - 10:06:05.831] Waiting for lock...
2025-12-02 19:06:05.835 [info] [Trace - 10:06:05.834] Lock acquired, proceeding with installation.
2025-12-02 19:06:05.835 [info] [Trace - 10:06:05.835] Cleaning up old server installations...
2025-12-02 19:06:05.838 [info] [Trace - 10:06:05.837] Finished cleaning up old server installations.
2025-12-02 19:06:06.498 [info] [Trace - 10:06:06.498] Download failed from https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/j0qc3/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...
2025-12-02 19:06:07.475 [info] [Trace - 10:06:07.475] Download failed from https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/j0qc3/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...
2025-12-02 19:06:08.133 [info] [Trace - 10:06:08.133] Download failed from https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...
2025-12-02 19:06:09.198 [info] [Trace - 10:06:09.197] Download failed from https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...
2025-12-02 19:06:09.198 [info] [Trace - 10:06:09.197] Error downloading server from all URLs
2025-12-02 19:06:09.198 [info] [Trace - 10:06:09.197] Error: installation failed.
2025-12-02 19:06:09.198 [info] [Trace - 10:06:09.197] e7e1297f42785fa8be34de1d: start
2025-12-02 19:06:09.198 [info] [Trace - 10:06:09.197] exitCode==1==
2025-12-02 19:06:09.198 [info] [Error - 10:06:09.197] An error occurred while starting the server, with exit code: 1


Root Cause Analysis

The server binary for Apple Silicon Mac (darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz) appears to be missing from Google’s release server for version 1.11.9.

This is the same issue that was reported for version 1.11.5, where the darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz file was not available on the release server.


Workaround Attempted

  • VS Code Remote SSH: Works perfectly with the same SSH configuration

  • Terminal SSH: Works perfectly

  • This confirms the issue is specific to Antigravity’s server binary distribution


Impact

  • Severity: High

  • Affected Users: All users attempting to use Remote SSH from any platform to Apple Silicon Mac

  • Workaround Available: Use VS Code Remote SSH instead (not ideal for Antigravity users)


Requested Fix

Please upload the missing darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz (or darwin-arm64/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz) binary to the release server for version 1.11.9 (commit: b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d).


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+1 to this problem. Seeing the same problem reported by the user. Remote machine is a Mac Studio when tried to ssh from a Macbook.

2025-12-02 21:40:14.977 [info] [Trace   - 02:40:14.977] Finished cleaning up old server installations.

2025-12-02 21:40:15.627 [info] [Trace   - 02:40:15.627] Download failed from https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/j0qc3/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...

2025-12-02 21:40:16.626 [info] [Trace   - 02:40:16.626] Download failed from https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/j0qc3/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...

2025-12-02 21:40:17.374 [info] [Trace   - 02:40:17.374] Download failed from https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...

2025-12-02 21:40:18.382 [info] [Trace   - 02:40:18.382] Download failed from https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...

I’m experiencing the same problem.

Windows 11 → macOS Tahoe(M3 Pro, MacBook)

2025-12-03 21:47:05.416 [info] [Trace	- 12:47:05.416] Download failed from https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/j0qc3/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...
2025-12-03 21:47:06.561 [info] [Trace	- 12:47:06.560] Download failed from https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/j0qc3/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...
2025-12-03 21:47:07.095 [info] [Trace	- 12:47:07.95] Download failed from https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...
2025-12-03 21:47:08.311 [info] [Trace	- 12:47:08.310] Download failed from https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/antigravity/stable/1.11.9-b31a0ea425328717c6bd1cff12c6755fd3d63a9d/darwin-arm/Antigravity-reh.tar.gz, trying next URL...

I don’t think I have exactly the same issue but might be related so thought I mention it here too. Whenever I remote SSH into my MacOS (M1 Max, Macbook Pro) the installation script runs but it complains that it can’t find flock and wget.

I’ve tried to send PATH, update files, symlink the flock and wget to other folders, changed shell to bash or zsh and nothing works. It’s a showstopper for me, so I am unable to use Antigravity. :frowning:

I ran into the same issue.

The cause was that the Homebrew path wasn’t being loaded in the interactive Bash shell.

Adding the Homebrew path via eval to .zshenv solves the problem.

After that, just install wget with Homebrew and you’re good.

Ah, the .zshenv trick with PATH did solve it. Thank you.
Now I DO have the same issue as this ticket though, Download failed from all URLs. :slight_smile: