There is no formatter for "shellscript" files installed

[userdocs]

I have tested this on a new vscode (latest versions windows x64) and it's the same.

I cannot set a default formatter for shellscript or any default langauge using latest release.

If I roll back to previous version it works fine.

shfmt is latest version.

simple workaround

A practical workaround was added by @ehoogeveen-medweb here

Read comments after to see various methods of installation on your platform.

tl:dr

Download https://unpkg.com/@one-ini/wasm@0.1.1/one_ini_bg.wasm and put it in

VSCode/data/extensions/foxundermoon.shell-format-7.2.8/dist/one_ini_bg.wasm

Algorithm : SHA1
Hash      : AC8750AC936A12F90DEAC5CBC5DDE7F977797AC7
Path      : one_ini_bg.wasm

Algorithm : SHA256
Hash      : C5AF9AFBC40CE6702E28E4BFE46A72EBF1EFC30F2E3BDF8F9B9E14CE9420A270
Path      : one_ini_bg.wasm

[fgirolami29]

same on mac os , at now solution is downgrade

[ladyrick]

[xtexx]

same, resolved after downgrade

[wysaid]

The same problem, I have to downgrade:

[wysaid]

Tried to fix this: #397

[SimonNeko]

Solution Found: Downgrading to v7.2.5 resolves the issue.
Hope this helps others facing the same issue.

[breathe]

Same problem -- reports like this for me.

Extension 'shell-format' is configured as formatter but it cannot format 'Shell Script'-files

Downgrading to v7.2.5 resolves

[mkjsix]

I can confirm the issue. I had to downgrade to v 7.2.5

[lwmacct]

I also encountered the same problem.

[LINUX-OASIS]

I am experiencing the same issue :c :C cry on LINUX UBUNTU 24.04 . i even made my own custon installation script to complement the super awsome foxundermoon.shell-format extension [ so that it can use the most recent shfmt binary version (from the stock default v3.6.0 to be fetching the most recent one dynamically and auto configure vscode settings to use it, current version is shfmt_v3.12.0_linux_amd64 by the way)]

If anyone wants it, its on my github repo. APT-AUTO-INSTALLS>WARES-LIB>LINUX-GNOME-AND-MATE-DE-LIB>FOR_LINUX_GNOME_AND_MATE_DE_LIB_EXT_LIB ... its in the vscode installation section

[LINUX-OASIS]

ERROR: Extension 'shell-format' is configured as formatter but it cannot format 'Shell Script'-files on LINUX UBUNTU 24.04 and debian 13 "trixie"

a downgrade to previous version seems to be a viable quick fix for now
sad :c 🌵 .... careless whisper plays in the background, sad vibes today

[simurq]

I can also confirm the issue with the latest update on Linux (Pop!_OS 22.04) even though I specified the shfmt path in settings.json for all profiles correctly. I had to downgrade to v7.2.5.

[SimonNeko]

Solution Found: Downgrading to v7.2.5 resolves the issue. Hope this helps others facing the same issue.

Any updates? Has the problem been fixed yet?

[userdocs]

Solution Found: Downgrading to v7.2.5 resolves the issue. Hope this helps others facing the same issue.

Any updates? Has the problem been fixed yet?

No but it's not an emergency.

Previous version is fully functional and works fine until maintainer can resolve issues.

[wysaid]

Solution Found: Downgrading to v7.2.5 resolves the issue. Hope this helps others facing the same issue.

Any updates? Has the problem been fixed yet?

No but it's not an emergency.

Previous version is fully functional and works fine until maintainer can resolve issues.

Logically, that makes sense, but intuitively, the author can simply revert version 7.2.8 since it's faulty. Reverting it would resolve many issues without much effort and prevent more people from commenting on this issue.