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vsCode not formatting Terraform files

See original GitHub issue

Issue Description

Format Document no longer working for TF files.

Open a Terraform (*.tf) file/format
Right click > Format Document
Progress bar as the top of the document animates for a few moments; no formatting occurs.

Environment Information

Terraform Information

Version: 1.0.8 Platform: linux_amd64 Outdated: false

Visual Studio Code

Name	Version
Operating System	Linux x64 3.10.0-1160.71.1.el7.x86_64
VSCode	1.70.1

Visual Studio Code Extensions

Visual Studio Code Extensions(Click to Expand)

Extension	Author	Version
azure-account	ms-vscode	0.11.1
jupyter	ms-toolsai	2022.7.1102252217
jupyter-renderers	ms-toolsai	1.0.9
powershell	ms-vscode	2022.7.2
python	ms-python	2022.12.0
terraform	hashicorp	2.23.0
vscode-pylance	ms-python	2022.8.20
vscode-yaml	redhat	1.9.1
vscodeintellicode	VisualStudioExptTeam	1.2.22

Extension Logs

Find this from the first few lines of the relevant Output pane: View -> Output -> ‘HashiCorp Terraform’

Launching language server: /home/IAMERS/nasnyder/.vscode-server/extensions/hashicorp.terraform-2.23.0-linux-x64/bin/terraform-ls serve
2022/08/17 20:12:31 serve_command.go:162: Starting terraform-ls 0.28.1
2022/08/17 20:12:31 service.go:95: Preparing new session ...
2022/08/17 20:12:31 langserver.go:94: Starting server (pid 41076; concurrency: 24) ...
2022/08/17 20:12:31 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=0)
2022/08/17 20:12:31 opts.go:218: Dequeued request batch of length 1 (qlen=0)
2022/08/17 20:12:31 rpc_logger.go:29: Incoming request for "initialize" (ID 0): {"processId":40976,"clientInfo":{"name":"Visual Studio Code","version":"1.70.1"},"locale":"en","rootPath":"/home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe","rootUri":"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe","capabilities":{"workspace":{"applyEdit":true,"workspaceEdit":{"documentChanges":true,"resourceOperations":["create","rename","delete"],"failureHandling":"textOnlyTransactional","normalizesLineEndings":true,"changeAnnotationSupport":{"groupsOnLabel":true}},"didChangeConfiguration":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"didChangeWatchedFiles":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"symbol":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"symbolKind":{"valueSet":[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26]},"tagSupport":{"valueSet":[1]}},"codeLens":{"refreshSupport":true},"executeCommand":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"configuration":true,"workspaceFolders":true,"semanticTokens":{"refreshSupport":true},"fileOperations":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"didCreate":true,"didRename":true,"didDelete":true,"willCreate":true,"willRename":true,"willDelete":true}},"textDocument":{"publishDiagnostics":{"relatedInformation":true,"versionSupport":false,"tagSupport":{"valueSet":[1,2]},"codeDescriptionSupport":true,"dataSupport":true},"synchronization":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"willSave":true,"willSaveWaitUntil":true,"didSave":true},"completion":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"contextSupport":true,"completionItem":{"snippetSupport":true,"commitCharactersSupport":true,"documentationFormat":["markdown","plaintext"],"deprecatedSupport":true,"preselectSupport":true,"tagSupport":{"valueSet":[1]},"insertReplaceSupport":true,"resolveSupport":{"properties":["documentation","detail","additionalTextEdits"]},"insertTextModeSupport":{"valueSet":[1,2]}},"completionItemKind":{"valueSet":[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25]}},"hover":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"contentFormat":["markdown","plaintext"]},"signatureHelp":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"signatureInformation":{"documentationFormat":["markdown","plaintext"],"parameterInformation":{"labelOffsetSupport":true},"activeParameterSupport":true},"contextSupport":true},"definition":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"linkSupport":true},"references":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"documentHighlight":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"documentSymbol":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"symbolKind":{"valueSet":[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26]},"hierarchicalDocumentSymbolSupport":true,"tagSupport":{"valueSet":[1]},"labelSupport":true},"codeAction":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"isPreferredSupport":true,"disabledSupport":true,"dataSupport":true,"resolveSupport":{"properties":["edit"]},"codeActionLiteralSupport":{"codeActionKind":{"valueSet":["","quickfix","refactor","refactor.extract","refactor.inline","refactor.rewrite","source","source.organizeImports"]}},"honorsChangeAnnotations":false},"codeLens":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"formatting":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"rangeFormatting":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"onTypeFormatting":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"rename":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"prepareSupport":true,"prepareSupportDefaultBehavior":1,"honorsChangeAnnotations":true},"documentLink":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"tooltipSupport":true},"typeDefinition":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"linkSupport":true},"implementation":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"linkSupport":true},"colorProvider":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"foldingRange":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"rangeLimit":5000,"lineFoldingOnly":true},"declaration":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"linkSupport":true},"selectionRange":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"callHierarchy":{"dynamicRegistration":true},"semanticTokens":{"dynamicRegistration":true,"tokenTypes":["namespace","type","class","enum","interface","struct","typeParameter","parameter","variable","property","enumMember","event","function","method","macro","keyword","modifier","comment","string","number","regexp","operator","hcl-attrName","hcl-blockType","hcl-blockLabel","hcl-bool","hcl-string","hcl-number","hcl-objectKey","hcl-mapKey","hcl-keyword","hcl-traversalStep","hcl-typeCapsule","hcl-typePrimitive"],"tokenModifiers":["declaration","definition","readonly","static","deprecated","abstract","async","modification","documentation","defaultLibrary","hcl-dependent","terraform-data","terraform-locals","terraform-module","terraform-output","terraform-provider","terraform-resource","terraform-provisioner","terraform-connection","terraform-variable","terraform-terraform","terraform-backend","terraform-name","terraform-type","terraform-requiredProviders"],"formats":["relative"],"requests":{"range":true,"full":{"delta":true}},"multilineTokenSupport":false,"overlappingTokenSupport":false},"linkedEditingRange":{"dynamicRegistration":true}},"window":{"showMessage":{"messageActionItem":{"additionalPropertiesSupport":true}},"showDocument":{"support":true},"workDoneProgress":true},"general":{"regularExpressions":{"engine":"ECMAScript","version":"ES20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2022/08/17 20:12:31 initialize.go:158: enabling telemetry (version: 1)
2022/08/17 20:12:31 initialize.go:163: telemetry enabled (version: 1)
2022/08/17 20:12:31 opts.go:218: Posting server notification "telemetry/event" {"v":1,"name":"initialize","properties":{"experimentalCapabilities.referenceCountCodeLens":false,"lsVersion":"0.28.1","options.commandPrefix":false,"options.excludeModulePaths":false,"options.experimentalFeatures.prefillRequiredFields":false,"options.experimentalFeatures.validateOnSave":false,"options.ignoreDirectoryNames":false,"options.ignoreSingleFileWarning":false,"options.rootModulePaths":false,"options.terraformExecPath":false,"options.terraformExecTimeout":"","options.terraformLogFilePath":false,"root_uri":"dir"}}
2022/08/17 20:12:31 scheduler.go:45: launching eval loop 0
2022/08/17 20:12:31 service.go:443: running closed dir scheduler
2022/08/17 20:12:31 scheduler.go:45: launching eval loop 0
2022/08/17 20:12:31 service.go:448: running open dir scheduler
2022/08/17 20:12:35 watcher.go:498: watching for changes ...
2022/08/17 20:12:35 walker_paths.go:240: walking next dir: {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 rpc_logger.go:50: Response to "initialize" (ID 0): {"capabilities":{"textDocumentSync":{"openClose":true,"change":2,"save":{}},"completionProvider":{"triggerCharacters":[".","["],"completionItem":{}},"hoverProvider":true,"signatureHelpProvider":{},"declarationProvider":{},"definitionProvider":true,"referencesProvider":true,"documentSymbolProvider":true,"codeActionProvider":{"codeActionKinds":["source.formatAll.terraform"]},"codeLensProvider":{},"documentLinkProvider":{},"workspaceSymbolProvider":true,"documentFormattingProvider":true,"documentOnTypeFormattingProvider":{"firstTriggerCharacter":""},"executeCommandProvider":{"commands":["terraform-ls.module.callers","terraform-ls.module.calls","terraform-ls.module.providers","terraform-ls.rootmodules","terraform-ls.terraform.init","terraform-ls.terraform.validate"],"workDoneProgress":true},"semanticTokensProvider":{"legend":{"tokenTypes":["enumMember","function","keyword","number","parameter","property","string","type","variable","hcl-attrName","hcl-blockType","hcl-blockLabel","hcl-bool","hcl-string","hcl-number","hcl-objectKey","hcl-mapKey","hcl-keyword","hcl-traversalStep","hcl-typeCapsule","hcl-typePrimitive"],"tokenModifiers":["defaultLibrary","hcl-dependent","terraform-backend","terraform-connection","terraform-data","terraform-locals","terraform-module","terraform-name","terraform-output","terraform-provider","terraform-provisioner","terraform-requiredProviders","terraform-resource","terraform-terraform","terraform-type","terraform-variable"]},"full":true},"workspace":{"workspaceFolders":{"supported":true,"changeNotifications":"workspace/didChangeWorkspaceFolders"}},"experimental":{"referenceCountCodeLens":false,"refreshModuleProviders":true,"refreshModuleCalls":true}},"serverInfo":{"name":"terraform-ls","version":"0.28.1"}}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 opts.go:218: Completed 1 requests [4.203191012s elapsed]
2022/08/17 20:12:35 walker.go:188: skipping /home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe/.git
2022/08/17 20:12:35 walker.go:197: found module /home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:92: JOBS: Enqueueing new job "1": "OpTypeParseModuleConfiguration" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:92: JOBS: Enqueueing new job "2": "OpTypeParseVariables" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:92: JOBS: Enqueueing new job "3": "OpTypeGetTerraformVersion" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 walker.go:268: parsed datadir: &datadir.DataDir{ModuleManifestPath:"/home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe/.terraform/modules/modules.json", PluginLockFilePath:"/home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe/.terraform.lock.hcl"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:244: JOBS: Dispatching next job "1": "OpTypeParseModuleConfiguration" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:92: JOBS: Enqueueing new job "4": "OpTypeObtainSchema" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:92: JOBS: Enqueueing new job "5": "OpTypeParseModuleManifest" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:358: JOBS: Finishing job "1": "OpTypeParseModuleConfiguration" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"} (err = %!s(<nil>), deferredJobs: [])
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:244: JOBS: Dispatching next job "2": "OpTypeParseVariables" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:92: JOBS: Enqueueing new job "6": "OpTypeDecodeVarsReferences" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:358: JOBS: Finishing job "2": "OpTypeParseVariables" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"} (err = %!s(<nil>), deferredJobs: ["6"])
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:244: JOBS: Dispatching next job "3": "OpTypeGetTerraformVersion" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=0)
2022/08/17 20:12:35 opts.go:218: Dequeued request batch of length 1 (qlen=0)
2022/08/17 20:12:35 rpc_logger.go:29: Incoming notification for "initialized": {}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=0)
2022/08/17 20:12:35 opts.go:218: Dequeued request batch of length 1 (qlen=0)
2022/08/17 20:12:35 rpc_logger.go:29: Incoming notification for "textDocument/didOpen": {"textDocument":{"uri":"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe/modules/terraform-oci-vcn-hub/logging.tf","languageId":"terraform","version":1,"text":"# Enable VCN Flow Logs for Hub VCN\n\n# Rather than attempt to pull some inter-module nonsense...just utilize the data source to get objects by name\ndata \"oci_logging_log_groups\" \"vcn_log_groups\" {\n  compartment_id = var.stream_compartment_ocid\n  display_name   = var.log_group_name\n}\n\ndata \"oci_streaming_streams\" \"splunk_streams\" {\n  compartment_id = var.stream_compartment_ocid\n  name           = var.splunk_stream_name\n  state          = \"Active\"\n}\n\n# Service Logs directed to the 1st matching log_group by name; in the Security Compartment\nresource \"oci_logging_log\" \"vcn_flow_log\" {\n  display_name = oci_core_subnet.svc_subnet.display_name\n  log_group_id = data.oci_logging_log_groups.vcn_log_groups.log_groups[0].id\n  log_type     = \"SERVICE\"\n  configuration {\n    source {\n      category    = \"all\"\n      resource    = oci_core_subnet.svc_subnet.id\n      service     = \"flowlogs\"\n      source_type = \"OCISERVICE\"\n    }\n    compartment_id = var.stream_compartment_ocid\n  }\n  defined_tags       = merge(local.default_tags, var.defined_tags)\n  is_enabled         = true\n  retention_duration     = 30\n  lifecycle {\n    ignore_changes = [\n      defined_tags[\"Oracle_Tags.CreatedOn\"],\n      defined_tags[\"Oracle_Tags.CreatedBy\"]\n    ]\n  }\n}\n"}}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 did_open.go:42: opened module: /home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe/modules/terraform-oci-vcn-hub
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:92: JOBS: Enqueueing new job "7": "OpTypeParseModuleConfiguration" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe/modules/terraform-oci-vcn-hub"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:92: JOBS: Enqueueing new job "8": "OpTypeParseVariables" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe/modules/terraform-oci-vcn-hub"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:92: JOBS: Enqueueing new job "9": "OpTypeGetTerraformVersion" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe/modules/terraform-oci-vcn-hub"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 watcher.go:86: adding module for watching: /home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe/modules/terraform-oci-vcn-hub
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:358: JOBS: Finishing job "3": "OpTypeGetTerraformVersion" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"} (err = %!s(<nil>), deferredJobs: [])
2022/08/17 20:12:35 jobs.go:244: JOBS: Dispatching next job "4": "OpTypeObtainSchema" for {"file:///home/IAMERS/nasnyder/dev/terraform/oci-arch-logging-splunk/GIO-langley-soe"}
2022/08/17 20:12:35 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=0)
2022/08/17 20:12:35 opts.go:218: Dequeued request batch of length 1 (qlen=0)
2022/08/17 20:12:35 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=0)
2022/08/17 20:12:35 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=1)
2022/08/17 20:12:36 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=2)
2022/08/17 20:12:36 opts.go:218: Posting server notification "telemetry/event" {"v":1,"name":"moduleData","properties":{"installedProviders":{"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/dns":"3.2.3","registry.terraform.io/infobloxopen/infoblox":"2.1.0"},"moduleId":"0829ee70-03dd-67c5-ad3e-020063291fa5","tfVersion":"1.0.8"}}
2022/08/17 20:12:36 opts.go:218: Posting server call "client.refreshModuleProviders" 
2022/08/17 20:12:36 opts.go:218: Received response for callback "1"
2022/08/17 20:12:36 opts.go:218: Posting server call "client.refreshModuleCalls" 
2022/08/17 20:12:36 opts.go:218: Received response for callback "2"
2022/08/17 20:12:36 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=3)
2022/08/17 20:12:36 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=4)
2022/08/17 20:12:36 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=5)
2022/08/17 20:12:36 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=6)
2022/08/17 20:12:38 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=7)
2022/08/17 20:12:38 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=8)
2022/08/17 20:12:38 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=9)
2022/08/17 20:12:43 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=10)
2022/08/17 20:12:43 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=11)
2022/08/17 20:12:51 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=12)
2022/08/17 20:12:51 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=13)
2022/08/17 20:12:51 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=14)
2022/08/17 20:12:51 opts.go:218: Received request batch of size 1 (qlen=15)

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Sneedescommented, Aug 23, 2022

Uninstalling the Preview version and installing 2.24.0 appears to have resolved my issue.

Side note…noting that the Changelog shows 2.24.0 (Unreleased). Was expecting to see todays date.

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github-actions[bot]commented, Sep 23, 2022

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