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Version 8.0.0 errors with "Extension 'Prettier - Code Formatter' cannot format" on all documents

See original GitHub issue

Any time I attempt to format a JSON document in 8.0.0 I get the error:

Extension 'Prettier - Code Formatter' cannot format '<document>.json'

I see no log files to assist with troubleshooting this.

Based on other users’ reports, this issue appears to be happening for more than just JSON; formatting itself might not be working at all on 8.0.0.

This issue doesn’t happen when rolling back to 6.4.0.

my versions:

prettier: ^2 via yarn v2 pnp prettier-vscode: 8.0.0 vscode: 1.57.1

To users experiencing this issue, you may roll back using the following steps:

Go to the extensions tab
Find the prettier extension
Click on the settings cog
Install another version...
Select your desired version

Per the changelog, you should not use v7

https://github.com/prettier/prettier-vscode/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#700

Issue Analytics

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Created 2 years ago
Reactions:82
Comments:29 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

45reactions

ntottencommented, Jun 22, 2021

Fixed in 8.0.1 - hopefully for good.

8reactions

MichaelXFcommented, Jun 22, 2021

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