OS is linux.
Opening the terminal produces this error:
The terminal process failed to launch: Path to shell executable "bash" is not a file of a symlink.
The path to bash is correct in settings.json and the $PATH variable.
This is Visual Studio Code version 1.57.1. rolling back to an earlier version fixes the issue, so I made a bug report.
As jebeaudet said in his comment, edit the file
~/.config/Code/User/settings.json
and add this line
"terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {"bash": {"path": "/bin/bash"}},
(in my case has occurs when upgrading from v1.55 to v1.60)
In my case, terminal.integrated.shell.linux wasn't set in settings.json which was causing the issue
I noticed the same problem since I upgraded to 1.57.1. The problem shows up when I launch VSCODE from Gnome desktop or from the terminal without following the command code with a dot. However if I enter "code ." then there is no problem.
I could not find "terminal.integrated.shell.linux" in the settings to set the path to the shell bash command.