"Digitize shape" invariably crashes QGIS. I have tried a number of formats with the same result. This goes for 3.26.0 as well as 3.26.2 In 3.22, this feature was several menu choices: Add rectangle - ...

Shape Tools is a collection of geodesic tools that are installed in the Vector menu, on the toolbar, in the field calculator, or in the Processing Toolbox. Geodesic is the shortest path between two ...