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PyYAML's scanner raises ScannerError 'found character %r that cannot start any token' (rendered as found character '\\t' ...), js-yaml raises 'tab characters must not be used in indentation' or indentation errors.\n\nFix status: documented_behavior\n\nLimitations:\n- PyYAML issue #450 reports that PyYAML also rejects some trailing tabs that other parsers accept (reporter claim; not maintainer-confirmed here).\n\nOther error fragments:\n- tab characters must not be used in indentation\n- bad indentation of a mapping entry\n\nEvidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yaml/pyyaml/34a9bf82357f4952d8f194a5a31f1c39743652d0/lib/yaml/scanner.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): ScannerError 'found character %r that cannot start any token'.\n- https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-5.4.2.tgz#package/dist/js-yaml.cjs.js (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Bundled loader throws 'tab characters must not be used in indentation', 'bad indentation of a mapping entry', 'bad indentation of a sequence entry'.\n- https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/450 (github_issue, 2020-10-22, reported_symptom): Reporter shows PyYAML rejecting a trailing tab that SnakeYAML and the reference parser accept.\n\nSearch phrasings: yaml found character \\t that cannot start any token; 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