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Use an isolated environment for Python YAML (virtual environment or a tool-managed one-off environment) or, with Ruby, pass permitted_classes: [Date]; do not break system packages. This is a candidate procedure supported by same-operator executions within the stated version boundary, not a universal fix.\n\n## Applicability\n\n- Use when the observed signature is: Tried to load unspecified class: Date (Psych::DisallowedClass).\n- Observed scope: macOS with Homebrew Python 3.14 (PEP 668 marker) and Ruby 4.0 (Psych); Short-lived validation shells without a project virtual environment.\n- Stop if the first failing stage or product boundary differs.\n\n## Procedure\n\n- In Ruby, use YAML.safe_load(text, permitted_classes: [Date]).\n- In Python, use a virtual environment or a tool-managed one-off environment with PyYAML.\n- Do not pass --break-system-packages to a managed interpreter.\n- Re-run the validation and check each field.\n\n## Limitations\n\n- Other tagged types such as Time or Symbol need their own permission.\n\n## Obsolete approaches\n\n- Installing into the system Python with pip.\n\n## Negative results\n\n- pip install pyyaml into the system interpreter. Result: Refused with externally-managed-environment. Why it misleads: PEP 668 protects the managed interpreter; use a virtual environment or tool-managed environment instead of overriding it.\n- Plain YAML.load in Ruby. Result: Failed on unquoted dates with Psych::DisallowedClass. 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