Docker Compose file could not be read as YAML

Error recorded 2 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Docker Compose. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen2 times
WhereDocker Compose

Why it happens

The repository was cloned successfully, but the selected Docker Compose file could not be parsed as valid YAML. This usually means a syntax error, invalid indentation, unsupported characters, or an unexpected compose-file format. The exact parser error was not captured.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Starting stage: runningDetected project type: Docker ComposeUsing strategy: composeDeploy failed: The compose file in this project could not be read as YAML.

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