Invalid escape character in JSON string

Why it happens

• Windows paths with single backslashes
• Regular expressions copied directly
• An unsupported escape such as \q
• A trailing backslash before the closing quote

Guide

{
  "path": "C:\reports\new"
}

{
  "path": "C:\\reports\\new"
}

Common parser messages

How to fix it

1. 1

   Escape literal backslashes as double backslashes.

2. 2

   Use supported escapes such as \n, \t, \\", \\, or \uXXXX.

3. 3

   Check copied paths and regular expressions.

4. 4

   Validate after editing only the affected string.