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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>app.overlay  parse error: expected &amp;#39;{&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;=&amp;#39;, or &amp;#39;;&amp;#39;</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/127530/app-overlay-parse-error-expected-or</link><description>Getting the&amp;#39;{&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;=&amp;#39;, or &amp;#39;;&amp;#39; error during generate and build... 
 Checked the attached file for hidden characters in both notepad and vscode editors. 
 
 Can someone recommend what might be tripping this up? 
 here is the .overlay text: 
 
 
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 camera_bus</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:27:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/127530/app-overlay-parse-error-expected-or" /><item><title>RE: app.overlay  parse error: expected '{', '=', or ';'</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/563808?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:27:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:7f07d6a4-9141-436b-a5f8-bf8404a29138</guid><dc:creator>Turbo J</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Overlay looks OK to me at first glance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Check that the board DTS is not just missing a closing &amp;quot;;&amp;quot; character. Otherwise check the combined files in build/zephyr subdir.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>