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The JavaScript exception "invalid capture group name in regular expression" occurs when a named capturing group or named backreference contains an invalid identifier.

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The error messages

SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /(?<1>)/: Invalid capture group name (V8-based)
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SyntaxError: invalid capture group name in regular expression (Firefox)
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SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: invalid group specifier name (Safari)
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Details

Category
SyntaxError
Severity
error
Runtime
both

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Source: MDN Web Docs. Data fetched 2026-09-25T01:48:37.274Z.