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The JavaScript exception "raw bracket is not allowed in regular expression with unicode flag" occurs when a Unicode-aware regular expression pattern contains a raw bracket ({, }, ]) that is not part of a quantifier or character class.

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The error messages

SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /{/u: Lone quantifier brackets (V8-based)
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SyntaxError: raw bracket is not allowed in regular expression with unicode flag (Firefox)
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SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: incomplete {} quantifier for Unicode pattern (Safari)
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SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: unmatched ] or } bracket for Unicode pattern (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.