toml-section-scoping-config-debug

name	toml-section-scoping-config-debug
description	Diagnose TOML config errors caused by misplaced keys in table sections
version	1.0.0
source	auto-extracted
extracted	"2026-04-11T00:00:00.000Z"
metadata	{"tags":["config","toml","debugging","type-mismatch"]}

TOML Section Scoping Config Debug

When a TOML config parser reports type mismatches (e.g., expects boolean, got string), check if key-value pairs are accidentally placed inside a [section] table instead of at top-level or in their intended section. In TOML, all keys after a section header belong to that table until the next header. Look for duplicate keys at different scopes—remove duplicates from unintended sections. This is a common gotcha when editing TOML by hand without proper section awareness.