SyntaxError: Expected property name or '}' in JSON at position 3 (line 2 column 2)

In Output -> Extension host, I found this stack:

2024-12-04 15:25:43.788 [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension redhat.vscode-quarkus, startup: true, activationEvent: 'workspaceContains:**/src/main/resources/application.properties,**/src/main/resources/application-?*.properties,**src/main/resources/META-INF/microprofile-config.properties,**/src/main/resources/application.yaml,**/src/main/resources/application.yml,**/src/main/resources/templates'
2024-12-04 15:25:44.102 [info] Eager extensions activated
2024-12-04 15:25:51.316 [error] SyntaxError: Expected property name or '}' in JSON at position 3 (line 2 column 2)
	at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
	at /home/apupier/.vscode/extensions/redhat.vscode-quarkus-1.20.0/dist/extension.js:2:17327
	at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
	at /home/apupier/.vscode/extensions/redhat.vscode-quarkus-1.20.0/dist/extension.js:2:15263
	at new Promise (<anonymous>)
	at i (/home/apupier/.vscode/extensions/redhat.vscode-quarkus-1.20.0/dist/extension.js:2:15008)
	at t.isUnwantedRecommendation (/home/apupier/.vscode/extensions/redhat.vscode-quarkus-1.20.0/dist/extension.js:2:17202)
	at t.RecommendationServiceImpl.<anonymous> (/home/apupier/.vscode/extensions/redhat.vscode-quarkus-1.20.0/dist/extension.js:2:3939)
	at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
	at /home/apupier/.vscode/extensions/redhat.vscode-quarkus-1.20.0/dist/extension.js:2:789
	at new Promise (<anonymous>)
	at i (/home/apupier/.vscode/extensions/redhat.vscode-quarkus-1.20.0/dist/extension.js:2:534)
	at /home/apupier/.vscode/extensions/redhat.vscode-quarkus-1.20.0/dist/extension.js:2:3869
	at Array.map (<anonymous>)
	at t.RecommendationServiceImpl.<anonymous> (/home/apupier/.vscode/extensions/redhat.vscode-quarkus-1.20.0/dist/extension.js:2:3861)
	at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
	at s (/home/apupier/.vscode/extensions/redhat.vscode-quarkus-1.20.0/dist/extension.js:2:591)

Start with the stack trace in the packaged extension at dist/extension.js and trace RecommendationServiceImpl.isUnwantedRecommendation back to its TypeScript source. Reproduce activation with the reported workspace, then identify the JSON input causing the parse error. Done means activation no longer emits this SyntaxError and the failure is covered by a regression test.