Rebuilding the container is constantly failing after following the standard instructions on plugin install

Will a

 ./launcher start app

get the forum running?

My best guess is that you inserted a tab or something else that makes the yml invalid.

The error is about the “echo” at the very end of the yml file, which suggests that there’s a formatting issue somewhere before that.

Did you save a copy of the file before you edited it, or have you attempted to edit it to restore it to what you think its state was before you edited it?

A thing you can try is to rename your app.yml, take note of the values (especially the SMTP stuff) and run ./discourse-setup again. That’ll give you a working app.yml.