diff --git a/changelog/current.md b/changelog/current.md
index 7f4e2cb1c..5c0bd0852 100644
--- a/changelog/current.md
+++ b/changelog/current.md
@@ -2,3 +2,15 @@
   - `file_put_contents()`
   - `file_get_contents()`
   - `stdin_get_contents()`
+- [PR#609](https://github.com/biojppm/rapidyaml/pull/609): fix misbuild in gcc 16.
+- [PR#610](https://github.com/biojppm/rapidyaml/pull/610) fix clang warnings: `-Weverything`. Thanks @TedLyngmo !
+- [PR#613](https://github.com/biojppm/rapidyaml/pull/613) fix [#612](https://github.com/biojppm/rapidyaml/pull/612) fix parse error on whitespace-only after block scalar indicators `|` or `>`:
+  ```yaml
+  space after: >\space
+  tag after: >\t
+  ```
+
+
+### Thanks
+
+- @TedLyngmo
diff --git a/src/c4/yml/parse_engine.def.hpp b/src/c4/yml/parse_engine.def.hpp
index 8d6f97eee..74e42475d 100644
--- a/src/c4/yml/parse_engine.def.hpp
+++ b/src/c4/yml/parse_engine.def.hpp
@@ -2293,30 +2293,38 @@ void ParseEngine<EventHandler>::_scan_block(ScannedBlock *C4_RESTRICT sb, size_t
     {
         _RYML_ASSERT_PARSE_(m_evt_handler->m_stack.m_callbacks, s.begins_with_any("|>"), m_evt_handler->m_curr->pos);
         csubstr t = s.sub(1);
-        _c4dbgpf("blck: spec is multichar: '{}'", t);
+        _c4dbgpf("blck: spec is multichar: {}", _prs(t));
         _RYML_ASSERT_PARSE_(m_evt_handler->m_stack.m_callbacks, t.len >= 1, m_evt_handler->m_curr->pos);
         size_t pos = t.first_of("-+");
-        _c4dbgpf("blck: spec chomp char at {}", pos);
+        _c4dbgpf("blck: spec chomp char: pos={}", pos);
         if(pos != npos)
         {
+            _c4dbgpf("blck: spec chomp char: {}", _c4prc(t[pos]));
             if(t[pos] == '-')
+            {
+                _c4dbgp("blck: chomp=STRIP");
                 chomp = CHOMP_STRIP;
+            }
             else if(t[pos] == '+')
+            {
+                _c4dbgp("blck: chomp=KEEP");
                 chomp = CHOMP_KEEP;
+            }
             if(pos == 0)
                 t = t.sub(1);
             else
                 t = t.first(pos);
+            _c4dbgpf("blck: spec is now: {}", _prs(t));
         }
         // from here to the end, only digits are considered
         pos = t.first_not_of("0123456789");
-        csubstr digits = t.first(pos);
-        if( ! digits.empty())
+        csubstr rest = t.first(pos);
+        if( ! rest.empty())
         {
-            if(C4_UNLIKELY(digits.len > 1))
+            _c4dbgpf("blck: parse indentation digits: {}", _prs(rest));
+            if(C4_UNLIKELY(rest.len > 1))
                 _c4err("parse error: invalid indentation");
-            _c4dbgpf("blck: parse indentation digits: [{}]~~~{}~~~", digits.len, digits);
-            if(C4_UNLIKELY( ! c4::atou(digits, &indentation)))
+            if(C4_UNLIKELY( ! c4::atou(rest, &indentation)))
                 _c4err("parse error: could not read indentation as decimal"); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
             if(C4_UNLIKELY( ! indentation))
                 _c4err("parse error: null indentation");
@@ -2325,7 +2333,9 @@ void ParseEngine<EventHandler>::_scan_block(ScannedBlock *C4_RESTRICT sb, size_t
         }
         else
         {
-            if(C4_UNLIKELY(t.len && (!t.begins_with_any(" \t") || !t.sub(pos).triml(" \t").begins_with('#'))))
+            rest = t.triml(" \t");
+            _c4dbgpf("blck: digits empty. t={} trimmed={} iscomm={} t.iscomm={}", _prs(t), _prs(rest), rest.begins_with('#'), t.begins_with('#'));
+            if(C4_UNLIKELY(rest.len && (rest.str[0] != '#' || t.str[0] == '#')))
                 _c4err("parse error: invalid token");
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/test_lib/test_case.hpp b/test/test_lib/test_case.hpp
index 95575fedc..af2336b13 100644
--- a/test/test_lib/test_case.hpp
+++ b/test/test_lib/test_case.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "c4/format.hpp"
 #include <c4/yml/yml.hpp>
 #include <c4/yml/detail/dbgprint.hpp>
+#include <c4/yml/escape_scalar.hpp>
 #include <c4/yml/detail/print.hpp>
 #endif
 
diff --git a/test/test_scalar_literal.cpp b/test/test_scalar_literal.cpp
index bb13655bd..156053cc9 100644
--- a/test/test_scalar_literal.cpp
+++ b/test/test_scalar_literal.cpp
@@ -1148,6 +1148,13 @@ TEST(block_literal, indentation_indicator_1)
             t = parse_in_arena("--- |#");
         });
     }
+    {
+        SCOPED_TRACE("here");
+        Tree t;
+        ExpectError::check_error_parse(&t, [&t]{
+            t = parse_in_arena("--- >#");
+        });
+    }
     {
         SCOPED_TRACE("here");
         Tree t = parse_in_arena("--- | # comment\n  a");
@@ -1249,6 +1256,25 @@ A ($api-model):
 }
 
 
+TEST(block_literal, github612)
+{
+    for(const char blockchar : {'|', '>'})
+    {
+        RYML_TRACE_FMT("blockchar={}", blockchar);
+        for(const char *ws : {"", " ", "\t", "   ", "\t\t\t", " \t ", "\t \t", " #comment", "\t#comment"})
+        {
+            csubstr fmt = "\n"
+                "- type: string"        "\n"
+                "  description: {}{}"   "\n";
+            std::string yaml = formatrs<std::string>(fmt, blockchar, ws);
+            RYML_TRACE_FMT("ws={}\nyaml={}", blockchar, escaped_scalar(to_csubstr(yaml)));
+            const Tree t = parse_in_place(to_substr(yaml));
+            EXPECT_EQ(t[0]["description"].val(), "");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------