[BUG]: Windows folder paths with backslashes crash YAML config parsing

[PrithvijitBose]

Bug Description

Description

On Windows computers, folder paths use backslashes (for example: C:\Users\username...).
In multiple test files, temporary folder paths are written into config YAML files inside double quotes:
The YAML config reader gets confused by \U inside double quotes because it thinks \U is a special code rather than a normal folder path.

• 8 unit tests in test_audit_export.py and test_identity_linking.py fail immediately on Windows.
• Any Windows user who writes double-quoted file paths in their config.yaml will see the bot crash on startup with a YAML parse error.

Steps to Reproduce

1. On a Windows machine, open a terminal in the project directory.
2. Run pytest tests/test_audit_export.py.
3. The tests will fail with a yaml.scanner.ScannerError and SystemExit: 1.

Logs and Screenshots

Environment Details

• OS : Windows 11
• Browser : Microsoft Edge

Impact

Medium - Feature works but has issues

Code of Conduct

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• I have searched existing issues to avoid duplicates