diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4582474..bed5007 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - §7.1 ABNF `unescaped-char`: supplementary scalars (`%x10000-10FFFF`) included explicitly.
 - §13: option names and value tokens are concept handles; implementations MAY use language-idiomatic spellings or types.
 - Appendix F.5: informative Java mapping section.
+- Tests: decode fixtures for ambiguous leading-plus tokens, matching reference behavior.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/decode/numbers.json b/tests/fixtures/decode/numbers.json
index a4d4e3c..22708b7 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/decode/numbers.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/decode/numbers.json
@@ -89,6 +89,25 @@
       "specSection": "4",
       "note": "Exponent +00 results in the integer 5"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "treats leading plus integer as string",
+      "input": "value: +1",
+      "expected": {
+        "value": "+1"
+      },
+      "specSection": "4",
+      "note": "The spec is silent on leading-plus tokens; the reference implementation treats them as strings"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "treats leading plus numeric-looking tokens as strings",
+      "input": "values[3]: +1,+1.5,+1e2\nexponent: 1e+2",
+      "expected": {
+        "values": ["+1", "+1.5", "+1e2"],
+        "exponent": 100
+      },
+      "specSection": "4",
+      "note": "Reference behavior: exponent plus signs are numeric, but leading-plus tokens remain strings"
+    },
     {
       "name": "parses zero with exponent as number",
       "input": "value: 0e1",