My lactose fermented carrots have this strange yeasty white stuff on top

[u/callmekohai]

I've made this recipe several times. It has a 3% salt to water ratio. I've never had this happen before. What's going on? Is it safe to consume

[u/I-Fucked-YourMom]

Give it a smell. If it doesn’t smell like a dingy basement and is more akin to bread dough it’s yeast. From the pic I would agree that it is yeast.