diff --git a/packages/daemon/src/domain/markdown-address.ts b/packages/daemon/src/domain/markdown-address.ts
index 11658ed5f..77c2fd3bf 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/src/domain/markdown-address.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/src/domain/markdown-address.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ function scanHeaders(lines: string[]): HeaderScan {
       const marker = fenceMatch[1]![0]!;
       const length = fenceMatch[1]!.length;
       if (!fence) {
+        // Backticks in an opener's info string prevent a fenced block.
+        // Do not let inline code spans hide the following real headings.
+        if (marker === "`" && line.slice(fenceMatch[0].length).includes("`")) continue;
         fence = { marker, length, line: i };
       } else if (fence.marker === marker && length >= fence.length
         && /^[ \t\r]*$/.test(line.slice(fenceMatch[0].length))) {
@@ -123,8 +126,9 @@ function scanHeaders(lines: string[]): HeaderScan {
       continue;
     }
     if (fence) continue;
-    const header = line.match(/^ {0,3}(#{1,6})\s+(.*\S)\s*$/);
-    if (header) hits.push({ level: header[1]!.length, title: header[2]!, line: i });
+    // Empty ATX headings still end spans and change the parent scope.
+    const header = line.match(/^ {0,3}(#{1,6})(?:\s+(.*\S))?\s*$/);
+    if (header) hits.push({ level: header[1]!.length, title: header[2] ?? "", line: i });
   }
   return { hits, unterminatedFenceLine: fence?.line ?? null };
 }
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ export function parseMarkdownSections(text: string): MarkdownSection[] {
   for (let idx = 0; idx < headers.length; idx++) {
     const h = headers[idx]!;
     if (h.level < MIN_LEVEL || h.level > MAX_LEVEL) {
-      if (h.level < MIN_LEVEL) currentH2 = null; // an H1 resets the H2 scope
+      if (h.level < MIN_LEVEL) currentH2 = h.title.length === 0 ? "" : null; // a blank H1 keeps children unaddressable
       continue;
     }
     const slug = slugifyHeader(h.title);
@@ -210,7 +214,7 @@ export type AddressabilityFinding =
  *  the caller decides the gate. */
 export function validateMarkdownAddressability(text: string): AddressabilityFinding[] {
   const lines = text.split("\n");
-  const { unterminatedFenceLine } = scanHeaders(lines);
+  const { hits: headers, unterminatedFenceLine } = scanHeaders(lines);
   const sections = parseMarkdownSections(text);
   const findings: AddressabilityFinding[] = [];
   // r1 F1: an unclosed fence swallows every later header; resolution stays honest
@@ -220,9 +224,19 @@ export function validateMarkdownAddressability(text: string): AddressabilityFind
     findings.push({ kind: "unterminated-fence", line: unterminatedFenceLine });
   }
   const seen = new Map<string, number[]>();
+  let blankParentScope = false;
+  let headerIndex = 0;
   for (const s of sections) {
-    // r1 F2 family rule: ANY empty segment makes a section unreachable by a legal
-    // address (parseAddress rejects empty segments) — flag parent AND children.
+    while (headerIndex < headers.length && headers[headerIndex]!.line <= s.headerLine) {
+      const header = headers[headerIndex++]!;
+      if (header.level <= 2) blankParentScope = header.title.length === 0;
+    }
+    // Blank headings are scope boundaries, not names to validate. Preserve
+    // recap-write compatibility for their content without promoting children
+    // into a preceding section or the top-level address space.
+    if (s.title.length === 0 || (blankParentScope && s.headerPath.length === 2 && s.headerPath[1]!.length > 0)) continue;
+    // r1 F2 family rule: for remaining named headers, any empty segment makes
+    // the section unreachable by a legal address — flag parent AND children.
     if (s.headerPath.some((segment) => segment.length === 0)) {
       findings.push({ kind: "unaddressable-header", headerPath: s.headerPath.join("/"), line: s.headerLine, title: s.title });
       continue;
diff --git a/packages/daemon/test/context-pack-address-route.test.ts b/packages/daemon/test/context-pack-address-route.test.ts
index 3d4dd2fbd..ca0422904 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/test/context-pack-address-route.test.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/test/context-pack-address-route.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,23 @@ describe("GET /library/resolve-address — file-level span serving (Atom 4c)", (
   const resolve = (address: string) =>
     app.request(`/api/context-packs/library/resolve-address?address=${encodeURIComponent(address)}`);
 
+  it("serves a requested section after an inline triple-backtick span", async () => {
+    writeFileSync(join(tmp, "lib", "packs", "world", "walk.md"),
+      "## Welcome\n```literal ` backticks```\n## Reference\nreference instructions\n");
+    const res = await resolve("packs/world/walk.md#reference");
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(((await res.json()) as { text: string }).text).toBe("## Reference\nreference instructions\n");
+  });
+
+  it("does not serve unrelated instructions across an empty heading", async () => {
+    writeFileSync(join(tmp, "lib", "packs", "world", "walk.md"),
+      "## Welcome\nwelcome instructions\n##\nunrelated instructions\n### Child\nchild instructions\n");
+    const res = await resolve("packs/world/walk.md#welcome");
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(((await res.json()) as { text: string }).text).toBe("## Welcome\nwelcome instructions");
+    expect((await resolve("packs/world/walk.md#welcome/child")).status).toBe(422);
+  });
+
   it("resolves pack/file#H2 to the correct span (the mini-req 6 door shape)", async () => {
     const res = await resolve("packs/world/walk.md#welcome");
     expect(res.status).toBe(200);
diff --git a/packages/daemon/test/markdown-address.test.ts b/packages/daemon/test/markdown-address.test.ts
index ff2647ee0..66a23ee04 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/test/markdown-address.test.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/test/markdown-address.test.ts
@@ -206,3 +206,30 @@ describe("validateMarkdownAddressability — the compose gate", () => {
     expect(findings.filter((f) => f.kind === "unaddressable-header").length).toBe(2);
   });
 });
+
+
+describe("Markdown block boundaries in context addresses", () => {
+  it("keeps inline backtick spans from swallowing later sections", () => {
+    const text = "## Setup\n```literal ` backticks```\n## Deploy\ndeploy instructions\n";
+    expect(resolveAddress(text, ["deploy"]).text).toBe("## Deploy\ndeploy instructions\n");
+    expect(validateMarkdownAddressability(text)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(resolveAddress(text, ["setup"]).text).toContain("```literal ` backticks```");
+  });
+
+  it.each(["##", "## ", "##\t"])("keeps the empty heading %j as a span and scope boundary", (heading) => {
+    const text = `## Setup\nsetup instructions\n${heading}\nother section\n### Child\nchild instructions\n`;
+    expect(resolveAddress(text, ["setup"]).text).toBe("## Setup\nsetup instructions");
+    expect(() => resolveAddress(text, ["setup", "child"])).toThrow(AddressResolutionError);
+    expect(parseMarkdownSections(text).find((section) => section.title === "Child")?.headerPath).toEqual(["", "child"]);
+    expect(validateMarkdownAddressability(text)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps children of an empty H1 unaddressable and terminates an H3 at an empty H4", () => {
+    const text = "## Setup\n### Child\nchild instructions\n####\nother subsection\n#\n### Independent\nindependent instructions";
+    expect(resolveAddress(text, ["setup", "child"]).ownText).toBe("### Child\nchild instructions");
+    expect(parseMarkdownSections(text).find((section) => section.title === "Independent")?.headerPath).toEqual(["", "independent"]);
+    expect(() => resolveAddress(text, ["independent"])).toThrow(AddressResolutionError);
+    expect(validateMarkdownAddressability(text)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(resolveAddress(text.replace("\n#\n", "\n# Named\n"), ["independent"]).text).toContain("independent instructions");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/daemon/test/seat-recap-store.test.ts b/packages/daemon/test/seat-recap-store.test.ts
index b8b882ed4..8256adbf0 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/test/seat-recap-store.test.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/test/seat-recap-store.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,23 @@ beforeEach(() => { seatDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "s05-recap-")); });
 afterEach(() => rmSync(seatDir, { recursive: true, force: true }));
 
 describe("writeSeatRecap — superseded-chain retention (Q2-Amendment 1(b))", () => {
+  it.each(["##", "##\n### Child\nchild prose", "###", "#", "#\n### Next\n## Next"])("retains a recap containing the blank heading boundary %j", (heading) => {
+    writeSeatRecap({ seatDir, content: GOOD_RECAP, now: () => 1 });
+    const content = `## Recent Decisions\nOwned decision\n${heading}\nUnaddressed prose\n`;
+    writeSeatRecap({ seatDir, content, now: () => 2 });
+    expect(readFileSync(join(seatDir, "RECAP.md"), "utf-8")).toBe(content);
+    const chain = listRecapChain(seatDir);
+    expect(chain).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(readFileSync(chain[0]!.path, "utf-8")).toBe(GOOD_RECAP);
+  });
+
+  it("still refuses a named unaddressable heading after a blank boundary", () => {
+    writeSeatRecap({ seatDir, content: GOOD_RECAP, now: () => 1 });
+    expect(() => writeSeatRecap({ seatDir, content: "##\n### ???\nunaddressable title", now: () => 2 })).toThrow(/unaddressable-header/);
+    expect(readFileSync(join(seatDir, "RECAP.md"), "utf-8")).toBe(GOOD_RECAP);
+    expect(listRecapChain(seatDir)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
   it("first write creates RECAP.md; a second write supersedes the first INTO the chain, byte-preserved", () => {
     let t = 1000;
     writeSeatRecap({ seatDir, content: "## Recent Decisions\nfirst era", now: () => t });