Yue Yi <[email protected]> writes:

> Derek Chen-Becker <[email protected]> 于2026/9/28 Mon 03:04 writes:
>
>> Confirmed.
>>
>> The patch applies cleanly and all tests pass. It would be nice if there
>> were a unit test as part of the patch, and although this is a bug fix
>> I'm wondering if we should update docs/NEWS to clarify the behavior.
>
> Indeed, adding a unit test makes total sense here. I have attached the
> updated patch with a new test case included for review.

Applied onto main, adding a comment to the code to clarify the
reasoning.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=99638063a
Fixed.

> Regarding etc/ORG-NEWS, In practice, users rarely encounter <h7> (or
> lower) because the default org-export-headline-levels is 3, and with
> org-html-toplevel-hlevel defaulted to 2, standard exports only reach
> <h4> at most.
>
> If we view falling back or capping headings beyond HTML's standard as a
> notable behavioral change in export output, documenting it in NEWS is
> worthwhile. If we treat it purely as an internal bug fix to ensure valid
> HTML markup, it might not be strictly necessary.
>
> I personally lean towards mentioning it in NEWS for transparency, but I
> am happy to defer to the maintainers' preference. If you want, it can be:

I usually avoid mentioning clear bug fixes in the news unless they can
affect many users. This is a very peculiar bug that is likely
encountered by a small fraction of users. So, not mentioning it in the
news is OK.
Our news also tend to be very long as is :)

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