diff --git a/.trinity/seals/loop_TriLoopLesson.json b/.trinity/seals/loop_TriLoopLesson.json
index 24999695c6..4e660a2f84 100644
--- a/.trinity/seals/loop_TriLoopLesson.json
+++ b/.trinity/seals/loop_TriLoopLesson.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "built_by": "t27c-bootstrap@0.5.2+0fba674ef",
+  "built_by": "t27c-bootstrap@0.5.2+42a4860c4",
   "closure": [
     {
       "spec": "specs/claw/text.t27",
@@ -11,23 +11,23 @@
     }
   ],
   "config": "gen=c,rust,verilog,zig;tests=zig",
-  "gen_hash_c": "sha256:b43f8e5932e50e39962700c70d21c804ecac1296da76238bc38a6d908d1442be",
-  "gen_hash_rust": "sha256:5b03509aa928f0f6ae57f16317efdbab2ce35120e04299cc7c68ab01c7628a95",
-  "gen_hash_verilog": "sha256:3d1754b8cb60953c8f360d30ccef8482f51efa3e495137efeab74f35945fd6c0",
-  "gen_hash_zig": "sha256:3351777f5fc3125f092cf3882414ee7a46582ca37ea287cecbe72c77b27f58e0",
+  "gen_hash_c": "sha256:d563caba34950b1a7eb7540c3db655b14387e7cb7c5044d91b2b7b5ed5dc44ac",
+  "gen_hash_rust": "sha256:2c51a212ceca517b28dc3af6c034acbbdafce4278c7076a7f0abe43b83cb4b26",
+  "gen_hash_verilog": "sha256:4b059e9731893ebc3e894960fa912994555d860e2fee9d2071f03fb864a44060",
+  "gen_hash_zig": "sha256:dda4a7b05cf7f6cdd974333cc253cf7fd40467fc883e7ba0f4e65d9d5d52925f",
   "module": "TriLoopLesson",
   "ring": 12,
   "seal_schema": 2,
-  "sealed_at": "2026-10-19T16:23:39Z",
+  "sealed_at": "2026-10-19T17:26:43Z",
   "sealed_by": "t27c-bootstrap@0.5.2",
-  "spec_hash": "sha256:9964c79e37666e3673d2d32b4d98bb0a4b2d9639f5ff3a9d8372f4f4fa1cadcb",
+  "spec_hash": "sha256:2a7e5e4e999c5418374f2987c45e6bfbb7b542c05c4f24e0ad185cd65b1bcb53",
   "spec_path": "specs/tri/loop/lesson.t27",
   "tests": {
     "failed": 0,
     "failing": [],
     "forced": false,
-    "passed": 21,
-    "total": 21,
+    "passed": 22,
+    "total": 22,
     "vacuous": 0
   },
   "toolchain": {
diff --git a/gen/rust/tri/loop/lesson.rs b/gen/rust/tri/loop/lesson.rs
index ffa88acc0e..a0762502df 100644
--- a/gen/rust/tri/loop/lesson.rs
+++ b/gen/rust/tri/loop/lesson.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Generated from .t27 spec
 // DO NOT EDIT — generated by t27c
-// NOT LOWERED BY THIS BACKEND: 21 test(s), 2 invariant(s), 0 function(s) with no body.
+// NOT LOWERED BY THIS BACKEND: 22 test(s), 2 invariant(s), 0 function(s) with no body.
 // This backend emits declarations only. The spec's checks live in
 // the Zig and Verilog outputs; do not read this file as verified.
 
@@ -396,11 +396,39 @@ pub fn fence_char(f: &'static str, at: usize, stop: usize) -> u8 {
     return 0;
 }
 
-pub fn fence_after(fence: u8, fc: u8) -> u8 {
+pub fn fence_len(f: &'static str, at: usize, stop: usize) -> usize {
+    let c: u8 = fence_char(f, at, stop);
+    if (c == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    let mut k: usize = at;
+    while (((k < stop) && (k < (at + 3))) && (f.as_bytes()[(k) as usize] == 32)) {
+        k = (k + 1);
+    }
+    let mut n: usize = 0;
+    while (((k + n) < stop) && (f.as_bytes()[((k + n)) as usize] == c)) {
+        n = (n + 1);
+    }
+    return n;
+}
+
+pub fn fence_bare(f: &'static str, at: usize, stop: usize) -> bool {
+    let n: usize = fence_len(f, at, stop);
+    if (n == 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let mut k: usize = at;
+    while (((k < stop) && (k < (at + 3))) && (f.as_bytes()[(k) as usize] == 32)) {
+        k = (k + 1);
+    }
+    return blank_line(f, (k + n), stop);
+}
+
+pub fn fence_after(fence: u8, fc: u8, closes: bool) -> u8 {
     if (fence == 0) {
         return fc;
     }
-    if (fc == fence) {
+    if ((fc == fence) && closes) {
         return 0;
     }
     return fence;
@@ -433,13 +461,17 @@ pub fn is_traps(f: &'static str, at: usize, stop: usize) -> bool {
 pub fn trap_line(f: &'static str) -> usize {
     let mut at: usize = 0;
     let mut fence: u8 = 0;
+    let mut flen: usize = 0;
     while (at < f.len()) {
         let stop: usize = line_end(f, at);
         let fc: u8 = fence_char(f, at, stop);
         if ((((fence == 0) && (fc == 0)) && (heading_level(f, at, stop) > 0)) && is_traps(f, at, stop)) {
             return at;
         }
-        fence = fence_after(fence, fc);
+        if (fence == 0) {
+            flen = fence_len(f, at, stop);
+        }
+        fence = fence_after(fence, fc, (fence_bare(f, at, stop) && (fence_len(f, at, stop) >= flen)));
         at = next_line(f, at);
     }
     return f.len();
@@ -449,6 +481,7 @@ pub fn section_end(f: &'static str, h: usize) -> usize {
     let level: usize = heading_level(f, h, line_end(f, h));
     let mut at: usize = next_line(f, h);
     let mut fence: u8 = 0;
+    let mut flen: usize = 0;
     while (at < f.len()) {
         let stop: usize = line_end(f, at);
         let fc: u8 = fence_char(f, at, stop);
@@ -458,7 +491,10 @@ pub fn section_end(f: &'static str, h: usize) -> usize {
                 return at;
             }
         }
-        fence = fence_after(fence, fc);
+        if (fence == 0) {
+            flen = fence_len(f, at, stop);
+        }
+        fence = fence_after(fence, fc, (fence_bare(f, at, stop) && (fence_len(f, at, stop) >= flen)));
         at = next_line(f, at);
     }
     return f.len();
@@ -790,6 +826,14 @@ pub const G: &'static str = "## Traps\n\n- 2026-10-19 use curl (#5)\n- tls\n- pl
 
 pub const BL: &'static str = "- 2026-10-19 use curl (#5)";
 
+pub const FX1: &'static str = "intro\n```\ncode\n``` numbers\nmore code\n```\n## Traps\n\n- 2026-10-19 one lesson that is long enough\n";
+
+pub const FX2: &'static str = "````\n```\n## Traps\n````\n## Traps\n\n- x lesson that is long enough\n";
+
+pub const FX3: &'static str = "```\n``` numbers\ntext\n```\n";
+
+pub const FX4: &'static str = "```\n``` numbers\ntext\n```\n\n## Traps\n\n- 2026-10-19 a new lesson that is long enough to keep\n";
+
 pub fn put_str(dst: &mut [u8], cap: usize, w: usize, s: &'static str, s_len: usize) -> usize {
     let mut i: usize = 0;
     while (i < s_len) {
diff --git a/specs/tri/loop/lesson.t27 b/specs/tri/loop/lesson.t27
index a6f5aa0e63..f131fe8be1 100644
--- a/specs/tri/loop/lesson.t27
+++ b/specs/tri/loop/lesson.t27
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 ; - otherwise ADD, or ADD_SECTION when the file has no Traps section and one is created at the end.
 ; --
 ; The Traps section is the first heading, at any level, whose title opens with `Traps` or `Trap` (so
-; `## Traps`, `## Traps that cost hours` and `## Traps met on this Mac`), outside a code fence. It runs to the
+; `## Traps`, `## Traps that cost hours` and `## Traps met on this Mac`), outside a code fence (a fence closes
+; on a bare line of the same character at least as long as its opener, as on GitHub, so "``` numbers" inside a
+; block is text and one odd line cannot hide the section, #11110). It runs to the
 ; next heading of the same or a higher level, or to the end of the file. A row goes after the last line of
 ; the section that is not blank; a section with nothing in it gets a blank line first.
 ; The row is `- <date> <lesson> (<ref>)`, with no ` (<ref>)` when the ref is empty, then a newline.
@@ -384,10 +386,38 @@ pub fn fence_char(f: string, at: usize, stop: usize) -> u8 {
     return 0;
 }
 
-/// The fence state after a line: outside (0) a line that opens a fence enters it, inside a line with the same fence leaves it.
-pub fn fence_after(fence: u8, fc: u8) -> u8 {
+/// The length of the run of fence characters that opens the line (up to three spaces before it); 0 when the line is no fence line.
+pub fn fence_len(f: string, at: usize, stop: usize) -> usize {
+    const c : u8 = fence_char(f, at, stop);
+    if (c == 0) { return 0; }
+    var k : usize = at;
+    while (k < stop and k < at + 3 and f[k] == 32) {
+        k = k + 1;
+    }
+    var n : usize = 0;
+    while (k + n < stop and f[k + n] == c) {
+        n = n + 1;
+    }
+    return n;
+}
+
+/// A fence line with nothing after its run but spaces, tabs and carriage returns. A fence line with an info string opens a block and
+/// can never close one, so "``` numbers" inside a block is text.
+pub fn fence_bare(f: string, at: usize, stop: usize) -> bool {
+    const n : usize = fence_len(f, at, stop);
+    if (n == 0) { return false; }
+    var k : usize = at;
+    while (k < stop and k < at + 3 and f[k] == 32) {
+        k = k + 1;
+    }
+    return blank_line(f, k + n, stop);
+}
+
+/// The fence state after a line: outside (0) a line that opens a fence enters it; inside, a line leaves it only when it is the same
+/// fence (`closes`: bare and at least as long as the opener, as on GitHub).
+pub fn fence_after(fence: u8, fc: u8, closes: bool) -> u8 {
     if (fence == 0) { return fc; }
-    if (fc == fence) { return 0; }
+    if (fc == fence and closes) { return 0; }
     return fence;
 }
 
@@ -412,11 +442,13 @@ pub fn is_traps(f: string, at: usize, stop: usize) -> bool {
 pub fn trap_line(f: string) -> usize {
     var at : usize = 0;
     var fence : u8 = 0;
+    var flen : usize = 0;
     while (at < f.len) {
         const stop : usize = line_end(f, at);
         const fc : u8 = fence_char(f, at, stop);
         if (fence == 0 and fc == 0 and heading_level(f, at, stop) > 0 and is_traps(f, at, stop)) { return at; }
-        fence = fence_after(fence, fc);
+        if (fence == 0) { flen = fence_len(f, at, stop); }
+        fence = fence_after(fence, fc, fence_bare(f, at, stop) and fence_len(f, at, stop) >= flen);
         at = next_line(f, at);
     }
     return f.len;
@@ -427,6 +459,7 @@ pub fn section_end(f: string, h: usize) -> usize {
     const level : usize = heading_level(f, h, line_end(f, h));
     var at : usize = next_line(f, h);
     var fence : u8 = 0;
+    var flen : usize = 0;
     while (at < f.len) {
         const stop : usize = line_end(f, at);
         const fc : u8 = fence_char(f, at, stop);
@@ -434,7 +467,8 @@ pub fn section_end(f: string, h: usize) -> usize {
             const l : usize = heading_level(f, at, stop);
             if (l > 0 and l <= level) { return at; }
         }
-        fence = fence_after(fence, fc);
+        if (fence == 0) { flen = fence_len(f, at, stop); }
+        fence = fence_after(fence, fc, fence_bare(f, at, stop) and fence_len(f, at, stop) >= flen);
         at = next_line(f, at);
     }
     return f.len;
@@ -897,6 +931,28 @@ test the_section_is_found_and_bounded {
     assert add(F, "second lesson that is long enough", "") == O_DUPLICATE;
 }
 
+const FX1 : string = "intro\n```\ncode\n``` numbers\nmore code\n```\n## Traps\n\n- 2026-10-19 one lesson that is long enough\n";
+const FX2 : string = "````\n```\n## Traps\n````\n## Traps\n\n- x lesson that is long enough\n";
+const FX3 : string = "```\n``` numbers\ntext\n```\n";
+const FX4 : string = "```\n``` numbers\ntext\n```\n\n## Traps\n\n- 2026-10-19 a new lesson that is long enough to keep\n";
+
+// Scenario (#11110): a fence line with an info string does not close a fence, a shorter fence line does not close a longer one, so a
+// file with one such line keeps its Traps section findable and a second lesson is a plain ADD, not a second heading.
+test an_info_string_fence_line_does_not_close_a_fence {
+    assert fence_len("```rust", 0, 7) == 3 and fence_len("  ~~~~", 0, 6) == 4 and fence_len("text", 0, 4) == 0 and fence_len("    ```", 0, 7) == 0;
+    assert fence_bare("```", 0, 3) and fence_bare("```  ", 0, 5) and fence_bare("~~~~", 0, 4);
+    assert !fence_bare("``` numbers", 0, 11) and !fence_bare("```rust", 0, 7) and !fence_bare("text", 0, 4);
+    assert fence_after(96, 96, false) == 96 and fence_after(96, 96, true) == 0 and fence_after(96, 126, true) == 96 and fence_after(0, 96, false) == 96;
+    assert trap_line(FX1) == 41 and section_end(FX1, 41) == FX1.len;
+    assert add(FX1, "another lesson that is different enough", "") == O_ADD;
+    assert trap_line(FX2) == 23;
+    assert add(FX2, "another lesson that is different enough", "") == O_ADD;
+    assert add(FX3, NEW, "") == O_ADD_SECTION;
+    assert trap_line(FX4) < FX4.len;
+    assert add(FX4, "another lesson that is different enough", "") == O_ADD;
+    assert add(FX4, NEW, "") == O_DUPLICATE;
+}
+
 // Scenario: the row goes after the last line of the section that is not blank, before its trailing blank line.
 test the_row_goes_after_the_last_line_of_the_section {
     assert patch_at(F) == 145;