diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/raw-markdown-html-line-break.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/raw-markdown-html-line-break.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a49603b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/raw-markdown-html-line-break.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { Editor } from '@tiptap/core'
+import type { Node as ProseMirrorNode } from '@tiptap/pm/model'
+import { createRichMarkdownEditorCodec } from './rich-markdown-source-transport'
+import { createRichMarkdownExtensions } from './rich-markdown-extensions'
+import { encodeRawMarkdownHtmlForRichEditor } from './raw-markdown-html'
+
+function createEditor(markdown: string): Editor {
+  const codec = createRichMarkdownEditorCodec()
+  return new Editor({
+    element: null,
+    extensions: createRichMarkdownExtensions({ codec }),
+    content: encodeRawMarkdownHtmlForRichEditor(markdown, codec),
+    contentType: 'markdown'
+  })
+}
+
+function findRawInlineNodes(editor: Editor): ProseMirrorNode[] {
+  const nodes: ProseMirrorNode[] = []
+  editor.state.doc.descendants((node) => {
+    if (node.type.name === 'rawMarkdownHtmlInline') {
+      nodes.push(node)
+    }
+  })
+  return nodes
+}
+
+function renderTag(node: ProseMirrorNode): string {
+  const spec = node.type.spec.toDOM?.(node)
+  return Array.isArray(spec) ? String(spec[0]) : ''
+}
+
+const TABLE_WITH_BREAKS =
+  '| Field | Description |\n' +
+  '| --- | --- |\n' +
+  '| verdict | Values:<br/><br/>`normal`<br>`defect` |\n'
+
+describe('raw markdown <br> line breaks in the rich editor', () => {
+  it('renders <br> and <br/> inside a table cell as real line breaks, not literal text', () => {
+    const editor = createEditor(TABLE_WITH_BREAKS)
+    try {
+      const breakNodes = findRawInlineNodes(editor)
+      expect(breakNodes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+      // Every <br>/<br/> in the cell renders as an actual <br> element so the
+      // values appear on their own lines rather than as raw "<br>" text.
+      for (const node of breakNodes) {
+        expect(renderTag(node)).toBe('br')
+      }
+    } finally {
+      editor.destroy()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('keeps non-break inline HTML as an inert literal span', () => {
+    const editor = createEditor('Before <span>hi</span> after\n')
+    try {
+      const [spanNode] = findRawInlineNodes(editor)
+      expect(spanNode).toBeDefined()
+      expect(renderTag(spanNode)).toBe('span')
+    } finally {
+      editor.destroy()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('round-trips verbatim <br> tags after the rendered DOM is parsed again', () => {
+    const editor = createEditor(TABLE_WITH_BREAKS)
+    try {
+      const rendered = document.createElement('div')
+      rendered.innerHTML = editor.getHTML()
+      expect(rendered.querySelectorAll('br[data-raw-markdown-html-inline]')).toHaveLength(3)
+      expect(rendered.textContent).not.toContain('<br')
+
+      editor.commands.setContent(rendered.innerHTML)
+      const output = (editor as Editor & { getMarkdown(): string }).getMarkdown()
+      expect(output.match(/<br\s*\/?>/g)).toEqual(['<br/>', '<br/>', '<br>'])
+      // The break must not silently collapse into a space on serialization.
+      expect(output).not.toContain('`normal` `defect`')
+    } finally {
+      editor.destroy()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('does not accept arbitrary Markdown source from a forged break marker', () => {
+    const editor = createEditor('Before<br/>after\n')
+    try {
+      const rendered = document.createElement('div')
+      rendered.innerHTML = editor.getHTML()
+      const breakNode = rendered.querySelector('br[data-raw-markdown-html-inline]')
+      expect(breakNode).not.toBeNull()
+      breakNode!.setAttribute('data-raw-markdown-html-value', '<script>alert(1)</script>')
+
+      editor.commands.setContent(rendered.innerHTML)
+      const output = (editor as Editor & { getMarkdown(): string }).getMarkdown()
+      expect(output).toContain('Before<br>after')
+      expect(output).not.toContain('<script>')
+    } finally {
+      editor.destroy()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/raw-markdown-html-source-dom.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/raw-markdown-html-source-dom.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24770e6a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/raw-markdown-html-source-dom.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { mergeAttributes } from '@tiptap/core'
+import type { DOMOutputSpec, Node as ProseMirrorNode, TagParseRule } from '@tiptap/pm/model'
+import type { RichMarkdownSourceKind } from './rich-markdown-source-transport'
+
+// Why: preserves the exact authored <br> spelling on the rendered break node so
+// renderMarkdown can round-trip it verbatim instead of a native hardBreak, which
+// serializes to a space and silently drops the tag inside Markdown table cells.
+const HTML_LINE_BREAK_VALUE_ATTR = 'data-raw-markdown-html-value'
+
+type RawMarkdownSourceDomConfig = {
+  inline: boolean
+  kind: RichMarkdownSourceKind
+  marker: string
+  className?: string
+}
+
+function isHtmlLineBreak(value: string): boolean {
+  return /^<br\s*\/?>$/i.test(value.trim())
+}
+
+function parsedHtmlLineBreakValue(element: HTMLElement): string {
+  const value = element.getAttribute(HTML_LINE_BREAK_VALUE_ATTR)
+  // Why: DOM input can come from the clipboard, so only trusted break syntax
+  // may become hidden Markdown source through the internal preservation marker.
+  return value && isHtmlLineBreak(value) ? value : '<br>'
+}
+
+function nodeValue(node: ProseMirrorNode): string {
+  return typeof node.attrs.value === 'string' ? node.attrs.value : ''
+}
+
+// Why: only inline raw HTML can carry a <br>, so line-break rendering is scoped
+// to that node kind; literal envelopes and block HTML stay verbatim.
+function rendersLineBreaks(config: RawMarkdownSourceDomConfig): boolean {
+  return config.inline && config.kind === 'inline-html'
+}
+
+export function rawMarkdownSourceParseRules(config: RawMarkdownSourceDomConfig): TagParseRule[] {
+  const rules: TagParseRule[] = [
+    {
+      tag: `${config.inline ? 'span' : 'div'}[${config.marker}]`,
+      getAttrs: (element: HTMLElement) => ({ value: element.textContent ?? '' })
+    }
+  ]
+  if (rendersLineBreaks(config)) {
+    // Why: a <br> renders as a real break element (see renderHTML), so it must
+    // round-trip back to this node rather than StarterKit's hardBreak; the marker
+    // attribute and priority keep it ahead of hardBreak's bare `br` rule.
+    rules.push({
+      tag: `br[${config.marker}]`,
+      priority: 100,
+      getAttrs: (element: HTMLElement) => ({ value: parsedHtmlLineBreakValue(element) })
+    })
+  }
+  return rules
+}
+
+export function renderRawMarkdownSourceHtml(
+  config: RawMarkdownSourceDomConfig,
+  attributes: Record<string, unknown>,
+  node: ProseMirrorNode
+): DOMOutputSpec {
+  const value = nodeValue(node)
+  // Why: <br> is the one inline HTML tag with line-break semantics the rich
+  // surface can honor directly. Render it as an actual break so it displays
+  // correctly where blank-line breaks are impossible (e.g. Markdown table cells).
+  if (rendersLineBreaks(config) && isHtmlLineBreak(value)) {
+    return [
+      'br',
+      mergeAttributes(attributes, { [config.marker]: '', [HTML_LINE_BREAK_VALUE_ATTR]: value })
+    ]
+  }
+  return [
+    config.inline ? 'span' : 'div',
+    mergeAttributes(attributes, {
+      [config.marker]: '',
+      contenteditable: 'false',
+      class: config.className
+    }),
+    config.inline ? value : ['pre', value]
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/raw-markdown-html.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/raw-markdown-html.ts
index 76c0285ca3..525154d1c8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/raw-markdown-html.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/raw-markdown-html.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { Node, mergeAttributes } from '@tiptap/core'
+import { Node } from '@tiptap/core'
+import {
+  rawMarkdownSourceParseRules,
+  renderRawMarkdownSourceHtml
+} from './raw-markdown-html-source-dom'
 import { isEditableDetailsHtmlBlock, matchDetailsHtmlBlock } from './details-markdown-html'
 import { formatMarkdownDocLinkBody, parseMarkdownDocLink } from './markdown-doc-links'
 import { normalizeMarkdownReferenceLinks } from './markdown-reference-link-normalization'
@@ -299,25 +303,11 @@ function createRawSourceNode({
     renderText: ({ node }) => (typeof node.attrs.value === 'string' ? node.attrs.value : ''),
 
     parseHTML() {
-      return [
-        {
-          tag: `${inline ? 'span' : 'div'}[${marker}]`,
-          getAttrs: (element: HTMLElement) => ({ value: element.textContent ?? '' })
-        }
-      ]
+      return rawMarkdownSourceParseRules({ inline, kind, marker, className })
     },
 
     renderHTML({ HTMLAttributes, node }) {
-      const value = typeof node.attrs.value === 'string' ? node.attrs.value : ''
-      return [
-        inline ? 'span' : 'div',
-        mergeAttributes(HTMLAttributes, {
-          [marker]: '',
-          contenteditable: 'false',
-          class: className
-        }),
-        inline ? value : ['pre', value]
-      ]
+      return renderRawMarkdownSourceHtml({ inline, kind, marker, className }, HTMLAttributes, node)
     }
   })
 }