diff --git a/.github/scripts/issue-version-triage.cjs b/.github/scripts/issue-version-triage.cjs
index edc0ebd406..0a66aa0b2b 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/issue-version-triage.cjs
+++ b/.github/scripts/issue-version-triage.cjs
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ function escapeRegExp(value) {
   return String(value || "").replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
 }
 
+function atxHeading(text) {
+  // Edited issue forms still use Markdown: up to three leading spaces and
+  // one to six hashes, separated from the text by whitespace. A closing hash
+  // run is optional, but only closes a heading when preceded by whitespace.
+  const match = text.match(/^ {0,3}#{1,6}(?:[ \t]+(.*)|$)/);
+  if (!match) return null;
+  return (match[1] || "").replace(/(?:^|[ \t]+)#+[ \t]*$/, "").trim();
+}
+
 function declarationLines(body) {
   let fence = null;
   return stripHTMLComments(body).split(/\r?\n/).map((text) => {
@@ -28,8 +37,8 @@ function declarationLines(body) {
     }
     // Pasted examples and logs are evidence, not issue-form structure. Keep
     // their text as a value under a real field, but never scan it for fields.
-    return { text, delimiter, declaration: !inCode && !delimiter &&
-      !/^(?: {4}|\t)/.test(text) };
+    const declaration = !inCode && !delimiter && !/^(?: {4}|\t)/.test(text);
+    return { text, delimiter, declaration, heading: declaration ? atxHeading(text) : null };
   });
 }
 
@@ -41,13 +50,14 @@ function firstFieldValue(lines) {
 function extractSectionValue(body, heading, followingHeadings = []) {
   if (!body) return null;
   const lines = declarationLines(body);
-  const pattern = new RegExp(`^#+[ \\t]*${escapeRegExp(heading)}[ \\t]*$`, "i");
-  const start = lines.findIndex((line) => line.declaration && pattern.test(line.text));
+  const pattern = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(heading)}$`, "i");
+  const start = lines.findIndex((line) => line.heading !== null && pattern.test(line.heading));
   if (start === -1) return null;
-  const boundary = new RegExp(`^#+[ \\t]*(?:${followingHeadings.length
-    ? followingHeadings.map(escapeRegExp).join("|") : "[^\\n]+"})[ \\t]*$`, "i");
+  const boundary = followingHeadings.length
+    ? new RegExp(`^(?:${followingHeadings.map(escapeRegExp).join("|")})$`, "i") : null;
   let end = start + 1;
-  while (end < lines.length && !(lines[end].declaration && boundary.test(lines[end].text))) {
+  while (end < lines.length && !(lines[end].heading !== null &&
+      (!boundary || boundary.test(lines[end].heading)))) {
     end += 1;
   }
   // An empty declared field differs from a legacy report with no field.
@@ -178,7 +188,7 @@ function extractPulseVersion(title, body) {
   if (body) {
     const lines = declarationLines(body);
     const versionHeading = lines.findIndex((line) =>
-      line.declaration && /^#{1,6}[ \t]+Pulse[ \t]+version[ \t]*$/i.test(line.text)
+      line.heading !== null && /^Pulse[ \t]+version$/i.test(line.heading)
     );
     if (versionHeading !== -1) {
       // The explicit running-version field is authoritative, even when it is
@@ -188,8 +198,8 @@ function extractPulseVersion(title, body) {
     }
     for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i += 1) {
       if (!lines[i].declaration) continue;
-      const line = lines[i].text.replace(/\*\*|__/g, "")
-        .replace(/^[ \t]*(?:#{1,6}[ \t]+|[-*][ \t]+)/, "").trim();
+      const line = (lines[i].heading ?? lines[i].text).replace(/\*\*|__/g, "")
+        .replace(/^[ \t]*[-*][ \t]+/, "").trim();
       const field = line.match(
         /^Pulse[ \t]*(?:[|-][ \t]*)?version(?:[ \t]*[:|][ \t]*|[ \t]+|$)(.*)$/i
       );
diff --git a/.github/scripts/issue-version-triage.test.cjs b/.github/scripts/issue-version-triage.test.cjs
index 9380c41249..6f9167feb1 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/issue-version-triage.test.cjs
+++ b/.github/scripts/issue-version-triage.test.cjs
@@ -320,6 +320,117 @@ test("additional topic classification is explicit and fail-quiet for legacy form
   );
 });
 
+test("edited form headings accept Markdown indentation and closing hashes", () => {
+  const { extractPulseVersion, classifyAdditionalActionableTopics, classifyV6FeedbackType } = triage.internals;
+  for (const newline of ["\n", "\r\n"]) {
+    for (let level = 1; level <= 6; level += 1) {
+      for (let indent = 0; indent <= 3; indent += 1) {
+        for (const closing of ["", " #", " ######## \t"]) {
+          const heading = (name) => " ".repeat(indent) + "#".repeat(level) + "\t" + name + closing;
+          const body = [heading("Pulse version"), "6.5.0", "",
+            heading("Feedback type"), "Documentation issue", "",
+            heading("Additional actionable topics"), "The second host loses its Docker inventory."]
+            .join(newline);
+          assert.equal(extractPulseVersion("Upgrade from v6.4.5", body), "6.5.0", body);
+          assert.equal(classifyV6FeedbackType(body), "documentation", body);
+          assert.equal(classifyAdditionalActionableTopics(body), true, body);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+test("closing hashes and indentation do not let neighbouring fields become topics", () => {
+  for (const followingField of ["Pulse version", "Additional context", "Logs, screenshots, or diagnostics", "Confirmations"]) {
+    const body = ["  ### Additional actionable topics ###", "None", "",
+      `   ## ${followingField} ####`, "An error outside the declared topic field."].join("\n");
+    assert.equal(triage.internals.classifyAdditionalActionableTopics(body), false, body);
+  }
+  const body = [" ### Additional actionable topics #", "None", "",
+    "  #### Separate backup problem ###", "Backups belong to the wrong host.", "",
+    "   ### Pulse version ####", "6.5.0"].join("\n");
+  assert.equal(triage.internals.classifyAdditionalActionableTopics(body), true);
+});
+
+test("plain hash-prefixed text cannot declare issue-form metadata", () => {
+  const { extractPulseVersion, classifyAdditionalActionableTopics, classifyV6FeedbackType } = triage.internals;
+  for (const prefix of ["####### ", "###", "    ### ", "\t### ", "> ### "]) {
+    const body = [prefix + "Pulse version", "6.5.0", "",
+      prefix + "Feedback type", "Bug / regression", "",
+      prefix + "Additional actionable topics", "Copied template text."].join("\n");
+    assert.equal(extractPulseVersion("No version in title", body), null, body);
+    assert.equal(classifyV6FeedbackType(body), null, body);
+    assert.equal(classifyAdditionalActionableTopics(body), null, body);
+  }
+  // A seven-hash line inside a topic is ordinary field content, not a boundary.
+  assert.equal(classifyAdditionalActionableTopics(
+    "### Additional actionable topics\nNone\n####### Pulse version\nA second symptom.\n"
+  ), true);
+});
+
+test("only a separated final hash run closes an issue-form heading", () => {
+  for (const suffix of ["#", " ### example", " ## #"]) {
+    const body = `### Additional actionable topics${suffix}\nA second bug.\n`;
+    assert.equal(triage.internals.classifyAdditionalActionableTopics(body), null, body);
+  }
+});
+
+test("edited headings stay hidden inside comments and pasted code", () => {
+  const { extractPulseVersion, classifyAdditionalActionableTopics, classifyV6FeedbackType } = triage.internals;
+  const copied = [" ### Pulse version ###", "6.4.1", "  ### Feedback type ###",
+    "Bug / regression", "   ### Additional actionable topics ###", "Copied example."].join("\n");
+  for (const [open, close] of [["<!--", "-->"], ["```markdown", "```"], ["~~~markdown", "~~~"]]) {
+    const body = [open, copied, close, "  ### Pulse version ###", "unknown",
+      "  ### Feedback type ###", "Documentation issue", "  ### Additional actionable topics ###", "None"]
+      .join("\n");
+    assert.equal(extractPulseVersion("Upgrade from v6.4.5", body), null, body);
+    assert.equal(classifyV6FeedbackType(body), "documentation", body);
+    assert.equal(classifyAdditionalActionableTopics(body), false, body);
+  }
+});
+
+test("edited version headings retain fenced values and authoritative unknowns", () => {
+  for (const value of ["6.5.0-rc.1", "unknown", "6.5"]) {
+    const body = [" ### Pulse version ###", "```text", value, "```", "",
+      "  ### Agent version ###", "6.4.5"].join("\n");
+    assert.equal(triage.internals.extractPulseVersion("Upgrade from v6.4.5", body),
+      value === "6.5.0-rc.1" ? value : null, body);
+  }
+});
+
+test("label consumer uses edited headings without changing Community-owned state", async () => {
+  const { github, calls } = createGithub();
+  const issue = { number: 2900, title: "Upgrade from v6.4.5",
+    body: " ### Feedback type ###\nBug / regression\n  ### Pulse version ###\n6.5.0\n" +
+      "   ### Additional actionable topics ###\nThe second host loses Docker inventory.\n",
+    labels: ["enhancement", "needs-retest-on-latest", "needs-human", "operator-reviewed", "affects-6.4.5"]
+      .map(name => ({ name })) };
+  await syncLabels({ github, core: createCore(), context: createContext({ issue }) });
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.addLabels.map(call => call.labels),
+    [["affects-6.5.0", "bug", "needs-decomposition"]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.removeLabel.map(call => call.name), ["affects-6.4.5"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.createComment, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.getLatestRelease, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.paginate, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.getIssue.map(call => call.issue_number), [2900]);
+});
+
+test("invalid headings cannot create classification or decomposition mutations", async () => {
+  const { github, calls } = createGithub();
+  const issue = { number: 2901, title: "An example in a documentation report",
+    body: "####### Feedback type\nBug / regression\n####### Pulse version\n6.5.0\n" +
+      "####### Additional actionable topics\nCopied template text.\n",
+    labels: ["documentation", "needs-retest-on-latest", "needs-human", "operator-reviewed"]
+      .map(name => ({ name })) };
+  await syncLabels({ github, core: createCore(), context: createContext({ issue }) });
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.addLabels, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.removeLabel, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.createLabel, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.createComment, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.getLatestRelease, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.paginate, []);
+});
+
 test("topic classification reads later paragraphs after an empty first line", () => {
   for (const firstLine of ["None", "<!-- List distinct topics here. -->", "_No response_"]) {
     const body = [