diff --git a/src/Markdig.Tests/TestPipeTable.cs b/src/Markdig.Tests/TestPipeTable.cs
index f36f9fb0..06bf3849 100644
--- a/src/Markdig.Tests/TestPipeTable.cs
+++ b/src/Markdig.Tests/TestPipeTable.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+using Markdig;
 using Markdig.Extensions.Tables;
 using Markdig.Syntax;
+using Markdig.Syntax.Inlines;
 
 namespace Markdig.Tests;
 
@@ -101,4 +103,103 @@ public void TableWithUnbalancedCodeSpanParsesWithoutDepthLimitError()
         Assert.That(html, Does.Contain("<table"));
         Assert.That(html, Does.Contain("<td>`C</td>"));
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void CodeInlineWithPipeDelimitersRemainsCodeInline()
+    {
+        const string markdown = "`|| hidden text ||`";
+
+        var pipeline = new MarkdownPipelineBuilder()
+            .UseAdvancedExtensions()
+            .Build();
+
+        var document = Markdown.Parse(markdown, pipeline);
+
+        var codeInline = document.Descendants().OfType<CodeInline>().SingleOrDefault();
+        Assert.IsNotNull(codeInline);
+        Assert.That(codeInline!.Content, Is.EqualTo("|| hidden text ||"));
+        Assert.That(document.ToHtml(), Is.EqualTo("<p><code>|| hidden text ||</code></p>\n"));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void MultiLineCodeInlineWithPipeDelimitersRendersAsCode()
+    {
+        string markdown =
+            """
+            `
+            || hidden text ||
+            `
+            """.ReplaceLineEndings("\n");
+
+        var pipeline = new MarkdownPipelineBuilder()
+            .UseAdvancedExtensions()
+            .Build();
+
+        var html = Markdown.ToHtml(markdown, pipeline);
+
+        Assert.That(html, Is.EqualTo("<p><code>|| hidden text ||</code></p>\n"));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void TableCellWithCodeInlineRendersCorrectly()
+    {
+        const string markdown =
+            """
+            | Count | A | B | C | D | E |
+            |-------|---|---|---|---|---|
+            |     0 | B | C | D | E | F |
+            |     1 | B | `Code block` | D | E | F |
+            |     2 | B | C | D | E | F |
+            """;
+
+        var pipeline = new MarkdownPipelineBuilder()
+            .UseAdvancedExtensions()
+            .Build();
+
+        var html = Markdown.ToHtml(markdown, pipeline);
+
+        Assert.That(html, Does.Contain("<td><code>Code block</code></td>"));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void CodeInlineWithIndentedContentPreservesWhitespace()
+    {
+        const string markdown = "`\n   foo\n`";
+
+        var pipeline = new MarkdownPipelineBuilder()
+            .UseAdvancedExtensions()
+            .Build();
+
+        var document = Markdown.Parse(markdown, pipeline);
+        var codeInline = document.Descendants().OfType<CodeInline>().Single();
+
+        Assert.That(codeInline.Content, Is.EqualTo("foo"));
+        Assert.That(Markdown.ToHtml(markdown, pipeline), Is.EqualTo("<p><code>foo</code></p>\n"));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void TableWithIndentedPipeAfterCodeInlineParsesCorrectly()
+    {
+        var markdown =
+            """
+            `
+            	|| hidden text ||
+            `
+
+              | Count | Value |
+              |-------|-------|
+              | 0     | B |
+
+            """.ReplaceLineEndings("\n");
+
+        var pipeline = new MarkdownPipelineBuilder()
+            .UseAdvancedExtensions()
+            .Build();
+
+        var html = Markdown.ToHtml(markdown, pipeline);
+
+        Assert.That(html, Does.Contain("<p><code>|| hidden text ||</code></p>"));
+        Assert.That(html, Does.Contain("<table"));
+        Assert.That(html, Does.Contain("<td>B</td>"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Markdig/Helpers/HtmlHelper.cs b/src/Markdig/Helpers/HtmlHelper.cs
index 4887653f..317c6dde 100644
--- a/src/Markdig/Helpers/HtmlHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Markdig/Helpers/HtmlHelper.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) Alexandre Mutel. All rights reserved.
-// This file is licensed under the BSD-Clause 2 license. 
+// This file is licensed under the BSD-Clause 2 license.
 // See the license.txt file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System.Diagnostics;
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ private static bool TryParseHtmlTagHtmlComment(ref StringSlice text, ref ValueSt
 
         const string EndOfComment = "-->";
 
-        int endOfComment = slice.IndexOf(EndOfComment, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        int endOfComment = slice.IndexOf(EndOfComment.AsSpan(), StringComparison.Ordinal);
         if (endOfComment < 0)
         {
             return false;
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ private static bool TryParseHtmlTagProcessingInstruction(ref StringSlice text, r
     public static string Unescape(string? text, bool removeBackSlash = true)
     {
         // Credits: code from CommonMark.NET
-        // Copyright (c) 2014, Kārlis Gaņģis All rights reserved. 
+        // Copyright (c) 2014, Kārlis Gaņģis All rights reserved.
         // See license for details:  https://github.com/Knagis/CommonMark.NET/blob/master/LICENSE.md
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
         {
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ public static string Unescape(string? text, bool removeBackSlash = true)
     public static int ScanEntity<T>(T slice, out int numericEntity, out int namedEntityStart,  out int namedEntityLength) where T : ICharIterator
     {
         // Credits: code from CommonMark.NET
-        // Copyright (c) 2014, Kārlis Gaņģis All rights reserved. 
+        // Copyright (c) 2014, Kārlis Gaņģis All rights reserved.
         // See license for details:  https://github.com/Knagis/CommonMark.NET/blob/master/LICENSE.md
 
         numericEntity = 0;
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ public static int ScanEntity<T>(T slice, out int numericEntity, out int namedEnt
         var start = slice.Start;
         char c = slice.NextChar();
         int counter = 0;
-        
+
         if (c == '#')
         {
             c = slice.PeekChar();
diff --git a/src/Markdig/Parsers/Inlines/CodeInlineParser.cs b/src/Markdig/Parsers/Inlines/CodeInlineParser.cs
index 34a2a1fc..e71029f9 100644
--- a/src/Markdig/Parsers/Inlines/CodeInlineParser.cs
+++ b/src/Markdig/Parsers/Inlines/CodeInlineParser.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System.Diagnostics;
 
+using Markdig.Extensions.Tables;
 using Markdig.Helpers;
 using Markdig.Syntax;
 using Markdig.Syntax.Inlines;
@@ -84,15 +85,16 @@ public override bool Match(InlineProcessor processor, ref StringSlice slice)
                 {
                     lookAhead = lookAhead.Slice(1);
                 }
-                int whitespace = 0;
-                while (whitespace < lookAhead.Length && (lookAhead[whitespace] == ' ' || lookAhead[whitespace] == '\t'))
+                if (lookAhead[0] == '|')
                 {
-                    whitespace++;
-                }
-                if (whitespace < lookAhead.Length && lookAhead[whitespace] == '|')
-                {
-                    slice.Start = openingStart;
-                    return false;
+                    // We saw the start of a code inline, but the close sticks are not present on the same line.
+                    // If the next line starts with a pipe character, this is likely an incomplete CodeInline within a table.
+                    // Treat it as regular text to avoid breaking the overall table shape.
+                    if (processor.Inline != null && processor.Inline.ContainsParentOfType<PipeTableDelimiterInline>())
+                    {
+                        slice.Start = openingStart;
+                        return false;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 containsNewLines = true;