Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and what in fact did happen. You don't know how to make a good report? See https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback Your bug report will be posted to the Org mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Description Headlines are not ignored inside of blocks when the headline is not indented. * Affected versions 9.1.9, 9.3 * Observed behavior Lines starting with any headline pattern =*=, =**= etc. are treated as headlines inside all block types. Example and source blocks highlight as if the text is escaped, diverging from the behavior of org-mode. Verse blocks highlight as a headline, in agreement with the behavior. * Expected behavior I would expect the behavior implied by the highlighting in the example and source blocks. Blocks should take precedence over the headline behavior. * Reproduction See example below (attached as a standalone file as well). --------------- To reproduce =emacs -q --load org -- org-bug-1.org= #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE * This should not be treated as a header but for some reason it is #+END_EXAMPLE #+BEGIN_SRC * Neither should this be treated as a header but for some reason it is ** And so is this #+END_SRC #+BEGIN_VERSE * Ode to a left aligned headline this one colors correctly #+END_VERSE #+BEGIN_SRC * This one does not highlight correctly hrm #+END_SRC --------------- Emacs : GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit) of 2019-09-27 Package: Org mode version 9.3 (9.3-elpaplus @ /home/tom/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20191203/) Package: Org mode version 9.1.9 (release_9.1.9-65-g5e4542 @ /usr/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/org/)