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When I edited an answer to add a second markdown table, both the first and second tables rendered correctly in preview, but the second table does not render. I've waited about 10 minutes in case there is some cache/refresh issue, and also tried both Chrome (87.0.4280.88 64-bit win10) and Firefox (84.0.1 64-bit win10) with equivalent result.

I think the actual problem is that the preview works even if there is no blank line before the table header row.

Simple table (looks good in preview) but no blank line before table header: | Question | Date Created | Date Closed | | -------- | ------------ | ----------- | | xxxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx | | xxxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx |

Simple table (looks good in preview) with blank line before table header:

Question Date Created Date Closed
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Simple table (looks good in preview) but no blank line before table header: | Question | Date Created | Date Closed | | -------- | ------------ | ----------- | | xxxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx | | xxxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx |

Simple table (looks good in preview) with blank line before table header:

Question Date Created Date Closed
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

My earlier thought process is here, OK to stop reading at this point:

https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/a/7320/35022

Image of Second table as seen in edit preview (correct): as seen in edit preview

Image of Second table as rendered in posted answer (incorrect): as rendered in answer

Second table as rendered here (looks correct in preview):

Question Date Created Date Closed
20V -> 5V -> USB 2020-03-31 00:13:44 still open
What is a readhead? 2019-08-23 19:44:14 still open

Second table as rendered here, again (looks correct in preview):

Question Date Created Date Closed
20V -> 5V -> USB 2020-03-31 00:13:44 still open
What is a readhead? 2019-08-23 19:44:14 still open

Both instances of this table in markdown look correct in the preview here on meta... let me see if they render correctly once posted...

After posting, both instances look incorrect. Is the table malformed?

Second table as rendered here (looks correct in preview):

Question Date Created Date Closed
20V -> 5V -> USB 2020-03-31 00:13:44 still open
What is a readhead? 2019-08-23 19:44:14 still open

Simple table without links (looks good in preview):

Question Date Created Date Closed
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Simple table without links, missing space before vertical bars (looks good in preview):

Question Date Created Date Closed
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Simple table (looks good in preview) but no blank line before table header: | Question | Date Created | Date Closed | | -------- | ------------ | ----------- | | xxxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx | | xxxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx |

Simple table (looks good in preview) with blank line before table header:

Question Date Created Date Closed
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Can it please be made so that the preview also doesn't render tables if there's no blank line between the table header and the line of text above it, so it matches the actual post rendering?

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    There needs to be an empty line above the table header. Currently there’s the line “These have been dealt with by adding additional tags:” directly above it. – Sebastian Simon Jan 5 at 1:36
  • @user289905 want to make that an answer? I think you're right, I just now fixed up my original post. Leaving this here as a signpost for others. – MarkU Jan 5 at 1:39
  • Weird, I reported a bug here but in that case it was broken in preview but working after it was saved. – Cave Johnson Jan 5 at 1:40
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    This has already been reported here: New Feature: Table Support. Dang, @KodosJohnson beat me to it. – Sebastian Simon Jan 5 at 1:40
  • disregard my comment above, it is the same issue. – Cave Johnson Jan 5 at 1:43
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    Does this answer your question? Markdown preview doesn't match post – Cave Johnson Jan 5 at 2:13
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    @KodosJohnson Don't think that this is a duplicate of that. That one's a completely different bug, regarding line breaks after a table; this one is about line breaks before a table. While they may be the same cause, I'd leave those as two separate reports since they're two different bugs; if they turn out to be the same, an SE employee can close this. – Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog Jan 5 at 2:14

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