diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6424a6c6..8540b1f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v0.51.650] — 2026-06-25 — Release XF (table cells with a pipe inside inline code render correctly)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Markdown tables no longer break when a cell contains a `|` inside inline code.** A table cell like `` `updates.model = modelState.model || null` `` rendered the `|` (or `||`) as extra column separators, splitting one cell into several and corrupting the row. The table parser already protected pipes inside bracket pairs; it now also protects pipes inside inline-code (`<code>…</code>`) spans — which is what backtick spans become before the table pass runs — so the code renders intact in a single cell. Thanks @luandnh. (#4896)
+
 ## [v0.51.649] — 2026-06-25 — Release XE (gallery-installed extensions actually activate)
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/static/ui.js b/static/ui.js
index b7e01bc4..c7b9eec6 100644
--- a/static/ui.js
+++ b/static/ui.js
@@ -5177,7 +5177,7 @@ function renderMd(raw){
     // Bracket set is paren / square / curly only -- NOT angle brackets, since
     // angle brackets are overwhelmingly comparison operators in real LLM table
     // output (`| x < 5 | y > 10 |`) and treating them as a pair collapses cells.
-    const _protectPipes=r=>{let prev;do{prev=r;r=r.replace(/([([\x7b][^)\]\x7d]*)[|]([^)\]\x7d]*[)\]\x7d])/g,(_,a,b)=>a+'\x00PIPE\x00'+b);}while(r!==prev);return r;};
+    const _protectPipes=r=>{let prev;do{prev=r;r=r.replace(/([([\x7b][^)\]\x7d]*)[|]([^)\]\x7d]*[)\]\x7d])/g,(_,a,b)=>a+'\x00PIPE\x00'+b);r=r.replace(/(<code>[^<]*)[|]([^<]*<\/code>)/g,(_,a,b)=>a+'\x00PIPE\x00'+b);}while(r!==prev);return r;};
     const _restorePipes=s=>s.replace(/\x00PIPE\x00/g,'|');
     const parseRow=r=>{r=_protectPipes(r);return r.trim().replace(/^\|/,'').replace(/\|$/,'').split('|').map(c=>`<td>${inlineMd(_restorePipes(c.trim()))}</td>`).join('');};
     const parseHeader=r=>{r=_protectPipes(r);return r.trim().replace(/^\|/,'').replace(/\|$/,'').split('|').map(c=>`<th>${inlineMd(_restorePipes(c.trim()))}</th>`).join('');};
diff --git a/tests/test_renderer_js_behaviour.py b/tests/test_renderer_js_behaviour.py
index 0c63cc6e..501a4e88 100644
--- a/tests/test_renderer_js_behaviour.py
+++ b/tests/test_renderer_js_behaviour.py
@@ -242,6 +242,25 @@ class TestCommonLLMShapes:
         assert "<p><table" not in out
         assert "</table></p>" not in out
 
+    def test_table_pipe_inside_inline_code_is_protected(self, driver_path):
+        """Pipes inside backtick code in table cells must not create extra columns."""
+        src = (
+            "| field | expr |\n"
+            "| --- | --- |\n"
+            "| set | `updates.model = modelState.model || null` |\n"
+        )
+        out = _render(driver_path, src)
+        # Must be exactly 2 cells in the data row
+        assert "<th>field</th>" in out
+        assert "<th>expr</th>" in out
+        # The code cell should contain both pipes
+        assert "<code>" in out
+        assert "||" in out
+        # Must NOT split into extra cells
+        assert out.count("<td>") == 2, (
+            f"Expected exactly 2 <td> cells, got {out.count('<td>')}: {out!r}"
+        )
+
     def test_strikethrough_outside_quote(self, driver_path):
         out = _render(driver_path, "This was ~~outdated~~ but is now fine.")
         assert "<del>outdated</del>" in out