# Evidence: Block 3 · Service (block-3)

- block type: block
- date: 2026-08-15
- resulting state: closed/verified
- story points (combined assembled cost): 60029
- execution id: 20260815.205717.604Z-d66dc106

## Stories built
- Parse nested block quotes and their contained blocks. (block-002) [story]

## Stacked context
- compass: COMPASS.md (SP 1455)
- implements: FEATURE-Block-Quotes.md (SP 607)
- context: spec.txt (SP 51527)
- context: spec_tests.py (SP 1609)
- context: cmark.py (SP 339)
- context: normalize.py (SP 1631)
- context: ARCHITECTURE_compact.md (SP 87)
- stack: common_compact.md (SP 1179)
- stack: python_compact.md (SP 1534)

## Build directory changes
- commonmark

## Pre-build acceptance observation
- RED: block-quotes-conformance (FEATURE-Block-Quotes.md)
  intent: The implementation passes every supplied conformance example owned by block quotes.
  return code: 1
  stdout:
    Example 235 (lines 3798-3808) Block quotes
    > bar
    baz
    > foo
    
    --- expected HTML
    +++ actual HTML
    @@ -1 +1 @@
    -<blockquote><p>bar baz foo</p></blockquote>
    +<blockquote><p>bar baz</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>foo</p></blockquote>
    
    Example 238 (lines 3860-3870) Block quotes
    >     foo
        bar
    
    --- expected HTML
    +++ actual HTML
    @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
     <blockquote><pre><code>foo
    -</code></pre></blockquote><pre><code>bar
    -</code></pre>
    +bar
    +</code></pre></blockquote>
    
    Example 239 (lines 3873-3883) Block quotes
    > ```
    foo
    ```
    
    --- expected HTML
    +++ actual HTML
    @@ -1 +1,2 @@
    -<blockquote><pre><code></code></pre></blockquote><p>foo</p><pre><code></code></pre>
    +<blockquote><pre><code>foo
    +</code></pre></blockquote><pre><code></code></pre>
    
    Example 244 (lines 3946-3957) Block quotes
    > foo
    
    > bar
    
    --- expected HTML
    +++ actual HTML
    @@ -1 +1 @@
    -<blockquote><p>foo</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>bar</p></blockquote>
    +<blockquote><p>foo</p><p>bar</p></blockquote>
    
    Example 253 (lines 4081-4095) Block quotes
    >>> foo
    > bar
    >>baz
    
    --- expected HTML
    +++ actual HTML
    @@ -1 +1 @@
    -<blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><p>foo bar baz</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
    +<blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><p>foo bar</p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p>baz</p></blockquote></blockquote>
    
    Example 254 (lines 4103-4115) Block quotes
    >     code
    
    >    not code
    
    --- expected HTML
    +++ actual HTML
    @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
     <blockquote><pre><code>code
    -</code></pre></blockquote><blockquote><p>not code</p></blockquote>
    +</code></pre><p>not code</p></blockquote>
    
    19 passed, 6 failed, 0 errored, 630 skipped
  stderr:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "block-quotes-conformance.py", line 20, in <module>
        assert result.returncode == 0
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    AssertionError
- GREEN (prepassed): block-quotes-interface (FEATURE-Block-Quotes.md)
  intent: A block quote document is accepted through the executable interface.
  return code: 0
  stdout:
    <blockquote>
    <p>quoted text</p>
    
    </blockquote>
- GREEN (prepassed): block-quotes-nested-input (FEATURE-Block-Quotes.md)
  intent: Nested block quote input is accepted through the executable interface.
  return code: 0
  stdout:
    <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
    <p>nested
    continuation</p>
    
    </blockquote>
    
    </blockquote>

## Post-build programmatic acceptance
- PASS: block-quotes-conformance (FEATURE-Block-Quotes.md)
  intent: The implementation passes every supplied conformance example owned by block quotes.
  target interpreter: /mnt/c/Users/barlo/projects/drydock/.venv/bin/python3
  provisioning: not required
  return code: 0
  stdout:
    25 passed, 0 failed, 0 errored, 630 skipped
- PASS: block-quotes-interface (FEATURE-Block-Quotes.md)
  intent: A block quote document is accepted through the executable interface.
  target interpreter: /mnt/c/Users/barlo/projects/drydock/.venv/bin/python3
  provisioning: not required
  return code: 0
  stdout:
    <blockquote>
    <p>quoted text</p>
    </blockquote>
- PASS: block-quotes-nested-input (FEATURE-Block-Quotes.md)
  intent: Nested block quote input is accepted through the executable interface.
  target interpreter: /mnt/c/Users/barlo/projects/drydock/.venv/bin/python3
  provisioning: not required
  return code: 0
  stdout:
    <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
    <p>nested
    continuation</p>
    </blockquote>
    </blockquote>

## Build summary
RESULT: SUCCESS

FILES CHANGED:
- commonmark

SUMMARY:
Implemented nested block quotes, lazy continuation boundaries, blank-line separation, and contained block parsing. Block quote suite: 25 passed. Interface probes passed.

BLOCKERS:
- None.