diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/browser-annotation-output.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/browser-annotation-output.test.ts
index 71c530a69f9..25a84d74dad 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/browser-annotation-output.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/browser-annotation-output.test.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,26 @@ describe('formatBrowserAnnotationsAsMarkdown', () => {
     expect(markdown).toContain('**Classes:** `` primary `generated` ``')
   })
 
+  it('formats page snippets with many backtick runs', () => {
+    const annotation = makeAnnotation()
+    const manyBacktickRuns = Array.from({ length: 130_000 }, () => '`').join(' ')
+
+    expect(() =>
+      formatBrowserAnnotationsAsMarkdown([
+        makeAnnotation({
+          payload: {
+            ...annotation.payload,
+            target: {
+              ...annotation.payload.target,
+              selector: `button[data-label="${manyBacktickRuns}"]`,
+              htmlSnippet: `<button>${manyBacktickRuns}</button>`
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      ])
+    ).not.toThrow()
+  })
+
   it('collapses page-controlled newlines before putting text in headings and lists', () => {
     const annotation = makeAnnotation()
     const markdown = formatBrowserAnnotationsAsMarkdown([
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/browser-annotation-output.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/browser-annotation-output.ts
index d81bd3c5560..594251fa712 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/browser-annotation-output.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/browser-annotation-output.ts
@@ -66,14 +66,24 @@ function formatStyles(styles: BrowserGrabComputedStyles): string[] {
   return lines
 }
 
+// Why: annotation snippets come from page DOM; avoid spreading every backtick
+// run into Math.max when generated HTML contains many fence characters.
+function maxBacktickRunLength(content: string, floor: number): number {
+  let maxRun = floor
+  for (const match of content.matchAll(/`+/g)) {
+    maxRun = Math.max(maxRun, match[0].length)
+  }
+  return maxRun
+}
+
 function fence(language: string, content: string): string[] {
-  const maxRun = Math.max(3, ...Array.from(content.matchAll(/`+/g), (match) => match[0].length))
+  const maxRun = maxBacktickRunLength(content, 3)
   const marker = '`'.repeat(maxRun + 1)
   return [`${marker}${language}`, content, marker]
 }
 
 function inlineCode(content: string): string {
-  const maxRun = Math.max(0, ...Array.from(content.matchAll(/`+/g), (match) => match[0].length))
+  const maxRun = maxBacktickRunLength(content, 0)
   const marker = '`'.repeat(maxRun + 1)
   const padding = content.startsWith('`') || content.endsWith('`') ? ' ' : ''
   return `${marker}${padding}${content}${padding}${marker}`