diff --git a/strix/interface/tui/internal/render/agent_message.go b/strix/interface/tui/internal/render/agent_message.go
index a1ca50aa..6d294853 100644
--- a/strix/interface/tui/internal/render/agent_message.go
+++ b/strix/interface/tui/internal/render/agent_message.go
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import (
 // Markdown (agent_message_renderer.py)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-var blankLineRuns = regexp.MustCompile(`\n\s*\n`)
-
 type mdHeader struct {
 	prefix string
 	strip  int
@@ -33,13 +31,36 @@ func renderAssistantMarkdown(content string) string {
 	if content == "" {
 		return ""
 	}
-	cleaned := strings.TrimSpace(blankLineRuns.ReplaceAllString(content, "\n\n"))
+	cleaned := strings.TrimSpace(collapseBlankLines(content))
 	if cleaned == "" {
 		return ""
 	}
 	return applyMarkdownStyles(cleaned)
 }
 
+func collapseBlankLines(content string) string {
+	lines := strings.Split(content, "\n")
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(lines))
+	inCode := false
+	blank := false
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "```") {
+			inCode = !inCode
+		}
+		if !inCode && strings.TrimSpace(line) == "" {
+			if blank {
+				continue
+			}
+			blank = true
+			out = append(out, "")
+			continue
+		}
+		blank = false
+		out = append(out, line)
+	}
+	return strings.Join(out, "\n")
+}
+
 func applyMarkdownStyles(text string) string {
 	var out strings.Builder
 	lines := strings.Split(text, "\n")
diff --git a/strix/interface/tui/internal/render/render_test.go b/strix/interface/tui/internal/render/render_test.go
index 58a854b2..13474b84 100644
--- a/strix/interface/tui/internal/render/render_test.go
+++ b/strix/interface/tui/internal/render/render_test.go
@@ -343,3 +343,14 @@ func TestReportSectionsRenderMarkdown(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReportSectionsKeepBlankLinesInFencedCode(t *testing.T) {
+	body := "Intro.\n\n\n\nRequest:\n```http\nGET /share HTTP/1.1\nHost: target\n\n\nbody\n```\n\n\n\nAfter."
+	plain := ansi.Strip(renderVulnerabilityReport(map[string]any{"title": "x", "technical_analysis": body}, nil))
+	if !strings.Contains(plain, "Host: target\n\n\nbody") {
+		t.Fatalf("fenced code lost its blank lines in %q", plain)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(plain, "Intro.\n\n\n") || strings.Contains(plain, "\n\n\nAfter.") {
+		t.Fatalf("blank-line runs outside fenced code were not collapsed in %q", plain)
+	}
+}