diff --git a/src/Parser/Block/TableParser.php b/src/Parser/Block/TableParser.php
index e7b3769..f3a56f7 100644
--- a/src/Parser/Block/TableParser.php
+++ b/src/Parser/Block/TableParser.php
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ public function isTableRow(string $line): bool
             return false;
         }
 
+        // Trailing whitespace after the closing pipe is insignificant (parity
+        // with carve-js / carve-rs); strip it before the structural checks.
+        $line = rtrim($line, " \t");
+
         // Strip row attributes if present (|...|{.class})
         $lineWithoutRowAttrs = $this->stripRowAttributes($line);
 
@@ -88,7 +92,29 @@ public function extractRowAttributes(string $line): array
      */
     public function isSeparatorRow(string $line): bool
     {
-        return preg_match('/^\|[\s:|-]+\|$/', $line) === 1 && str_contains($line, '-');
+        // Trailing whitespace after the closing pipe is insignificant.
+        $line = rtrim($line, " \t");
+
+        $len = strlen($line);
+        if ($len < 2 || $line[0] !== '|' || $line[$len - 1] !== '|') {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Every cell must be a delimiter cell: optional whitespace, an optional
+        // leading ':', one or more '-', an optional trailing ':', optional
+        // whitespace. An EMPTY cell (`|---||`) or any other content disqualifies
+        // the row -- it is then an ordinary data row (matches carve-js/carve-rs).
+        $cells = $this->parseTableCells($line);
+        if ($cells === []) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        foreach ($cells as $cell) {
+            if (preg_match('/^\s*:?-+:?\s*$/', $cell) !== 1) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -152,6 +178,9 @@ public function parseTableCells(string $line): array
         // Strip row attributes first
         $line = $this->stripRowAttributes($line);
 
+        // Trailing whitespace after the closing pipe is insignificant.
+        $line = rtrim($line, " \t");
+
         // Remove leading and trailing |
         $line = substr($line, 1, -1);
 
@@ -357,6 +386,9 @@ public function parseTableCellsRaw(string $line): array
         // Strip row attributes first
         $line = $this->stripRowAttributes($line);
 
+        // Trailing whitespace after the closing pipe is insignificant.
+        $line = rtrim($line, " \t");
+
         // Must start with | to be a potential table row
         if (!str_starts_with($line, '|')) {
             return [];
diff --git a/src/Parser/BlockParser.php b/src/Parser/BlockParser.php
index 05538b5..95773c7 100644
--- a/src/Parser/BlockParser.php
+++ b/src/Parser/BlockParser.php
@@ -2750,7 +2750,9 @@ protected function tryParseTable(Node $parent, array $lines, int $start): ?int
             // Strip row attributes for validation (|...|{.class} → |...|)
             $lineWithoutRowAttrs = $this->tableParser->stripRowAttributes($currentLine);
 
-            if (!preg_match('/^\|.*\|$/', $lineWithoutRowAttrs)) {
+            // Trailing whitespace after the closing pipe is insignificant
+            // (parity with carve-js / carve-rs).
+            if (!preg_match('/^\|.*\|[ \t]*$/', $lineWithoutRowAttrs)) {
                 break;
             }
 
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/TableDelimiterRowTest.php b/tests/TestCase/TableDelimiterRowTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e446b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TestCase/TableDelimiterRowTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Djot\Test\TestCase;
+
+use Djot\DjotConverter;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for table delimiter (separator) row edge cases.
+ *
+ * - Trailing whitespace after a row's closing pipe is insignificant.
+ * - A delimiter row with an empty cell (|---||) is not a delimiter row.
+ *
+ * Ported from carve-php (parity with carve-js / carve-rs).
+ */
+class TableDelimiterRowTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected DjotConverter $converter;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->converter = new DjotConverter();
+    }
+
+    public function testSeparatorRowWithTrailingWhitespaceStillPromotesHeader(): void
+    {
+        // Trailing whitespace after the closing pipe is insignificant; the
+        // separator must still promote the first row to a header.
+        $result = $this->converter->convert("| H | G |\n|---|   \n| a | b |");
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('<table>', $result);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('<th>H</th>', $result);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('<th>G</th>', $result);
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('<p>', $result);
+    }
+
+    public function testDataRowWithTrailingWhitespaceStillParsesAsTable(): void
+    {
+        $result = $this->converter->convert('| a |   ');
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('<td>a</td>', $result);
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('<p>', $result);
+    }
+
+    public function testSeparatorRowWithEmptyCellIsNotASeparator(): void
+    {
+        // `|---||` has an empty second cell, so it is NOT a delimiter row: the
+        // first row must not be promoted to a header.
+        $result = $this->converter->convert("| H | G |\n|---||\n| a | b |");
+
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('<th>', $result);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('<td>H</td>', $result);
+    }
+}