fix: prevent markdown fence balancer from corrupting sequential code blocks

[dsyme]

Problem

The balanceCodeRegions() function in markdown_code_region_balancer.cjs was incorrectly detecting "true nesting" in markdown that contained sequential code blocks with no actual nesting. This caused safe-output bodies (e.g., create-issue, create-pull-request) to have their fenced code blocks corrupted.

Example: A PR body with a ```cpp block followed by a bare ``` block would get transformed into a single ````-fenced block, swallowing the closing/opening fences in between.

Observed in: fsprojects/PX4-Autopilot#39

Root cause

The isTrueNesting condition was:

const isTrueNesting = closerCount > openerCount + 1;

When openerCount is 0 (no intermediate language-tagged fences between opener and closers), this fires for any 2+ bare closers — treating perfectly valid sequential code blocks as nested content and wrapping them in longer fences.

Fix

Added a guard requiring at least one intermediate language-tagged opener for nesting detection:

const isTrueNesting = openerCount > 0 && closerCount > openerCount + 1;

Without intermediate openers, multiple bare closers are sequential code blocks (greedy matching per CommonMark), not nested content.

Testing improvements

• Fixed 3 tests that encoded the broken behavior as correct expectations
• Unskipped 6 tests that were masked with it.skip / TODO comments — all pass now
• Added 5 real-world regression tests including the exact pattern from the bug report
• Added 2 true-nesting tests verifying nesting IS still detected with intermediate language openers
• Added idempotency test ensuring balance(balance(x)) === balance(x)
• Added 2 invariant tests for "never worse than input" and "never changes balanced content"

Test count: 66 passing + 6 skipped → 82 passing, 0 skipped

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Fixes the markdown fence “nesting” detection in balanceCodeRegions() so sequential fenced code blocks (e.g., cpp … followed by …) are no longer incorrectly merged/corrupted by fence-length escalation.

Changes:

• Tightens “true nesting” detection by adding a guard requiring at least one intermediate language-tagged opener.
• Updates/expands the Vitest suite: corrects prior expectations that encoded broken behavior, unskips previously skipped cases, and adds multiple real-world regression scenarios plus invariants/idempotency tests.

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File	Description
actions/setup/js/markdown_code_region_balancer.cjs	Adjusts the “true nesting” condition used to decide when to lengthen fences and treat intermediate fences as content.
actions/setup/js/markdown_code_region_balancer.test.cjs	Updates expectations around greedy matching/sequential blocks and adds extensive regression + invariant coverage.

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actions/setup/js/markdown_code_region_balancer.test.cjs:1041

• This “true nesting” test only asserts isBalanced(result) === true and doesn’t check any nesting/escaping outcome (e.g., outer fence length increase / preservation of inner fence lines as content). As written, it can pass even if the nesting-escape path never runs. Consider asserting a concrete expected output or at least checking for lengthened outer fences on an input that requires escaping.

      it("should handle markdown block containing a language-tagged inner block", () => {
        // This IS true nesting: ```markdown contains ```python inside it
        // The balancer should handle this by making the result balanced
        const input = `\`\`\`markdown
Here's an example:

actions/setup/js/markdown_code_region_balancer.test.cjs:1055

• This test also only checks isBalanced(result) and doesn’t assert that the balancer performed the intended nesting handling (such as escaping by lengthening the outer fence). Since isBalanced() currently ignores the info string when determining closers, this assertion may not catch regressions in nesting logic. Consider asserting a specific expected output or checking for a longer outer fence.

      it("should handle nested documentation example with multiple inner blocks", () => {
        // Markdown block containing multiple language-tagged inner blocks
        const input = `\`\`\`markdown
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