diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/review/screenshot-table-gate.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/review/screenshot-table-gate.ts
index 60891c947..c4905b41d 100644
--- a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/review/screenshot-table-gate.ts
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/review/screenshot-table-gate.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ export function extractTableRows(body: string | null | undefined): string[][] {
       rows.push(cells);
       j += 1;
     }
+    i = j - 1;
   }
   return rows;
 }
diff --git a/src/review/screenshot-table-gate.ts b/src/review/screenshot-table-gate.ts
index f55adbd37..b12323ecb 100644
--- a/src/review/screenshot-table-gate.ts
+++ b/src/review/screenshot-table-gate.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ export function extractTableRows(body: string | null | undefined): string[][] {
       rows.push(cells);
       j += 1;
     }
+    i = j - 1;
   }
   return rows;
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/screenshot-table-gate-engine.test.ts b/test/unit/screenshot-table-gate-engine.test.ts
index 4591dcfef..767cb146d 100644
--- a/test/unit/screenshot-table-gate-engine.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/screenshot-table-gate-engine.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_SCREENSHOT_TABLE_GATE,
   evaluateScreenshotTableGate,
   extractTableRowImageUrls,
+  extractTableRows,
   hasCommittedImageFile,
   hasImageBearingMarkdownTable,
   hasImageOutsideTable,
@@ -322,6 +323,14 @@ describe("requiredScreenshotMatrixPairs (#4535)", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("extractTableRows", () => {
+  it("extracts a crafted separator-only table once instead of duplicating overlapping regions", () => {
+    const body = Array.from({ length: 40 }, () => "| --- |").join("\n");
+
+    expect(extractTableRows(body)).toHaveLength(38);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("missingScreenshotMatrixPairs (#4535)", () => {
   const FULL_MATRIX_BODY = [
     "| Viewport · Theme | Before | After |",
diff --git a/test/unit/screenshot-table-gate.test.ts b/test/unit/screenshot-table-gate.test.ts
index 8c7dead3d..1ac43a330 100644
--- a/test/unit/screenshot-table-gate.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/screenshot-table-gate.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_SCREENSHOT_TABLE_GATE,
   evaluateScreenshotTableGate,
   extractTableRowImageUrls,
+  extractTableRows,
   hasCommittedImageFile,
   hasImageBearingMarkdownTable,
   hasImageOutsideTable,
@@ -321,6 +322,14 @@ describe("requiredScreenshotMatrixPairs (#4535)", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("extractTableRows", () => {
+  it("extracts a crafted separator-only table once instead of duplicating overlapping regions", () => {
+    const body = Array.from({ length: 40 }, () => "| --- |").join("\n");
+
+    expect(extractTableRows(body)).toHaveLength(38);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("missingScreenshotMatrixPairs (#4535)", () => {
   const FULL_MATRIX_BODY = [
     "| Viewport · Theme | Before | After |",