fix(formats): build at most MAX_COLS cells per Markdown table row

crates/formats/src/markdown/blocks.rs

@@ -474,14 +474,17 @@ fn parse_blocks(lines: &[String], depth: usize, level: u8, refs: &Refs) -> Vec<F
                     let p = Para { align: a, inlines: parse_inlines(s, &Fmt::default(), depth, refs), ..Default::default() };
                     Cell { blocks: vec![FBlock::Para(p)], header, ..Default::default() }
                 };
-                table.rows.push(head.iter().zip(&aligns).map(|(s, a)| cell(s, true, *a)).collect());
+                // A document row keeps MAX_COLS cells: only those are built, so a wide header
+                // doesn't pad every sparse row below it out to its width.
+                let cols = aligns.len().min(wordcraft_doc::table::MAX_COLS);
+                table.rows.push(head.iter().zip(&aligns).take(cols).map(|(s, a)| cell(s, true, *a)).collect());
                 i += 2;
                 while let Some(l) = lines.get(i) {
                     if is_blank(l) || !l.contains('|') || interrupts(l) {
                         break;
                     }
                     let mut cells = split_row(l);
-                    cells.resize(aligns.len(), String::new());
+                    cells.resize(cols, String::new());
                     table.rows.push(cells.iter().zip(&aligns).map(|(s, a)| cell(s, false, *a)).collect());
                     i += 1;
                 }

crates/formats/src/markdown/tests.rs

@@ -714,3 +714,17 @@ fn exported_link_destinations_read_back_unchanged() {
     assert_eq!(md("https://example.com/a b"), "[x](<https://example.com/a b>)");
     assert_eq!(md("https://e.com/x\ny"), "[x](https://e.com/xy)");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn a_wide_table_builds_only_the_cells_a_row_keeps() {
+    // A 5,000-column header padded every one-cell row below it to 5,000 cells.
+    let n = 5000;
+    let md = format!("{}|\n{}|\n{}", "|h".repeat(n), "|-".repeat(n), "|x|\n".repeat(200));
+    let flow = parse(&md);
+    let FBlock::Table(t) = &flow.blocks[0] else { panic!("expected table") };
+    assert_eq!(t.rows.len(), 201);
+    assert!(t.rows.iter().all(|r| r.len() == wordcraft_doc::table::MAX_COLS));
+    // A narrow table is unchanged.
+    let FBlock::Table(t) = &parse("| a | b |\n| - | - |\n| x |\n").blocks[0] else { panic!("expected table") };
+    assert_eq!(t.rows[1].len(), 2);
+}