fix(core): make isContentEmpty robust to malformed and unclosed tags

src/core/model.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ export function createEmptyDoc(): string {
  * Strips all tags and checks whether any visible text remains.
  */
 export function isContentEmpty(html: string): boolean {
-  const stripped = html.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '').trim();
-  return stripped.length === 0;
+  let i = 0;
+  let stripped = '';
+  while (i < html.length) {
+    const lt = html.indexOf('<', i);
+    if (lt === -1) {
+      stripped += html.slice(i);
+      break;
+    }
+    stripped += html.slice(i, lt);
+    const gt = html.indexOf('>', lt + 1);
+    if (gt === -1) {
+      stripped += html.slice(lt);
+      break;
+    }
+    i = gt + 1;
+  }
+  return stripped.trim().length === 0;
 }

tests/unit/core/model.test.ts

@@ -47,5 +47,21 @@ describe('model', () => {
     it('returns true for empty string', () => {
       expect(isContentEmpty('')).toBe(true);
     });
+
+    it('returns false when < is unclosed and there is visible text after it', () => {
+      expect(isContentEmpty('< world')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('returns false for a bare unclosed tag (no closing >)', () => {
+      expect(isContentEmpty('<foo')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('returns true for paragraph with only HTML ASCII whitespace between tags', () => {
+      expect(isContentEmpty('<p>\n\t\r\f </p>')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('returns true for a string with no tags that is only whitespace', () => {
+      expect(isContentEmpty('   \n  ')).toBe(true);
+    });
   });
 });