diff --git a/web/src/components/MemoContent/Table.tsx b/web/src/components/MemoContent/Table.tsx
index 9ad1a8684..dbe1fc36e 100644
--- a/web/src/components/MemoContent/Table.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/MemoContent/Table.tsx
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export const Table = ({ children, className, node, ...props }: TableProps) => {
 
   const tables = useMemo(() => findAllTables(memo.content), [memo.content]);
 
-  /** Resolve which markdown table index this rendered table corresponds to using AST source positions. */
-  const resolveTableIndex = useMemo(() => {
+  /** The index of the markdown table this rendered table corresponds to (from AST source positions). */
+  const currentTableIndex = useMemo(() => {
     const nodeStart = node?.position?.start?.offset;
     if (nodeStart == null) return -1;
 
@@ -50,16 +50,16 @@ export const Table = ({ children, className, node, ...props }: TableProps) => {
       e.stopPropagation();
       e.preventDefault();
 
-      if (resolveTableIndex < 0 || resolveTableIndex >= tables.length) return;
+      if (currentTableIndex < 0 || currentTableIndex >= tables.length) return;
 
-      const parsed = parseMarkdownTable(tables[resolveTableIndex].text);
+      const parsed = parseMarkdownTable(tables[currentTableIndex].text);
       if (!parsed) return;
 
       setTableData(parsed);
-      setTableIndex(resolveTableIndex);
+      setTableIndex(currentTableIndex);
       setDialogOpen(true);
     },
-    [tables, resolveTableIndex],
+    [tables, currentTableIndex],
   );
 
   const handleDeleteClick = useCallback(
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ export const Table = ({ children, className, node, ...props }: TableProps) => {
       e.stopPropagation();
       e.preventDefault();
 
-      if (resolveTableIndex < 0) return;
+      if (currentTableIndex < 0) return;
 
-      setTableIndex(resolveTableIndex);
+      setTableIndex(currentTableIndex);
       setDeleteDialogOpen(true);
     },
-    [resolveTableIndex],
+    [currentTableIndex],
   );
 
   const handleConfirmEdit = useCallback(
diff --git a/web/src/utils/markdown-table.test.ts b/web/src/utils/markdown-table.test.ts
index c4a145c69..37ab970ca 100644
--- a/web/src/utils/markdown-table.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/utils/markdown-table.test.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,24 @@ describe("serializeMarkdownTable", () => {
     expect(parsed?.rows[0][1]).toBe("baz");
   });
 
+  it("round-trips a cell whose value has two backslashes before a pipe (\\\\\\\\|)", () => {
+    // Cell value "foo\\|bar" (two backslashes + pipe) is a valid parsed value
+    // that comes from markdown "foo\\\\\\|bar".  The old escapeCell regex
+    // (?<!\\)\\| would NOT escape the pipe (it sees one \\ before the | and
+    // thinks it is already escaped), causing the parser to split on the pipe.
+    // The fixed escapeCell counts all consecutive backslashes: 2 is even, so
+    // it correctly inserts an escape backslash.
+    const data: TableData = {
+      headers: ["A"],
+      rows: [["foo\\\\|bar"]],
+      alignments: ["none"],
+    };
+    const md = serializeMarkdownTable(data);
+    const parsed = parseMarkdownTable(md);
+    expect(parsed?.headers.length).toBe(1); // pipe must NOT split into extra columns
+    expect(parsed?.rows[0][0]).toBe("foo\\\\|bar");
+  });
+
   it("round-trips through parse and serialize", () => {
     const original = `| Name  | Age |
 | ----- | --- |
diff --git a/web/src/utils/markdown-table.ts b/web/src/utils/markdown-table.ts
index 1103776c5..4c6a55ab8 100644
--- a/web/src/utils/markdown-table.ts
+++ b/web/src/utils/markdown-table.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,22 @@ export function serializeMarkdownTable(data: TableData): string {
   const { headers, rows, alignments } = data;
   const colCount = headers.length;
 
-  const escapeCell = (text: string): string => text.replace(/(?<!\\)\|/g, "\\|");
+  const escapeCell = (text: string): string => {
+    let result = "";
+    for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+      if (text[i] === "|") {
+        let backslashes = 0;
+        let j = i - 1;
+        while (j >= 0 && text[j] === "\\") {
+          backslashes++;
+          j--;
+        }
+        if (backslashes % 2 === 0) result += "\\";
+      }
+      result += text[i];
+    }
+    return result;
+  };
 
   // Calculate maximum width per column (minimum 3 for the separator).
   const widths: number[] = [];
@@ -214,6 +229,6 @@ export function createEmptyTable(cols = 2, rows = 2): TableData {
   return {
     headers: Array.from({ length: cols }, (_, i) => `Header ${i + 1}`),
     rows: Array.from({ length: rows }, () => Array.from({ length: cols }, () => "")),
-    alignments: Array.from({ length: cols }, () => "none" as ColumnAlignment),
+    alignments: Array.from({ length: cols }, () => "none"),
   };
 }