diff --git a/packages/views/editor/extensions/file-card-markdown.test.ts b/packages/views/editor/extensions/file-card-markdown.test.ts
index 1689c192c..348b6250b 100644
--- a/packages/views/editor/extensions/file-card-markdown.test.ts
+++ b/packages/views/editor/extensions/file-card-markdown.test.ts
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ describe("ImageExtension.renderMarkdown", () => {
     expect(md).toContain("\\\\");
     expect(md).toContain("\\[");
     expect(md).toContain("\\(");
-    expect(md).toMatch(/^!\[.*\]\(https:\/\/cdn\.example\.com\/img\.png\)\n\n$/);
+    expect(md).toMatch(/^!\[.*\]\(https:\/\/cdn\.example\.com\/img\.png\)$/);
   });
 
   it("leaves normal alt text unchanged", () => {
     const md = imageRenderMarkdown({
       attrs: { src: "https://cdn.example.com/img.png", alt: "screenshot" },
     });
-    expect(md).toBe("![screenshot](https://cdn.example.com/img.png)\n\n");
+    expect(md).toBe("![screenshot](https://cdn.example.com/img.png)");
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/views/editor/extensions/image-markdown-roundtrip.test.ts b/packages/views/editor/extensions/image-markdown-roundtrip.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63e527829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/views/editor/extensions/image-markdown-roundtrip.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { Editor } from "@tiptap/core";
+import StarterKit from "@tiptap/starter-kit";
+import { Markdown } from "@tiptap/markdown";
+import { ImageExtension } from "./index";
+
+const IMAGE_URL = "https://cdn.example.com/screen.png";
+const IMAGE_MD = `![screen](${IMAGE_URL})`;
+
+let editors: Editor[] = [];
+
+function makeEditor() {
+  const element = document.createElement("div");
+  document.body.appendChild(element);
+  const editor = new Editor({
+    element,
+    extensions: [
+      StarterKit,
+      ImageExtension,
+      Markdown.configure({ indentation: { style: "space", size: 3 } }),
+    ],
+  });
+  editors.push(editor);
+  return editor;
+}
+
+function roundTripMany(input: string, rounds: number) {
+  const editor = makeEditor();
+  const outputs: string[] = [];
+  let markdown = input;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < rounds; i++) {
+    editor.commands.setContent(markdown, { contentType: "markdown" });
+    markdown = editor.getMarkdown().trimEnd();
+    outputs.push(markdown);
+  }
+
+  return outputs;
+}
+
+function findParagraphTexts(editor: Editor) {
+  return Array.from(editor.view.dom.querySelectorAll("p")).map(
+    (p) => p.textContent ?? "",
+  );
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const editor of editors) editor.destroy();
+  editors = [];
+  document.body.innerHTML = "";
+});
+
+describe("ImageExtension markdown round-trip", () => {
+  it("does not accumulate blank paragraphs around an internal image", () => {
+    const input = ["before", "", IMAGE_MD, "", "after"].join("\n");
+    const outputs = roundTripMany(input, 5);
+
+    expect(outputs).toEqual([input, input, input, input, input]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not reparse a live image followed by text into an empty paragraph", () => {
+    const editor = makeEditor();
+    editor.commands.setContent({
+      type: "doc",
+      content: [
+        {
+          type: "image",
+          attrs: { src: IMAGE_URL, alt: "screen" },
+        },
+        {
+          type: "paragraph",
+          content: [{ type: "text", text: "after" }],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const emitted = editor.getMarkdown().trimEnd();
+    expect(emitted).toBe([IMAGE_MD, "", "after"].join("\n"));
+
+    const reparsed = makeEditor();
+    reparsed.commands.setContent(emitted, { contentType: "markdown" });
+
+    expect(reparsed.getHTML()).toBe(
+      `<img src="${IMAGE_URL}" alt="screen"><p>after</p>`,
+    );
+    expect(findParagraphTexts(reparsed)).toEqual(["after"]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/views/editor/extensions/index.ts b/packages/views/editor/extensions/index.ts
index 71f3df583..82a5a9ea8 100644
--- a/packages/views/editor/extensions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/views/editor/extensions/index.ts
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ export const ImageExtension = Image.extend({
     const alt = escapeMarkdownLabel(node.attrs?.alt || "");
     const title = node.attrs?.title;
     if (title) {
-      return `![${alt}](${src} "${title}")\n\n`;
+      return `![${alt}](${src} "${title}")`;
     }
-    return `![${alt}](${src})\n\n`;
+    return `![${alt}](${src})`;
   },
 }).configure({
   inline: false,