diff --git a/coulomb_social/apps/spaces/content.py b/coulomb_social/apps/spaces/content.py
index dbebc5b..d7ff175 100644
--- a/coulomb_social/apps/spaces/content.py
+++ b/coulomb_social/apps/spaces/content.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ _ALLOWED_ATTRS = {
     "img": ["src", "alt", "title"],
     "a": ["href", "title", "rel"],
     "code": ["class"],
+    "ol": ["start"],
     "th": ["align"],
     "td": ["align"],
 }
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@ def render_markdown(text: str) -> str:
     """Render the supported Markdown subset.
 
     Extensions are fenced code, tables, newline-to-break and sane lists.
-    Raw HTML, script, event handlers and non-http(s)/mailto URLs are removed.
+    Ordered-list starting numbers are preserved. Unsupported HTML, scripts,
+    event handlers and non-http(s)/mailto URLs are removed.
     Relative asset URLs are kept so copied page images still resolve. This is
     not acceptance of a private corpus or of arbitrary Bubble markup.
     """
diff --git a/docs/release/ordered-list-fidelity-2026-10-31.json b/docs/release/ordered-list-fidelity-2026-10-31.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbcbd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release/ordered-list-fidelity-2026-10-31.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "schema": "coulomb.ordered-list-fidelity.v1",
+  "verified_at": "2026-10-31T17:20:32.943192+00:00",
+  "source_articles_sha256": "f33967c79c0f8a60a7d504f5d5e4082f8bc9e3c34f6a3160cb200fd380831d62",
+  "prior_audit_sha256": "3926e24a3b903f5e1d1c7133dc5f9df1e958183432c5131949ce838eb60acf1e",
+  "current_audit_sha256": "d8f382e24d7adfe3c43dc71f32f8f6e647bf68239cbcdc6769a6c8fb85d666b9",
+  "records": 245,
+  "rendered_cards_verified": 242,
+  "source_bodies_unchanged": true,
+  "missing_bodies_retained": 3,
+  "ordered_list_starts_restored": 15,
+  "affected_records": 4,
+  "markup_change_cases_before": 6,
+  "markup_change_cases_after": 3,
+  "remaining_removed_tags": {
+    "topic": 3
+  },
+  "remaining_removed_attributes": [
+    {
+      "tag": "topic",
+      "attribute": "name",
+      "count": 2
+    }
+  ],
+  "private_review_directory": "~/.config/coulomb-social/auth/exports/rendering-review-20261031-numbering",
+  "source_hashes": {
+    "coulomb_social/apps/spaces/content.py": "5d6bb5c800b3e776fff385fa73284f4916403676dc2a8bc06b8fadc7d2387633",
+    "tests/test_rendering_audit.py": "ae092753f4d1d006bb88f1ce11581975c105c5231819f9409ddaaf2fc83d32f5"
+  },
+  "validation": {
+    "focused_passed": 14,
+    "full_gate_passed": 650,
+    "full_gate_warnings": 69,
+    "failures": 0,
+    "errors": 0,
+    "skipped": 0,
+    "full_gate_seconds": 91.85
+  },
+  "production_deployed": false,
+  "original_bubble_render_compared": false,
+  "productive_fidelity_accepted": false
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_rendering_audit.py b/tests/test_rendering_audit.py
index ec7e902..956dee9 100644
--- a/tests/test_rendering_audit.py
+++ b/tests/test_rendering_audit.py
@@ -52,6 +52,29 @@ def test_serialized_line_break_difference_is_not_reported_as_lost_markup():
     assert not audit["visible_text_changed_by_sanitization"]
 
 
+def test_continued_numbered_lists_keep_their_starts_through_sanitization():
+    body = "2. Second item\n3. Third item\n\nSeparate paragraph.\n\n8. Eighth item"
+    audit, rendered = audit_body(body)
+    assert '<ol start="2">' in rendered
+    assert '<ol start="8">' in rendered
+    assert not audit["markup_changed_by_sanitization"]
+    assert not audit["visible_text_changed_by_sanitization"]
+    assert not audit["productive_fidelity_accepted"]
+
+
+def test_list_start_permission_does_not_allow_event_handlers_or_custom_markup():
+    body = ('<ol start="4" onclick="synthetic()"><li>Fourth item</li></ol>'
+            '<topic name="synthetic">Placeholder</topic>'
+            '<a href="javascript:synthetic()">Link</a>')
+    audit, rendered = audit_body(body)
+    assert '<ol start="4">' in rendered
+    assert 'onclick' not in rendered and 'javascript:' not in rendered
+    assert '<topic' not in rendered and 'Placeholder' in rendered
+    assert {a["attribute"] for a in audit["removed_attributes"]} == {
+        "onclick", "name", "href",
+    }
+
+
 def test_review_card_escapes_source_and_blocks_resources_and_interaction():
     body = '<img src="https://example.invalid/synthetic.png"><script>synthetic()</script>'
     audit, rendered = audit_body(body)