From c6f8165a503b84853dc3ba6c768b4e645323a83b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hakarrr <zorot6161@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:06:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Preserve line boundaries between array-of-tables elements

---
 tomlkit/container.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tomlkit/container.py b/tomlkit/container.py
index 9265c740..a7c91521 100644
--- a/tomlkit/container.py
+++ b/tomlkit/container.py
@@ -819,6 +819,12 @@ def _render_aot(self, key: Key, aot: AoT, prefix: str | None = None) -> str:
         cur = ""
         _key = decode(_key)
         for table in aot.body:
+            if (
+                cur
+                and not cur.rstrip(" ").endswith("\n")
+                and "\n" not in table.trivia.indent
+            ):
+                cur += "\n"
             cur += self._render_aot_table(table, prefix=_key)
 
         return cur

From 7ad04dafec5a6eba527a3fe78f8354f25cfb9123 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hakarrr <zorot6161@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:07:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Test moving unterminated array-of-tables elements

Add tests for AOT insert functionality and table spacing preservation.
---
 tests/test_items.py | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/test_items.py b/tests/test_items.py
index 27a1c6e2..40c1e505 100644
--- a/tests/test_items.py
+++ b/tests/test_items.py
@@ -1683,3 +1683,34 @@ def test_out_of_order_table_proxy_membership() -> None:
         _ = 123 in table
     # membership must not resolve values or mutate the document
     assert doc.as_string() == content
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "ending", ["x=1", "x=1# one", "# empty", "", "x=1\n[a.child]\ny=3# child"]
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("newline", ["\n", "\r\n"])
+def test_aot_insert_preserves_unterminated_table_boundaries(
+    ending: str, newline: str
+) -> None:
+    doc = parse(("[[a]]\nx=2\n[[a]]\n" + ending).replace("\n", newline))
+    aot = doc["a"]
+    moved = aot.pop()
+    aot.insert(0, moved)
+    expected = [moved.unwrap(), {"x": 2}]
+    rendered = api.dumps(doc)
+    assert parse(rendered)["a"].unwrap() == expected
+    assert aot.unwrap() == expected
+    assert aot == expected
+    if "#" in ending:
+        assert ending.split("#")[-1] in rendered
+    assert aot[0] is moved
+    assert api.dumps(doc) == rendered
+
+
+def test_aot_insert_keeps_existing_table_spacing() -> None:
+    text = "[[a]]\nx=2\n\n[[a]] # one\nx=1\n"
+    doc = parse(text)
+    aot = doc["a"]
+    moved = aot.pop()
+    aot.insert(0, moved)
+    assert api.dumps(doc) == "[[a]] # one\nx=1\n[[a]]\nx=2\n\n"