diff --git a/packages/pen-core/src/__tests__/strip-redundant-section-fills.test.ts b/packages/pen-core/src/__tests__/strip-redundant-section-fills.test.ts
index 3d92d4621..965eb6f6e 100644
--- a/packages/pen-core/src/__tests__/strip-redundant-section-fills.test.ts
+++ b/packages/pen-core/src/__tests__/strip-redundant-section-fills.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import type { PenNode } from '@zseven-w/pen-types';
+import type { PenNode, PenFill } from '@zseven-w/pen-types';
 import { stripRedundantSectionFills } from '../layout/strip-redundant-section-fills';
 
 const frame = (props: Partial<PenNode> & { children?: PenNode[] }): PenNode =>
@@ -535,4 +535,111 @@ describe('stripRedundantSectionFills', () => {
       expect((section as PenNode & { fill?: unknown }).fill).toBeUndefined();
     }
   });
+
+  // Container-role wrapper detection (2026-05-10 user report).
+  // The food-app "Featured" section landed with a black bg on a cream
+  // page because the model marked the wrapper role='card' AND the wrapper
+  // held 3 child frames each with role='card'. The original PROTECTED_ROLES
+  // gate kept the outer black bg untouched (cards legitimately have fills).
+  // The new hasMultipleSameRoleChildren branch identifies the misroll and
+  // strips the hedge fill — the 3 inner restaurant cards keep their own
+  // fills.
+  it("strips a 'card' wrapper that holds 2+ same-role children (Featured-block misroll)", () => {
+    const innerCard1 = frame({
+      id: 'r1',
+      name: 'Bella Napoli',
+      role: 'card',
+      fill: solidFill('#FFFFFF'),
+    });
+    const innerCard2 = frame({
+      id: 'r2',
+      name: 'Burger House',
+      role: 'card',
+      fill: solidFill('#FFFFFF'),
+    });
+    const innerCard3 = frame({
+      id: 'r3',
+      name: 'Sakura Sushi',
+      role: 'card',
+      fill: solidFill('#FFFFFF'),
+    });
+    const featured = frame({
+      id: 'featured',
+      name: 'Featured',
+      role: 'card', // misroll — actually a section wrapper
+      fill: solidFill('#000000'),
+      children: [innerCard1, innerCard2, innerCard3],
+    });
+    const root = frame({
+      id: 'root',
+      fill: solidFill('#FFF8F0'), // cream page bg
+      children: [featured],
+    });
+    const changed = stripRedundantSectionFills(root);
+    expect(changed).toBe(true);
+    // Wrapper's fill stripped — section now inherits page bg
+    expect((featured as PenNode & { fill?: unknown }).fill).toBeUndefined();
+    // Inner cards preserved — their own surface fills are intentional
+    expect((innerCard1 as PenNode & { fill?: PenFill[] }).fill).toEqual(solidFill('#FFFFFF'));
+    expect((innerCard2 as PenNode & { fill?: PenFill[] }).fill).toEqual(solidFill('#FFFFFF'));
+    expect((innerCard3 as PenNode & { fill?: PenFill[] }).fill).toEqual(solidFill('#FFFFFF'));
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT strip a real card holding ONE same-role child (e.g. card with badge inside)', () => {
+    // 1 child of the same role doesn't trigger — needs ≥ 2.
+    const innerBadge = frame({
+      id: 'b',
+      role: 'badge',
+      fill: solidFill('#DBEAFE'),
+    });
+    const card = frame({
+      id: 'c',
+      role: 'card',
+      fill: solidFill('#000000'),
+      children: [innerBadge],
+    });
+    const root = frame({
+      id: 'root',
+      fill: solidFill('#FFF8F0'),
+      children: [card],
+    });
+    const changed = stripRedundantSectionFills(root);
+    // Card has no nested SAME-role child, so the wrapper detection is silent;
+    // the strip-by-safe-dark-hex still does NOT fire because role='card' is
+    // PROTECTED. The card surface stays.
+    expect(changed).toBe(false);
+    expect((card as PenNode & { fill?: PenFill[] }).fill).toEqual(solidFill('#000000'));
+  });
+
+  it('strips a banner wrapper holding 2+ same-role banners', () => {
+    const banner1 = frame({
+      id: 'b1',
+      name: 'Promo 1',
+      role: 'banner',
+      fill: solidFill('#FF6B35'),
+    });
+    const banner2 = frame({
+      id: 'b2',
+      name: 'Promo 2',
+      role: 'banner',
+      fill: solidFill('#10B981'),
+    });
+    const wrapper = frame({
+      id: 'w',
+      role: 'banner',
+      fill: solidFill('#0A0A0A'),
+      children: [banner1, banner2],
+    });
+    const root = frame({
+      id: 'root',
+      fill: solidFill('#FFF8F0'),
+      children: [wrapper],
+    });
+    const changed = stripRedundantSectionFills(root);
+    expect(changed).toBe(true);
+    expect((wrapper as PenNode & { fill?: unknown }).fill).toBeUndefined();
+    // Inner banners keep their own brand fills
+    expect((banner1 as PenNode & { fill?: PenFill[] }).fill).toEqual(solidFill('#FF6B35'));
+    expect((banner2 as PenNode & { fill?: PenFill[] }).fill).toEqual(solidFill('#10B981'));
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/pen-core/src/layout/strip-redundant-section-fills.ts b/packages/pen-core/src/layout/strip-redundant-section-fills.ts
index 222b5a0f2..14de747fb 100644
--- a/packages/pen-core/src/layout/strip-redundant-section-fills.ts
+++ b/packages/pen-core/src/layout/strip-redundant-section-fills.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ function isSectionLevelFrame(node: PenNode): boolean {
     // Container(role=input). The outer "search-bar" is just a section
     // wrapper. Treat as section-level so its hedge fill can be stripped.
     if (hasNestedFilledComponent(node, role)) return true;
+    // Container-component wrapper detection: a 'card' / 'banner' /
+    // 'pricing-card' / etc. that contains 2+ children with the SAME
+    // container role is the "Featured wrapper holding 3 restaurant
+    // cards" pattern from the 2026-05-10 user report. The outer is a
+    // section wrapper that the model misrolled; its safe-dark hedge
+    // fill (black Featured bg on a cream page) needs stripping just
+    // like any structural section wrapper. Container-roles only —
+    // atomics already handled by hasNestedFilledComponent above.
+    if (hasMultipleSameRoleChildren(node, role)) return true;
     return false;
   }
   if (STRUCTURAL_ROLES.has(role)) return true;
@@ -164,6 +173,47 @@ function isSectionLevelFrame(node: PenNode): boolean {
   return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Container-role wrapper detector: a frame with role=X is treated as a
+ * section wrapper when ≥ 2 of its children carry the SAME role X. The
+ * food-app "Featured" black-bg block matched this — it had role='card'
+ * and held 3 restaurant cards each with role='card'. A real card very
+ * rarely contains other cards as siblings (a card-of-cards is a list
+ * pattern, which models render as a section, not a nested card).
+ *
+ * Limited to CONTAINER roles in PROTECTED_ROLES (card / banner /
+ * stat-card / pricing-card / feature-card / image-card / testimonial /
+ * metric-card / gallery-item / phone-mockup) — atomics are handled by
+ * hasNestedFilledComponent above and have different "what counts as a
+ * misroll" semantics.
+ */
+const CONTAINER_PROTECTED_ROLES = new Set([
+  'card',
+  'stat-card',
+  'pricing-card',
+  'feature-card',
+  'image-card',
+  'testimonial',
+  'banner',
+  'metric-card',
+  'gallery-item',
+  'phone-mockup',
+]);
+
+function hasMultipleSameRoleChildren(node: PenNode, parentRole: string): boolean {
+  if (!CONTAINER_PROTECTED_ROLES.has(parentRole)) return false;
+  if (!('children' in node) || !Array.isArray(node.children)) return false;
+  let sameRoleCount = 0;
+  for (const child of node.children) {
+    const childRole = (child as PenNode & { role?: string }).role;
+    if (childRole === parentRole) {
+      sameRoleCount++;
+      if (sameRoleCount >= 2) return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * True when a frame is the outer wrapper of a misrolled component pattern:
  *