diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f18b1c..6b02b28 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
   `collection`, `id` and `occurrenceKey` directly where they rode the opaque carry.
 - Fix an image inside another image's description: it flattens into the alt text, where it was
   refused.
+- Fix a JSON key holding an escape, in a carried node or a JSON attribute such as `parameters`: on
+  Node 24, Deno and Chrome, `markdownToAdf` could read it as another key once the process had parsed
+  JSON holding a key with a backslash ([V8 bug](https://issues.chromium.org/issues/521080746)).
 - Fix a cyclic document, in which an object holds itself: `adfToMarkdown` and `adfToPlainMarkdown`
   refuse it as `not-an-adf-document` and `isAdfDocument` returns `false`, where all three hung.
 
diff --git a/src/json-text.test.ts b/src/json-text.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93da487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/json-text.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import fc from 'fast-check'
+import test from 'node:test'
+
+import type { JsonSpelling } from './canonical-json.ts'
+import { jsonValue, propertyRuns } from './conformance/property-harness.ts'
+import { parseJsonText } from './json-text.ts'
+import { serializeCanonicalJson } from './canonical-json.ts'
+
+test('reads every JSON value kind', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(parseJsonText(' {"a":[1,-0.5e2,true,false,null,"x"],"b":{}} '), { value: { a: [1, -50, true, false, null, 'x'], b: {} } })
+  assert.deepEqual(parseJsonText('[]'), { value: [] })
+  assert.deepEqual(parseJsonText('[ ]'), { value: [] })
+  assert.deepEqual(parseJsonText('{ }'), { value: {} })
+  assert.deepEqual(parseJsonText('[[],{}]'), { value: [[], {}] })
+  assert.ok(Object.is(parseJsonText('-0')?.value, -0))
+})
+
+test('decodes every string escape', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(parseJsonText('"\\"\\\\\\/\\b\\f\\n\\r\\t\\u00e9\\uD83C\\uDF89\\ud800"'), { value: '"\\/\b\f\n\r\té\u{1f389}\ud800' })
+})
+
+test('keys stay the keys the text spells after V8 has read a colliding key (https://issues.chromium.org/issues/521080746)', () => {
+  const canary = '{"\\r":1,"\\f":2}'
+  JSON.parse(canary)
+  JSON.parse('{"\\r":3,"\\\\":4}')
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(parseJsonText(canary)?.value ?? {}), ['\r', '\f'])
+})
+
+test('a __proto__ key is an own key', () => {
+  const read = parseJsonText('{"__proto__":{"a":1}}')?.value
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(read ?? {}), ['__proto__'])
+  assert.equal(Object.getPrototypeOf(read), Object.prototype)
+})
+
+test('a repeated key keeps its first position and its last value, as JSON.parse does', () => {
+  const read = parseJsonText('{"a":1,"b":2,"a":3}')?.value
+  assert.deepEqual(read, { a: 3, b: 2 })
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(read ?? {}), ['a', 'b'])
+})
+
+test('a number past the double range reads as JSON.parse reads it', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(parseJsonText('1e999'), { value: Infinity })
+})
+
+test('refuses text JSON.parse refuses', () => {
+  const refused = ['', ' ', '{', '[', '[1', '[1,', '[1,]', '{"a"}', '{"a":}', '{"a":1,}', '{a:1}', '{"a" 1}', '{,}', '01', '1.', '.5', '-', '1e', '+1', '"a', '"\u0001"', '"\\x"', '"\\u12"', '"\\u12g4"', 'tru', 'nul', '1 2', '[1]]', '}', "'a'", 'NaN', ' 1']
+  for (const text of refused) {
+    assert.throws(() => JSON.parse(text), SyntaxError, text)
+    assert.equal(parseJsonText(text), undefined, text)
+  }
+})
+
+test('reads a value nested far past the call stack without recursing', () => {
+  const depth = 100_000
+  assert.ok(parseJsonText(`${'['.repeat(depth)}${']'.repeat(depth)}`) !== undefined)
+  assert.ok(parseJsonText(`${'{"a":'.repeat(depth)}1${'}'.repeat(depth)}`) !== undefined)
+})
+
+test('reads back every value the canonical serializer writes', () => {
+  fc.assert(
+    fc.property(jsonValue, fc.constantFrom<JsonSpelling>('compact', 'two-space'), (value, spelling) => {
+      assert.deepEqual(parseJsonText(serializeCanonicalJson(value, spelling)), { value })
+    }),
+    propertyRuns(500),
+  )
+})
+
+test('accepts exactly the text JSON.parse accepts', () => {
+  const jsonish = fc.string({ maxLength: 12, unit: fc.constantFrom(...'{}[],:"\\ \n-+.0123456789eEtruefalsn/bu\u0001x') })
+  fc.assert(
+    fc.property(jsonish, (text) => {
+      let accepted = true
+      try {
+        JSON.parse(text)
+      } catch {
+        accepted = false
+      }
+      assert.equal(parseJsonText(text) !== undefined, accepted)
+    }),
+    propertyRuns(2000),
+  )
+})
diff --git a/src/json-text.ts b/src/json-text.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec5eefb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/json-text.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import type { JsonValue } from './json-value.ts'
+
+type Frame = { entries: [string, JsonValue][]; key: string; kind: 'object' } | { items: JsonValue[]; kind: 'array' }
+
+type Scanned<T> = { end: number; value: T } | undefined
+
+const escapes = new Map([
+  ['"', '"'],
+  ['/', '/'],
+  ['\\', '\\'],
+  ['b', '\b'],
+  ['f', '\f'],
+  ['n', '\n'],
+  ['r', '\r'],
+  ['t', '\t'],
+])
+const hexDigits = /[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}/y
+const literals = new Map<string, JsonValue>([
+  ['false', false],
+  ['null', null],
+  ['true', true],
+])
+const numberSyntax = /-?(?:0|[1-9][0-9]*)(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[Ee][+-]?[0-9]+)?/y
+
+// In place of JSON.parse: V8 reads an escaped key against keys earlier parses saw (https://issues.chromium.org/issues/521080746).
+export function parseJsonText(text: string): { value: JsonValue } | undefined {
+  const frames: Frame[] = []
+  let index = skipWhitespace(text, 0)
+  for (;;) {
+    const opened = openValue(text, index, frames)
+    if (opened === undefined) return undefined
+    let { end, value } = opened
+    if (value === undefined) {
+      index = end
+      continue
+    }
+    for (;;) {
+      index = skipWhitespace(text, end)
+      const frame = frames[frames.length - 1]
+      if (frame === undefined) return index === text.length ? { value } : undefined
+      if (frame.kind === 'array') frame.items.push(value)
+      else frame.entries.push([frame.key, value])
+      const separator = text.charAt(index)
+      if (separator === ',') break
+      if (separator !== (frame.kind === 'array' ? ']' : '}')) return undefined
+      frames.pop()
+      end = index + 1
+      value = frame.kind === 'array' ? frame.items : Object.fromEntries(frame.entries)
+    }
+    const frame = frames[frames.length - 1]
+    index = skipWhitespace(text, index + 1)
+    if (frame?.kind === 'object') {
+      const key = readKey(text, index)
+      if (key === undefined) return undefined
+      frame.key = key.value
+      index = key.end
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// A value whose `value` is undefined opened a container, and `end` is where its first member starts.
+function openValue(text: string, index: number, frames: Frame[]): Scanned<JsonValue | undefined> {
+  const opener = text.charAt(index)
+  if (opener !== '[' && opener !== '{') return readScalar(text, index)
+  const first = skipWhitespace(text, index + 1)
+  if (text.charAt(first) === (opener === '[' ? ']' : '}')) return { end: first + 1, value: opener === '[' ? [] : {} }
+  if (opener === '[') {
+    frames.push({ items: [], kind: 'array' })
+    return { end: first, value: undefined }
+  }
+  const key = readKey(text, first)
+  if (key === undefined) return undefined
+  frames.push({ entries: [], key: key.value, kind: 'object' })
+  return { end: key.end, value: undefined }
+}
+
+function readKey(text: string, index: number): Scanned<string> {
+  const key = readString(text, index)
+  if (key === undefined) return undefined
+  const colon = skipWhitespace(text, key.end)
+  return text.charAt(colon) === ':' ? { end: skipWhitespace(text, colon + 1), value: key.value } : undefined
+}
+
+function readScalar(text: string, index: number): Scanned<JsonValue> {
+  if (text.charAt(index) === '"') return readString(text, index)
+  for (const [spelling, value] of literals) if (text.startsWith(spelling, index)) return { end: index + spelling.length, value }
+  numberSyntax.lastIndex = index
+  const number = numberSyntax.exec(text)?.[0]
+  return number === undefined ? undefined : { end: index + number.length, value: Number(number) }
+}
+
+function readString(text: string, start: number): Scanned<string> {
+  if (text.charAt(start) !== '"') return undefined
+  const pieces: string[] = []
+  let from = start + 1
+  let index = from
+  while (index < text.length) {
+    const code = text.charCodeAt(index)
+    if (code === 0x22) {
+      pieces.push(text.slice(from, index))
+      return { end: index + 1, value: pieces.join('') }
+    }
+    if (code < 0x20) return undefined
+    if (code !== 0x5c) {
+      index += 1
+      continue
+    }
+    pieces.push(text.slice(from, index))
+    const escape = text.charAt(index + 1)
+    hexDigits.lastIndex = index + 2
+    const decoded = escape === 'u' ? (hexDigits.test(text) ? String.fromCharCode(parseInt(text.slice(index + 2, index + 6), 16)) : undefined) : escapes.get(escape)
+    if (decoded === undefined) return undefined
+    pieces.push(decoded)
+    index += escape === 'u' ? 6 : 2
+    from = index
+  }
+  return undefined
+}
+
+function skipWhitespace(text: string, index: number): number {
+  let end = index
+  while (end < text.length && ' \t\n\r'.includes(text.charAt(end))) end += 1
+  return end
+}
diff --git a/src/markdown/directive-syntax.ts b/src/markdown/directive-syntax.ts
index c3b6696..7e5c28a 100644
--- a/src/markdown/directive-syntax.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/directive-syntax.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { backslashEscape, holdsNullCharacter } from './commonmark/grammar.ts'
 import { backtickRun, closingBacktickRun } from './commonmark/backtick-runs.ts'
 import { isJsonValue, overNested } from '../json-value.ts'
 import { largestNesting } from '../nesting.ts'
+import { parseJsonText } from '../json-text.ts'
 import { serializeCanonicalJson } from '../canonical-json.ts'
 
 export type AttributeReading = { refusal: 'kind' | 'nesting'; value?: undefined } | { refusal?: undefined; value: VocabularyValue }
@@ -330,10 +331,6 @@ function readQuotedValue(text: string, index: number): Read<{ end: number; value
 }
 
 function parseJson(raw: string): JsonValue | undefined {
-  try {
-    const value: unknown = JSON.parse(raw)
-    return isJsonValue(value) ? value : undefined
-  } catch {
-    return undefined
-  }
+  const value = parseJsonText(raw)?.value
+  return value !== undefined && isJsonValue(value) ? value : undefined
 }
diff --git a/src/markdown/opaque-carry.ts b/src/markdown/opaque-carry.ts
index 55e88cf..6f00b52 100644
--- a/src/markdown/opaque-carry.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/opaque-carry.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { infoStringCarries } from './commonmark/grammar.ts'
 import { isAdfNode } from '../adf/document.ts'
 import { isJsonValue, nestingDepth, overNested } from '../json-value.ts'
 import { largestNesting } from '../nesting.ts'
+import { parseJsonText } from '../json-text.ts'
 import { serializeCanonicalJson } from '../canonical-json.ts'
 
 export const carryFencePrefix = 'adf:'
@@ -91,12 +92,3 @@ function typedValue(value: JsonValue, type: string): Read<JsonValue> {
   if ('type' in value) return { fault: unsupportedNodeShape(`the ${carryFencePrefix}${type} fence names its node's type: this JSON holds a type as well; ${fenceEscape(type)}`) }
   return { value: { ...value, type } }
 }
-
-function parseJsonText(raw: string): { value: unknown } | undefined {
-  try {
-    const value: unknown = JSON.parse(raw)
-    return { value }
-  } catch {
-    return undefined
-  }
-}