From 432414c236340e788c9a0d6166467d0cc2abcc55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chirag Dhamange <64466827+Diamagnetic@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 05:56:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: GFM empty task list conversion to ballot (#11744)

Extend `taskListItemToAscii` to cover empty task lists.
Closes #11599.
---
 src/Text/Pandoc/Shared.hs |  4 ++++
 test/command/11712.md     |  8 ++++++++
 test/command/gfm.md       | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 test/command/11712.md

diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Shared.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Shared.hs
index 12e74b53b..21f07d5e7 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Shared.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Shared.hs
@@ -681,6 +681,10 @@ taskListItemFromAscii = handleTaskListItem fromMd
 taskListItemToAscii :: Extensions -> [Block] -> [Block]
 taskListItemToAscii = handleTaskListItem toMd
   where
+    toMd [Str "☐"] = [rawMd "[ ]"]
+    toMd [Str "☒"] = [rawMd "[x]"]
+    toMd [Str "❏"] = [rawMd "[ ]"]
+    toMd [Str "✓"] = [rawMd "[x]"]
     toMd (Str "☐" : Space : is) = rawMd "[ ]" : Space : is
     toMd (Str "☒" : Space : is) = rawMd "[x]" : Space : is
     toMd (Str "❏" : Space : is) = rawMd "[ ]" : Space : is
diff --git a/test/command/11712.md b/test/command/11712.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd1ae971b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/11712.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+```
+% pandoc -f gfm -t gfm
+- [ ]
+- [ ] bubbles
+^D
+- [ ]
+- [ ] bubbles
+```
diff --git a/test/command/gfm.md b/test/command/gfm.md
index 12bd09094..254788690 100644
--- a/test/command/gfm.md
+++ b/test/command/gfm.md
@@ -220,3 +220,15 @@ hi
 - [ ] foo
 - [x] bar
 ```
+
+```
+% pandoc -f native -t gfm
+[ BulletList
+    [ [ Plain [ Str "\9744" ] ]
+    , [ Plain [ Str "\9746" ] ]
+    ]
+]
+^D
+- [ ]
+- [x]
+```