As originally discussed at github-linguist/linguist/issues/7637, when a CommonMark <pre><code> (~~~) with a syntax highlight declaration (~~~RegEx) is utilised inside a Markdown footnote, its font-size reduces, and the syntax highlight designation is not applied, such that it reproduces issues/1851:

Reproductive Markup

[^1]
[^1]: ~~~MA
 "(?:(?:headers)|(?:cookies))"\s*:\s*(?:\{[^{}]*\}|\[[^\[\]]*\]|"[^"]*"|[^,}\]]*)(?:,)?\s*

 ~~~

Comparison Of Correct And Incorrect Presentation

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