diff --git a/php-transformer/src/HtmlToBlocks/HtmlTransformer.php b/php-transformer/src/HtmlToBlocks/HtmlTransformer.php
index a1139bb..34fcfbd 100644
--- a/php-transformer/src/HtmlToBlocks/HtmlTransformer.php
+++ b/php-transformer/src/HtmlToBlocks/HtmlTransformer.php
@@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ private function collectSourceLandmarks(DOMElement $element, array &$counts, arr
     private function landmarkKindForElement(DOMElement $element): string
     {
         $tagName = strtolower($element->tagName);
+        if ( 'footer' === $tagName && $this->hasAncestorTag($element, array( 'blockquote', 'figure' )) ) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
         if ( in_array($tagName, array( 'header', 'nav', 'main', 'footer' ), true) ) {
             return 'nav' === $tagName ? 'nav' : $tagName;
         }
@@ -404,6 +408,20 @@ private function landmarkKindForElement(DOMElement $element): string
         };
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param array<int, string> $tagNames
+     */
+    private function hasAncestorTag(DOMElement $element, array $tagNames): bool
+    {
+        for ( $node = $element->parentNode; $node instanceof DOMElement && 'body' !== strtolower($node->tagName); $node = $node->parentNode ) {
+            if ( in_array(strtolower($node->tagName), $tagNames, true) ) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param array<int, array<string, mixed>> $blocks
      * @param array<int, array<string, mixed>> $sourceProvenance
diff --git a/php-transformer/src/HtmlToBlocks/Patterns/NavigationPattern.php b/php-transformer/src/HtmlToBlocks/Patterns/NavigationPattern.php
index e388f38..6b17011 100644
--- a/php-transformer/src/HtmlToBlocks/Patterns/NavigationPattern.php
+++ b/php-transformer/src/HtmlToBlocks/Patterns/NavigationPattern.php
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ private function navigationItemAttributes(DOMElement $item, DOMElement $anchor,
         $itemAttrs = $item->isSameNode($anchor) ? array() : $presentationAttributes($item);
         $anchorAttrs = $presentationAttributes($anchor);
         $submenuAttrs = $submenuContainer instanceof DOMElement ? $presentationAttributes($submenuContainer) : array();
+        if ( '' === (string) ($itemAttrs['className'] ?? '') && '' !== (string) ($anchorAttrs['className'] ?? '') ) {
+            $itemAttrs['className'] = $anchorAttrs['className'];
+        }
+
         return array_filter(array_merge($itemAttrs, $baseAttrs, array(
             'anchorClassName'  => $anchorAttrs['className'] ?? '',
             'anchorStyle'      => $anchorAttrs['style'] ?? '',
diff --git a/php-transformer/tests/contract/run.php b/php-transformer/tests/contract/run.php
index ca693ef..e21c2db 100644
--- a/php-transformer/tests/contract/run.php
+++ b/php-transformer/tests/contract/run.php
@@ -434,6 +434,15 @@ function serialize_blocks(array $blocks): string
 $assert(str_contains($footerNavigationSerialized, 'footer-link'), 'footer navigation preserves link classes for styling and script targets');
 $assert(str_contains($footerNavigationSerialized, 'social-link'), 'social navigation preserves social link classes for styling and script targets');
 
+$runtimeTargetNavigation = ( new HtmlTransformer() )->transform(
+    '<nav aria-label="Docs"><ul><li><a class="nav-link" href="/guide">Guide</a></li></ul></nav>',
+    array('runtime_dom_selectors' => array('.nav-link'))
+)->toArray();
+$runtimeTargetNavigationSerialized = (string) ($runtimeTargetNavigation['serialized_blocks'] ?? '');
+$runtimeTargetNavigationItemAttrs = $runtimeTargetNavigation['blocks'][0]['innerBlocks'][0]['attrs'] ?? array();
+$assert('nav-link' === ($runtimeTargetNavigationItemAttrs['className'] ?? ''), 'runtime-target navigation link classes are preserved on navigation item attrs');
+$assert(str_contains($runtimeTargetNavigationSerialized, '<li class="wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link nav-link">'), 'runtime-target navigation link classes are exposed on navigation item markup');
+
 $headerCluster = ( new HtmlTransformer() )->transform(
     '<header class="site-header"><a class="site-logo" href="/">Acme Lab</a><nav class="primary-nav" aria-label="Primary"><a class="nav-link" href="/work">Work</a><a class="nav-link" href="/docs"><span>Docs</span></a></nav><form class="site-search" role="search" action="/search"><label for="q">Search</label><input id="q" type="search" name="q" placeholder="Search docs"><button type="submit">Search</button></form><div class="header-actions"><a class="cta" href="/start">Get started</a></div></header>'
 )->toArray();
@@ -456,6 +465,13 @@ function serialize_blocks(array $blocks): string
 $assert(1 === ($unmappedFinding['source_count'] ?? null), 'semantic parity missing landmark finding exposes source count');
 $assert(0 === ($unmappedFinding['block_count'] ?? null), 'semantic parity missing landmark finding exposes generated block count');
 
+$quoteCitationFooter = ( new HtmlTransformer() )->transform(
+    '<main><section><blockquote><p>Lovely dinner.</p><footer>Local Guide</footer></blockquote></section></main><footer>Restaurant footer</footer>'
+)->toArray();
+$quoteCitationParity = $quoteCitationFooter['source_reports']['semantic_parity'] ?? array();
+$assert('pass' === ($quoteCitationParity['status'] ?? ''), 'blockquote citation footer is not counted as a page footer landmark');
+$assert(1 === ($quoteCitationParity['landmarks']['source']['footer'] ?? null), 'semantic parity counts only the actual page footer landmark');
+
 $assertNoInnerContentChildCountMismatch = static function (array $result, string $message) use ($assert): void {
     $findingCodes = array_map(static fn (array $finding): string => (string) ($finding['code'] ?? ''), $result['source_reports']['wp_block_validity']['findings'] ?? array());
     $assert(! in_array('inner_content_child_count_mismatch', $findingCodes, true), $message, implode(', ', $findingCodes));