diff --git a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/inline/HtmlInlineParser.java b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/inline/HtmlInlineParser.java
index b359f732b..a34346da0 100644
--- a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/inline/HtmlInlineParser.java
+++ b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/inline/HtmlInlineParser.java
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ public class HtmlInlineParser implements InlineContentParser {
                     .c('`')
                     .build();
 
+    // A scan that ran to the end of the input without finding the terminator it was looking for
+    // proves that no later scan in the same inline snippet can find it either (inline parsing only
+    // moves forward). Remembering that stops each `<` from scanning the rest of the input again,
+    // which would be quadratic for input like `<!--` repeated many times. A parser is created for
+    // each inline snippet, so these don't need to be reset.
+    private boolean noProcessingInstructionEnd;
+    private boolean noCommentEnd;
+    private boolean noCdataEnd;
+    private boolean noDeclarationEnd;
+
     @Override
     public ParsedInline tryParse(InlineParserState inlineParserState) {
         Scanner scanner = inlineParserState.scanner();
@@ -146,24 +156,38 @@ private static boolean tryClosingTag(Scanner scanner) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    private static boolean tryProcessingInstruction(Scanner scanner) {
+    private boolean tryProcessingInstruction(Scanner scanner) {
         // spec: A processing instruction consists of the string <?, a string of characters not
         // including the string ?>, and the string ?>.
+        if (noProcessingInstructionEnd) {
+            return false;
+        }
         scanner.next();
-        while (scanner.find('?') > 0) {
+        int found;
+        while ((found = scanner.find('?')) > 0) {
             scanner.next();
             if (scanner.next('>')) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
+        // The loop also ends when a `?` is found directly at the current position (`found == 0`),
+        // which is not the end of the input, so only remember the miss when the scan really did
+        // reach the end.
+        noProcessingInstructionEnd = found < 0;
         return false;
     }
 
-    private static boolean tryComment(Scanner scanner) {
+    private boolean tryComment(Scanner scanner) {
         // spec: An [HTML comment](@) consists of `<!-->`, `<!--->`, or  `<!--`, a string of
         // characters not including the string `-->`, and `-->` (see the [HTML
         // spec](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/parsing.html#markup-declaration-open-state)).
 
+        if (noCommentEnd) {
+            // Both `<!-->` and `<!--->` contain `-->` themselves, so this can't skip a valid short
+            // comment either.
+            return false;
+        }
+
         // Skip first `-`
         scanner.next();
         if (!scanner.next('-')) {
@@ -182,13 +206,19 @@ private static boolean tryComment(Scanner scanner) {
             }
         }
 
+        // The loop above only ends when the scan reached the end of the input.
+        noCommentEnd = true;
         return false;
     }
 
-    private static boolean tryCdata(Scanner scanner) {
+    private boolean tryCdata(Scanner scanner) {
         // spec: A CDATA section consists of the string <![CDATA[, a string of characters not
         // including the string ]]>, and the string ]]>.
 
+        if (noCdataEnd) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         // Skip `[`
         scanner.next();
 
@@ -200,14 +230,19 @@ private static boolean tryCdata(Scanner scanner) {
                     scanner.next();
                 }
             }
+            // The loop above only ends when the scan reached the end of the input.
+            noCdataEnd = true;
         }
 
         return false;
     }
 
-    private static boolean tryDeclaration(Scanner scanner) {
+    private boolean tryDeclaration(Scanner scanner) {
         // spec: A declaration consists of the string <!, an ASCII letter, zero or more characters
         // not including the character >, and the character >.
+        if (noDeclarationEnd) {
+            return false;
+        }
         scanner.match(asciiLetter);
         if (scanner.whitespace() <= 0) {
             return false;
@@ -216,6 +251,8 @@ private static boolean tryDeclaration(Scanner scanner) {
             scanner.next();
             return true;
         }
+        // `find` only returns a negative value when it reached the end of the input.
+        noDeclarationEnd = true;
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/commonmark/src/test/java/org/commonmark/test/HtmlInlineParserTest.java b/commonmark/src/test/java/org/commonmark/test/HtmlInlineParserTest.java
index 8e1fd9790..454c1de8b 100644
--- a/commonmark/src/test/java/org/commonmark/test/HtmlInlineParserTest.java
+++ b/commonmark/src/test/java/org/commonmark/test/HtmlInlineParserTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,28 @@ public void cdata() {
         assertRendering("inline <![CDATA[ ] ]] ]]>", "<p>inline <![CDATA[ ] ]] ]]></p>\n");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void afterFailedAttempt() {
+        // A `<` that doesn't start inline HTML must not stop a later one from being parsed
+        assertRendering("inline <!- <!-- a -->", "<p>inline &lt;!- <!-- a --></p>\n");
+        assertRendering("inline <?? <?php ?>", "<p>inline &lt;?? <?php ?></p>\n");
+        assertRendering(
+                "inline <![x]]> <![CDATA[a]]>", "<p>inline &lt;![x]]&gt; <![CDATA[a]]></p>\n");
+        assertRendering("inline <!foo> <!bar baz>", "<p>inline &lt;!foo&gt; <!bar baz></p>\n");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void unterminatedConstructDoesNotAffectLaterParagraph() {
+        // A scan that reaches the end of the input only says something about the inline snippet it
+        // ran in, and a parser is created for each of those
+        assertRendering("x <?a\n\nx <?b?>", "<p>x &lt;?a</p>\n<p>x <?b?></p>\n");
+        assertRendering("x <!--a\n\nx <!--b-->", "<p>x &lt;!--a</p>\n<p>x <!--b--></p>\n");
+        assertRendering(
+                "x <![CDATA[a\n\nx <![CDATA[b]]>",
+                "<p>x &lt;![CDATA[a</p>\n<p>x <![CDATA[b]]></p>\n");
+        assertRendering("x <!A a\n\nx <!A b>", "<p>x &lt;!A a</p>\n<p>x <!A b></p>\n");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void declaration() {
         // Whitespace is mandatory
diff --git a/commonmark/src/test/java/org/commonmark/test/PathologicalTest.java b/commonmark/src/test/java/org/commonmark/test/PathologicalTest.java
index 663aa7ced..8ef6de344 100644
--- a/commonmark/src/test/java/org/commonmark/test/PathologicalTest.java
+++ b/commonmark/src/test/java/org/commonmark/test/PathologicalTest.java
@@ -88,4 +88,29 @@ public void unclosedInlineLinks() {
         // See https://github.com/commonmark/commonmark.js/issues/129
         assertRendering("[](".repeat(x) + "\n", "<p>" + "[](".repeat(x) + "</p>\n");
     }
+
+    // The following cases each start an inline HTML construct whose terminator never occurs, so
+    // every occurrence used to scan the rest of the input again. They all contain a `>` close to
+    // each `<` so that the separate autolink scan for `>` stays cheap and only the inline HTML
+    // scanning is measured. The leading text keeps the line from starting with `<`, which would
+    // parse as an HTML block instead.
+
+    @Test
+    public void htmlProcessingInstructionsWithNoEnd() {
+        // `?>` never occurs because of the space
+        assertRendering("x <? >".repeat(x), "<p>" + "x &lt;? &gt;".repeat(x) + "</p>\n");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void htmlCommentsWithNoEnd() {
+        // `-->` never occurs because of the space
+        assertRendering("x <!-- >".repeat(x), "<p>" + "x &lt;!-- &gt;".repeat(x) + "</p>\n");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void htmlCdataWithNoEnd() {
+        // `]]>` never occurs, there's no `]` at all
+        assertRendering(
+                "x <![CDATA[ >".repeat(x), "<p>" + "x &lt;![CDATA[ &gt;".repeat(x) + "</p>\n");
+    }
 }