diff --git a/components/PayloadRichText.tsx b/components/PayloadRichText.tsx
index d57eaaa4..87a0d999 100644
--- a/components/PayloadRichText.tsx
+++ b/components/PayloadRichText.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { defaultJSXConverters, RichText } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/react';
 import type { JSXConverters } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/react';
 import Image from 'next/image';
-import { Suspense } from 'react';
+import { Suspense, Fragment } from 'react';
 
 // Import all custom React components that were previously mapped via Markdown
 import StickyNarrative from '@/components/blog/StickyNarrative';
@@ -36,9 +36,45 @@ import GallerySection from '@/components/home/GallerySection';
 import VideoSection from '@/components/home/VideoSection';
 import CTA from '@/components/home/CTA';
 
+/**
+ * Splits a text string on \n and intersperses <br /> elements.
+ * This is needed because Lexical stores newlines as literal \n characters inside
+ * text nodes (e.g. dash-lists typed in the editor), but HTML collapses whitespace.
+ */
+function textWithLineBreaks(text: string, key: string) {
+  const parts = text.split('\n');
+  if (parts.length === 1) return text;
+  return parts.map((part, i) => (
+    <Fragment key={`${key}-${i}`}>
+      {part}
+      {i < parts.length - 1 && <br />}
+    </Fragment>
+  ));
+}
+
 const jsxConverters: JSXConverters = {
   ...defaultJSXConverters,
-  // Let the default converters handle text nodes to preserve valid formatting
+  // Handle Lexical linebreak nodes (explicit shift+enter)
+  linebreak: () => <br />,
+  // Custom text converter: preserve \n inside text nodes as <br />
+  text: ({ node }: any) => {
+    let content: React.ReactNode = node.text || '';
+    // Split newlines first
+    if (typeof content === 'string' && content.includes('\n')) {
+      content = textWithLineBreaks(content, `t-${(node.text || '').slice(0, 8)}`);
+    }
+    // Apply Lexical formatting flags
+    if (node.format) {
+      if (node.format & 1) content = <strong>{content}</strong>;
+      if (node.format & 2) content = <em>{content}</em>;
+      if (node.format & 8) content = <u>{content}</u>;
+      if (node.format & 4) content = <s>{content}</s>;
+      if (node.format & 16) content = <code className="px-1.5 py-0.5 bg-neutral-100 rounded text-sm font-mono text-primary">{content}</code>;
+      if (node.format & 32) content = <sub>{content}</sub>;
+      if (node.format & 64) content = <sup>{content}</sup>;
+    }
+    return <>{content}</>;
+  },
   // Use div instead of p for paragraphs to allow nested block elements (like the lists above)
   paragraph: ({ node, nodesToJSX }: any) => {
     return (
@@ -57,16 +93,16 @@ const jsxConverters: JSXConverters = {
     const textContent = node.children ? node.children.map((c: any) => c.text || '').join('') : '';
     const id = textContent
       ? textContent
-          .toLowerCase()
-          .replace(/ä/g, 'ae')
-          .replace(/ö/g, 'oe')
-          .replace(/ü/g, 'ue')
-          .replace(/ß/g, 'ss')
-          .replace(/[*_`]/g, '')
-          .replace(/[^\w\s-]/g, '')
-          .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
-          .replace(/-+/g, '-')
-          .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '')
+        .toLowerCase()
+        .replace(/ä/g, 'ae')
+        .replace(/ö/g, 'oe')
+        .replace(/ü/g, 'ue')
+        .replace(/ß/g, 'ss')
+        .replace(/[*_`]/g, '')
+        .replace(/[^\w\s-]/g, '')
+        .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
+        .replace(/-+/g, '-')
+        .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '')
       : undefined;
 
     if (tag === 'h1')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be8a2079..74fe8c67 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     "prepare": "husky",
     "preinstall": "npx only-allow pnpm"
   },
-  "version": "2.2.9",
+  "version": "2.2.10",
   "pnpm": {
     "onlyBuiltDependencies": [
       "@parcel/watcher",
diff --git a/tests/og-image.test.ts b/tests/og-image.test.ts
index 7dc3e38f..bce8febf 100644
--- a/tests/og-image.test.ts
+++ b/tests/og-image.test.ts
@@ -76,19 +76,31 @@ describe('OG Image Generation', () => {
     await verifyImageResponse(response);
   }, 30000);
 
-  it('should generate dynamic blog post OG image', async ({ skip }) => {
+  it('should generate dynamic blog post OG image with featured photo', async ({ skip }) => {
     if (!isServerUp) skip();
-    // Assuming 'hello-world' or a newly created post slug.
-    // If it 404s, it still tests the routing, though 200 is expected for an actual post.
-    const url = `${BASE_URL}/de/blog/hello-world/opengraph-image`;
-    const response = await fetch(url);
-    // Even if the post "hello-world" doesn't exist and returns 404 in some environments,
-    // we should at least check it doesn't 500. We'll accept 200 or 404 as valid "working" states
-    // vs a 500 compilation/satori error.
-    expect([200, 404]).toContain(response.status);
 
-    if (response.status === 200) {
-      await verifyImageResponse(response);
+    // Discover a real blog slug from the sitemap
+    const sitemapRes = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/sitemap.xml`);
+    const sitemapXml = await sitemapRes.text();
+    const blogMatch = sitemapXml.match(/<loc>[^<]*\/de\/blog\/([^<]+)<\/loc>/);
+    const slug = blogMatch ? blogMatch[1] : null;
+
+    if (!slug) {
+      console.log('⚠️  No blog post found in sitemap, skipping dynamic OG test');
+      skip();
+      return;
     }
+
+    const url = `${BASE_URL}/de/blog/${slug}/opengraph-image`;
+    const response = await fetch(url);
+    await verifyImageResponse(response);
+
+    // Verify the image is substantially large (>50KB) to confirm it actually
+    // contains the featured photo and isn't just a tiny fallback/text-only image
+    const buffer = await response.clone().arrayBuffer();
+    expect(
+      buffer.byteLength,
+      `OG image for "${slug}" is suspiciously small (${buffer.byteLength} bytes) — likely missing featured photo`,
+    ).toBeGreaterThan(50000);
   }, 30000);
 });